The Hound | Oct. 27

Hi there,

It’s Tuesday. At a Georgia rally Saturday, Trump said it plainly: “We’re making a freaking fortune.” He was talking about high gas prices — and he said it knowing exactly how it sounds. His own staff told him not to say it. He said it anyway: “I don’t give a damn.” This is a president who has netted $2.2 billion off the presidency, whose administration started a war in the Middle East that sent gas prices soaring, and who is now bragging about the windfall.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover Trump’s gas price remarks not as a quirky moment from a campaign rally, but as the clearest window yet into his governing philosophy: the suffering of working Americans is acceptable — even desirable — as long as the right people are making a fortune.

The media should call it what it is: a president who just told the public, on tape, that he doesn’t give a damn about them. The public deserves reporting that takes him at his word.

In addition, far-right candidates who courted MAGA support lost their elections in Brazil and Serbia. And, Democratic congressional candidates are embracing universal healthcare proposals — what does it mean if they win in November?

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

Trump Says Making a Fortune Is More Important Than Fixing Gas Prices (The New Republic)

Lula’s Suprise Win Blocks Trump’s Push for a Far-Right Brazil (Mother Jones)

A Serbian Nationalist Leader Who Courted MAGA Just Lost in a Landslide (Mother Jones)

Pentagon Records Missed Almost Half of Troops’ Domestic Abuse Killings (The Intercept)

Democratic candidates like Abdul El-Sayed are embracing universal healthcare – could it win them US elections? (The Guardian)

In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests (ProPublica)

Production Agriculture Is Driving Grasslands Loss Across North America (Inside Climate News)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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