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The Hound | Oct. 28

The Hound | Oct. 28

The Pentagon is fearing drone strikes on U.S. military bases, how crypto political spending has run up against the anti-data center backlash, and more.

October 28, 2026

Hi there,

It’s Wednesday. Six ordinary Americans — a human rights advocate, a historian, a political journalist, a high school civics teacher, a legal journalist, and a college student editor — have filed a federal lawsuit against Trump over his White House press ban. Their argument is simple and powerful: when the government expels reporters for their coverage, it isn’t just the press that suffers. The public loses its right to independent information about its own government.

🖊️ Sign the petition to thank Kenneth Roth, Daniel Froomkin, Beverly Gage, Peter Schmidt-Nowara, Benjamin Wittes, and Ethan Young for standing up — not as members of the press, but as members of the public. They are making the argument that every American should be making: a free press isn’t just for journalists. It belongs to all of us.

What makes this lawsuit different from previous legal challenges is its scope. It doesn’t just seek to restore access for the outlets already banned — it asks for a broad injunction protecting every news organization from viewpoint-based retaliation, now and in the future. The public deserves reporting that treats their lawsuit with the gravity it deserves.

In addition, early vote data from the states seems to rattle MAGA as Trump escalates his election attacks. And, how ICE is making people disappear and targeting food workers — driving up costs.

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

6 citizens sue Trump over media ban, saying it deprives them of news as audience stakeholders (PBS)

Angry Trump Unravels as Brutal New Early Voting Data Rattles Even MAGA (The New Republic)

When ICE Makes People Disappear (The Marshall Project)

ICE Enforcement Surge Hits Workers Across the Food System (Civil Eats)

Pentagon Fears Drone Attacks on U.S. and Foreign Bases (The Intercept)

In Ohio, Crypto Revenge Spending Runs Into a Data Center Backlash (The American Prospect)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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