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Axios:
ISRAEL SAYS IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD … - An Israeli official confirmed to Axios that Khamenei is dead, according to Israeli intelligence. … His death is a massive blow to the regime and could accelerate its collapse, which U.S. and Israeli officials have stated as a goal of their operation.
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David Gilbert / Wired:
X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran  —  WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.  —  Minutes after Donald Trump announced that the US and Israeli governments had launched a …
NBC News:
Live updates: U.S. and Israel launch major attack on Iran  —  President Donald Trump urged Iranians to “take over your government” when the strikes are over.  Tehran responded by targeting American bases and other targets throughout the region.  —  ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  What to know
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice  —  As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in.  Almost immediately, blockchain sleuths began hunting for unusual patterns in recent bets.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People  —  The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.  —  The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without even an attempt to build public support.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran  —  U.S. intelligence assessments saw no imminent threat, but regional allies argued now was the time to strike.  —  President Donald Trump launched Saturday's wide-ranging attack on Iran after a weeks-long lobbying effort …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Atlantic and Bloomberg
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump starts a war with Iran that few Americans support  —  This is a special early version of my weekly Sunday roundup of new political data published over the last seven days.  —  The United States and Israel launched a new round of military strikes against Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28 …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump floats “off ramps” after attacking Iran  —  President Trump told Axios on Saturday that he has several “off ramps” from Operation Epic Fury, the extraordinary U.S. military campaign against Iran that he launched early Saturday morning.
The Atlantic:
‘The Worst-Case Outcome Is Complete Chaos’  —  Killing the Supreme Leader was one thing.  Ousting the regime will be another.  —  In the final hours before U.S. warplanes bombarded Iran today, President Trump wanted to go over the plan one last time.  He called the top U.S. military commander …
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Trump's Decision to Strike Iran Opens New Fissures in Midterms  —  Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.  —  President Trump's decision to attack Iran pushed a new, unpredictable issue to the forefront …
Discussion: Politico, Fargo | KFGO and The Hill
Max Boot / Washington Post:
There is no reason to think this war with Iran is necessary  —  Trump criticized the Iraq War.  Now he's making the same mistakes.  —  My big takeaway from the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq — which I deeply regret having supported — is that the United States should go to war only when it has to.
Eva Hartog / Politico:
Putin's friendship has limits — as Iran just found out  —  Leaders in Damascus, Caracas and now Tehran have all discovered that Russian support only goes so far.  —  As Tehran was being pounded by U.S. and Israeli bombs on Saturday morning, its top diplomat dialed Moscow's number.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:   Why Attack Iran?  —  Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption  —  How do understand the war with Iran?
Reuters:
Exclusive: Ahead of strikes, Trump was told Iran attack is high risk, high reward
Associated Press:
Read President Trump's statement on Iran in full
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Trump's Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times, DNYUZ and Axios
Sarah Ferris / CNN:
Congress to vote on Trump's war powers in aftermath of Iran strikes
Najmeh Bozorgmehr / Financial Times:
Strike on Iranian primary school kills 108, authorities say
Discussion: Truthout and Raw Story
Al Jazeera:
Israel strikes two schools in Iran, killing more than 80 people
Bartosz Brzeziński / Politico:   Poland says it had advance knowledge of US-Israel strikes on Iran
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The incoherence at the heart of Trump's latest, biggest war
Discussion: The Hill
Niall Ferguson / The Free Press:
Khamenei Joins Saddam in Hell, but Iran 2026 Is Not Iraq 2003
Discussion: Reason, The Moderate Voice and WFMD AM
Abbie Cheeseman / Washington Post:
U.S. and Israel launch attack on Iran as Trump calls for regime change
BBC:
Luxury Dubai hotel hit as Iran launches retaliatory strikes across region  —  A luxury hotel in Dubai was hit as Iran launched strikes across the region in retaliation for a “massive” and ongoing attack against it by the US and Israel.  —  Video verified by the BBC shows a fire raging at Fairmont The Palm Hotel.
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The Guardian:
Explosions rock Bahrain, Dubai, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East
Reuters:
Live: Khamenei's body has been found and he is confirmed dead, Israeli official says  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were many signs indicating Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “is no longer”, without explicitly confirming his death.
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NBC News:
Full interview: Iranian foreign minister reacts to U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran
NBC News:
‘We feel that that is a correct story’: Trump responds to reports of Ayatollah's death
Reuters:
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’  —  A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him.  Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.  —  A plastic surgeon from Mount Sinai closed …
Chris Willman / Variety:
‘Kennedy Center Honors’ Will Be Renamed ‘Trump Kennedy Center Honors,’ With Program Moving to a Smaller Venue ‘Where Ticket Demand Will Be Even Higher’  —  “The Kennedy Center Honors” have been presented under that longstanding, historic name for the final time.  (Or at least for the last time for the next three years.)
Michael Wriston / Project Salt Box:
ICE Moves Minneapolis Fleet to Williamsport Detention Warehouse  —  As ICE builds out a detention infrastructure across the mid-Atlantic, equipment from its Minneapolis operation is heading to Maryland.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is transporting approximately 100 vehicles …
 
 
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