Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:40 PM ET, April 7, 2026

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran … The black S.U.V. carrying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House just before 11 a.m. on Feb. 11.  The Israeli leader, who had been pressing for months for the United States to agree to a major assault on Iran …
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Hegseth's boastful claims about Iran war contradict reality, officials say  —  The defense secretary's portrayal of U.S. success in the conflict risks misinforming the public and the president, observers worry.  —  President Donald Trump has continued to describe the war against Iran …
Axios:
U.S. AGREES TO 2-WEEK CEASEFIRE WITH IRAN  —  The U.S. has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran proposed by Pakistan, President Trump said Tuesday night. … - That two-week period would be used to negotiate a larger agreement to potentially end the war.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Paul Krugman:
Our Darkest Hour  —  The civilization we destroy may be our own  —  This is America's darkest hour.  —  Hi, Paul Krugman with an update Tuesday morning.  Earlier today, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, … Not going to be a problem if we ever do get the war crimes trial that all of this deserves.
Discussion: Raw Story and Blue Virginia
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
‘There Will Be No Genocide Tonight’: Conservatives Rip Media ‘Hysteria’ Over Trump Iran Threat  —  A number of conservatives downplayed President Donald Trump's latest threat against Iran on Tuesday, arguing that it was just the latest example of the president using hyperbolic bluster as a negotiating tactic.
Discussion: MeidasTouch News and Advocate
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
If Trump Bombs Iran's Power Plants, Unthinkable Horrors Will Follow  —  Donald Trump is threatening to bomb Iran's power plants in order to send that country “back to the stone ages,” as he has put it.  Trump's tendency to wrap sociopathic expressions of sadism and bloodlust in such cartoonish language …
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump warns a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ but says Iran could still capitulate  —  EDITED BY BRIDGET BROWN, LORIAN BELANGER AND BRIAN P. D. HANNON  —  President Trump warns a ‘whole civilization’ could die but adds Iran still has time to capitulate
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Other Thing Trump's Dying to Break  —  Today, the president tells us, is judgment day in Iran.  “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump posted this morning.  “I don't want that to happen, but it probably will.”  If his threats are to be believed …
Discussion: Fox News and New York Times
Axios:
Iran talks show glimmer of progress as Trump deadline looms  —  Progress has been made in the past 24 hours in the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, though reaching a ceasefire deal by President Trump's 8pm ET deadline still looks like a long shot, according to a U.S. official …
Reuters:
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Issues Grave Threats as Hormuz Deadline Draws Closer
Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
Trump tears into Tucker Carlson over Iran war claims: ‘Low-IQ person’
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Cuts Off Direct Diplomacy With U.S.
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of deadline for Iran
Washington Examiner:
Trump agrees to two-week ceasefire with Iran if Strait of Hormuz reopened
Politico:   Trump with no guard rails: ‘Civilization will die’ post shows his growing power over social media
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
With Threat to Wipe Out Iran's Civilization, Trump's Rhetoric Goes Beyond Bluster
Politico:
Pentagon's new plans in Iran give Trump a way out of war crime accusations
Associated Press:
Russia and China veto watered-down UN resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Warns Iran ‘Whole Civilization Will Die’
Scott Waldman / Politico:
4 ways Trump has suggested the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened — and why they're a tough lift
Discussion: NBC News and 19FortyFive
Timothy Nerozzi / Washington Examiner:
Pakistan pleads with Trump to extend Iran ‘civilization’ deadline two weeks in return for Iran opening Strait of Hormuz
Gursimrankaur Mehar / Reuters:
Pakistan seeks two-week ceasefire, extension to Trump's deadline on Iran
Discussion: NewsMax.com, NPR and The US Sun
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Pope issues stiffest rebuke yet to Trump over war threats
Discussion: New York Sun
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New polling: Trump is underwater in 135 GOP House and Senate seats  —  On Tuesday morning, April 7, 2026, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “A whole civilization will die tonight.”  Trump gave Iran until 8 p.m. Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the “complete demolition” …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Newsweek
RELATED:
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Over 50 Democrats push 25th Amendment as Trump threatens to kill ‘a whole civilization’  —  President Donald Trump's threat to wipe out “a whole civilization” in Iran has prompted growing calls from Democrats to remove him through a constitutional mechanism that has never been used to end a presidency: The 25th Amendment.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Trump removal chatter erupts among Dems over Iran post  —  Calls for President Trump's removal from office reached a fever pitch among congressional Democrats on Tuesday after he threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” in a post about Iran.
