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The Hound | Nov. 12

The Hound | Nov. 12

Trump is doubling down after the midterms, how anti-corruption and affordability worked together, and more.

November 12, 2026

Hi there,

It’s Thursday. The White House is threatening to treat congressional oversight as a crime. In a letter to Rep. Robert Garcia, the incoming Oversight chair, White House counsel Will Scharf wrote that Congress cannot use investigations to “exercise powers of criminal prosecution.” He claimed Democrats plan to “harass and aggrandize” rather than legislate, citing calls to prosecute ICE agents and hold hearings on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover this as what it is: an attempt by Trump to interfere with Congress’s constitutional duty of oversight, backed by the threat of prosecution.

Too much coverage will present this as a routine legal dispute over executive power. It is a White House trying to intimidate the branch the Constitution charges with overseeing it. The public deserves reporting that defends Congress’s right to investigate the executive.

In addition, how the Democratic tsunami changes the landscape of reproductive rights across America. And a closer look into how new Democratic trifectas could make the electoral college irrelevant and elevate the popular vote.

Read about these, and more, in today’s stories:

White House Threatens to Charge Democrats if They Investigate (The New Republic)

Anti-Corruption and Affordability: Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together (The American Prospect)

The Democratic Tsunami Is a “Sea Change” for Reproductive Rights (Mother Jones)

Farewell to the electoral college? Democrats now control enough states to elevate the popular vote (PBS)

The Guardian view on Maga after the midterms: doubling down on Trumpism (The Guardian)

A Tool Built by Election Deniers Said These Voters Were Dead. We Found Them Alive. (ProPublica)

The Pace of Everglades Restoration Has Accelerated. But Is It Working? (Inside Climate News)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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