The Hound | Sept. 28

Hi there,

It’s Monday. Missouri Republicans — at Trump's direction — redrew congressional maps mid-decade to push a Democratic incumbent out and lock in Republican House seats. The Missouri Supreme Court blocked it unanimously, 7-0, with a majority of Republican-appointed justices. The U.S. Supreme Court backed that ruling twice. Now, with a third and final ruling, it appears Missouri voters will vote using their old maps, but all this chaos was so severe that local election officials hadn’t received updated instructions as absentee ballots were going out.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover Missouri's redistricting chaos not as a legal procedural story, but as what it is: the Trump administration trying to gerrymander its way to a congressional majority — losing in court, losing with voters, and creating election chaos in the process.

This is not a redistricting dispute. It is a coordinated attempt to override courts, voters, and the rule of law to rig congressional elections. Republicans, backed by the White House, simply refused to listen to Missouri voters. The public deserves reporting that names the intent before Election Day, not after.

In addition, Flock is going after the largest online database of its surveillance cameras — demanding it be taken offline. And Germany is building a new repository of U.S. climate data, to ensure the Trump administration can’t erase it before the next United Nations climate assessment.

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

After Missouri, Mid-Decade Redistricting May Die a Natural Death (The American Prospect)

Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline (The Intercept)

A Bookseller Confronts a Mysterious Company Hunting His Rarest Books (Mother Jones)

Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court as 3rd-country deportations are thrown into question (PBS)

Pope Leo warns a 'paradise of machines' could undermine humanity on his France visit (NPR)

Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data (Inside Climate News)

Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More. (ProPublica)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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