The Hound | Mar. 12

Oil tops $100 a barrel again, Arizona officials warn counties not to share voter rolls, and Iran war continues.

March 12, 2026

Hi there,

It’s Thursday. A Pentagon report determined in its preliminary findings that it was the U.S. that conducted an attack on an Iranian elementary school, killing at least 175 people, most of them children. Meanwhile, oil prices topped $100 a barrel as attacks continued, and the war with Iran exposed the U.S.’s unfixed supply chain issues. And in Arizona, the attorney general and secretary of state have told local county officials not to give full voter rolls to the federal government as the Trump administration attempts to prove the results of the 2020 election.

The Trump administration’s attempt to obtain Arizona voter records through federal investigations is not a routine election inquiry—it is a ploy to bring 2020 election lies back to life and justify voter suppression in the upcoming midterms. When federal agencies seek access to sensitive voter data in a state that has already faced years of election conspiracies and political pressure, it risks chilling participation and undermining trust in the democratic process. When the press treats aggressive demands for voter records as bureaucratic or procedural matters, it misses the broader context: a pattern of attempts to discredit elections, pressure election officials, and discourage participation.

Democracy depends on voters being able to participate without fear that their personal information will be weaponized for political purposes.

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Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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