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Congress is absent as Trump threatens Iranians ‘will die’
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Truthout
New York Times:
Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Division Is Investigating Star Witness Against Trump  —  It was a highly unusual move by Justice Department leadership to direct a case that appears to involve accusations of lying to Congress to a division that normally focuses on civil rights abuses.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Vance's Trip to Trump Ally Hit by Humiliating Putin Call Leak  —  BAD CALL  —  The vice president is in Europe to show support for a far-right leader.  —  JD Vance's trip to Hungary to help boost its pro-Trump leader's election hopes has been marred by the leak of a phone call showing the right-winger sucking up to Vladimir Putin.
RELATED:
Washington Post:
JD Vance campaigns for far-right nationalist Viktor Orban in Hungary
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
After clashes with Hegseth, Army secretary says he isn't going anywhere  —  Dan Driscoll, praised by the White House for his efforts during the Iran war, said in a statement to The Washington Post that “I have no plans to depart or resign as the Secretary of the Army.”
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Summer Lin / Los Angeles Times:
Teen who went to photograph L.A. ‘No Kings’ rally shot, blinded by Homeland Security agent, attorney says  — 4 min Click here to listen to this article  —  A USC freshman who went to photograph a recent “No Kings” protest in downtown Los Angeles was allegedly shot with a less-lethal projectile …
USCCB:
Archbishop Coakley Invites All to Join Pope Leo XIV's Vigil for Peace in Midst of Threats of Increased Military Action in Iran  —  WASHINGTON - “I call on President Trump to step back from the precipice of war and negotiate a just settlement for the sake of peace and before more lives are lost …
Laszlo Gendler / The UnPopulist:
If Orbán Loses Hungary's Election, It Will Dispel the Air of Invincibility Around Strongmen  —  This would prove that consolidating power does not protect authoritarians from self-destructing, especially when a smart opposition exploits their vulnerabilities  —  There is an irony buried in Hungarian political history.
Laura Silver / Pew Research Center:
Negative views of Israel, Netanyahu continue to rise among Americans - especially young people  —  Americans have increasingly negative views of Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.  —  About this research
Politico:
Iranian hackers are targeting US energy and water sectors, federal agencies warn … Programmable logic controllers developed by software manufacturer Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley are actively being exploited, and PLCs from other companies are potentially being targeted as well, according to the advisory.
Daily Mail:
Kristi Noem's husband Bryon paid obscene sum to model he begged to MARRY him: Read all their lewd messages... and his pink thong confession  —  A Barbie doll fetish model has revealed how breast-obsessed Bryon Noem promised to marry her during an online romance - insisting: 'You're the one I love.'
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Iran War Is Coming for Your Social Security  —  A story about petrodollars, the gold standard, and the greatest trick Uncle Sam ever played.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Petrodollars  —  The Iran war is a dagger aimed at the heart of the petrodollar system.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:40 PM ET, April 7, 2026.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Peter S. Canellos / Politico:
Democrats' Colossal Missed Opportunity to Shape the Supreme Court
Associated Press:
From deportation to court, key events in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's fight with the Trump administration
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Iran war gives U.S. consumers the inflation jitters
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, Iraqi officials tell the AP
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Team Pushes to Relocate Afghans Trapped in Limbo on U.S. Mideast Base
Vance Hopeful / Bloomberg:
Key Events  —  April 7, 2026Iran Ready for All Scenarios: Official  —  Apr 7 11:13Hard-Right Senator Denounces Trump Threats
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
As War Escalates, Senator Says Military Officers ‘Know Their Duty’ To Refuse Illegal Orders
Discussion: The Hill and Flux
Wall Street Journal:
The White House Is Keeping Kristi Noem's $70 Million Jet
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
‘Ghost Murmur,’ a never-used secret tool, finds airman in Iran: ‘If your heart is beating, we will find you’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and NewsMax.com
Mark Alfred / NOTUS:
Trump Will Fund New Archway With $15 Million From the National Endowment for the Humanities
Discussion: New Republic
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The president speaks genocide
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
How the media should cover this deranged president
 

 
From Techmeme:

Anthropic:
Anthropic announces Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative that will use its Claude Mythos Preview model to help find and fix software vulnerabilities

Deborah Sophia / Reuters:
Intel says it will join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla to help produce processors for robotics and data centers

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk amends his OpenAI lawsuit to ask that damages he might win be awarded to OpenAI's charity arm and that Altman be removed from OpenAI's nonprofit board
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page