The Hound | Oct. 22

Hi there,

It’s Thursday. Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump DOJ gave California a 48-hour ultimatum: review a thumb drive of 20,000 alleged noncitizens on voter rolls, segregate their mail ballots, and comply — or face a lawsuit. California asked a simple question: how did you compile this list? The DOJ refused to explain. California officials noted the administration had 21 months with full control of the federal government to raise these concerns. The DOJ then charged 28 people with voting crimes and filed an emergency request to stop California from processing ballots from people it could not confirm were actually noncitizens.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover the DOJ’s lawsuit against California not as a legitimate election integrity dispute, but as what California’s governor, secretary of state, and independent election experts all say it is: a last-minute, legally baseless attempt to suppress votes and undermine public confidence in an election the administration fears it is losing.

This is not election integrity. It is election interference — timed deliberately to sow chaos, suppress votes, and manufacture a fraud narrative before November 3. A federal judge this month found the DOJ ran “roughshod” over civil rights with its voter roll audit plans. The administration had every opportunity to investigate this before voting began. The public deserves reporting that names the tactic for what it is — before ballots are counted, not after.

In addition, Donald Trump (80) said Minnesota now has fewer lakes because of Somali immigrants. And, how the people profiting from ICE’s concentration camps are trying to buy the Senate for Republicans.

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

Some on DOJ's 20,000 "likely" noncitizen list in Calif. appear to be U.S.-born (NPR)

ICE Profiteers Trying To Buy the Senate for Republicans (The American Prospect)

Trump, 80, Says Minnesota Now Has Fewer Lakes Thanks to Somalis (The New Republic)

Trump’s Obsession With Somalia Isn’t Just Racist. It’s Been Lethal. (The Intercept)

Private Contractors Are Set to Cash In As Millions of Americans Lose Health Care (Mother Jones)

The Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal (ProPublica)

ICE Detains People in Secret. The Marshall Project Is Suing to Make It Public. (The Marshall Project)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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