The Hound | Oct. 7

Hi there,

It’s Wednesday. Trump invited Tina Peters — a woman convicted of election tampering and sentenced to nine years in prison — to the Oval Office this week to discuss "midterm plans." Peters found no fraud during her Colorado county clerk tenure; she was jailed for sabotaging the very election system she was trusted to protect. Trump pardoned her, praised her, and is now taking her election conspiracy theories into official White House strategy sessions with four weeks until Election Day.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover Trump's pattern of election interference not as a series of political stories, but as a coordinated campaign to sabotage the midterms. A president who meets with convicted election fraudsters, seizes ballots, and threatens officials is not protecting election integrity — he is attacking it.

This is not an isolated meeting. The Trump administration has already seized 2020 ballots from a Fulton County election warehouse, sued 30 states for unredacted voter data, threatened election officials with federal prosecution, and directed the Postal Service to shut down mail balloting nationwide. In Georgia, the state election board's own executive director sent unauthorized letters to the DOJ and DHS demanding last-minute changes to voting equipment — two board members said they never approved them.

In addition, Sally Yates, former deputy attorney general in the Obama administration, will review how Cornell handles sexual misconduct complaints. And how Gavin Newsom has chilled other Democratic elected officials from endorsing the billionaire wealth tax on the ballot — despite the overwhelming support from Democratic voters.

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

Trump Meets With Convicted Election Fraudster to Go Over Midterm Plans (The New Republic)

Former Obama official will review Cornell’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints (The Guardian)

Troy Jackson is racing against time in his bid to unseat Susan Collins (PBS)

FBI Whistleblower: Trump Ordered Probe of Protesters Over a TikTok (The New Republic)

California Democrats—but Not Their Elected Representatives—Back the Billionaire Wealth Tax (The American Prospect)

David Ellison Tells Anderson Cooper He’ll Protect CNN’s Editorial Independence and Avoid Layoffs in Skydance Town Hall (Mediaite)

I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly. (ProPublica)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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