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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Contrarian
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Warns Iran ‘Whole Civilization Will Die’  —  President Trump has given a deadline of 8 p.m. ET for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  The U.S. conducted more than 50 strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island.  —  President Trump threatened to wipe out the entirety …
Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
Trump tears into Tucker Carlson over Iran war claims: ‘Low-IQ person’  —  President Trump on Tuesday denied Tucker Carlson's bombastic reporting that he was considering nuclear war on Iran, blasting the controversial commentator in a phone call with The Post.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Threatens to Kill Thousands More Iranians in Unnerving Tirades  —  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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Cuts Off Direct Diplomacy With U.S.  —  Iran has cut off direct communications with the U.S. over President Trump's threat to destroy Iran's “whole civilization” Monday morning, though talks with cease-fire mediators continue, Middle Eastern officials said.
NBC News:
Live updates: U.S. strikes Kharg Island, official says; Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran doesn't make a deal  —  The president has threatened massive U.S. attacks on civilian infrastructure and brushed off concerns about possible war crimes ahead of his 8 p.m. ET deadline.
Associated Press:
Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is ‘truly unacceptable’  —  Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was “truly unacceptable” and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?  —  If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.  —  The president of the United States is losing his head, and that means the rest of us must keep ours.  At 8:06 a.m. eastern daylight time, Donald Trump posted this on his Truth Social site:
Politico:
Pentagon's new plans in Iran give Trump a way out of war crime accusations
Ali Walker / Politico:
‘Vile on every level’: Tucker Carlson rips Donald Trump over Easter Sunday ‘f-word’ post
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Between Hegseth and the Fox Cabinet, no restraints on Trump's war crimes plan
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
6 Takeaways From the Story of Trump's Decision to Go to War With Iran
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Axios:
Trump's tipping point: Destroy Iran's infrastructure or give talks a chance
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of deadline for Iran
Associated Press:
Iran calls for human chains to protect power plants as Trump's deadline nears
Aaron Blake / CNN:
What Tucker Carlson's big break with Trump means
Discussion: Mediaite
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
GOP patience with Iran operation growing thinner as Trump escalates tensions
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Trump: A Real Commander-in-Chief
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
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.
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Washington Post:
Vance stumps for Hungary's Orban as Trump-aligned movement faces critical test  —  The vice president traveled to Budapest as Trump's deadline for an Iran deal loomed Tuesday, backing the administration's closest ideological ally in Europe.  —  BUDAPEST — As the hours ticked …
Paul Kirby / BBC:
JD Vance backs Orbán's re-election bid in Budapest visit and hits out at EU
Daria Sito-Sucic / Reuters:
‘Europe is a bit of a mess’, Donald Trump Jr. tells panel in Bosnia
Jakub Krupa / The Guardian:
Vance accuses EU of ‘foreign interference’ in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán - Europe live
George Grylls / The Times:
The man who watches Trump all day, every day  —  Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences.  He says it's ‘pretty bleak’  —  The psychological demands of Aaron Rupar's work are immense.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   “It's really difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is,” …
BBC:
Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK  —  Wireless Festival has been cancelled after headliner Kanye West was blocked from coming to the UK.  —  The government refused permission for West to travel to the UK after a backlash to his planned set at the London festival this summer.
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CNN:
UK festival canceled after headliner Kanye West blocked from traveling to UK
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Just Security and UnHerd
New York Times:
American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed  —  The journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was abducted by a militia allied with Iran and held for a week.  Iraqi officials say she was freed in exchange for the release of militia members.  —  An American journalist who was abducted in Baghdad …
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.
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The president speaks genocide  —  The words, the law, the future  —  “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”  —  These are not the words of Hitler, or Stalin, or Mao, or Pol Pot, or Assad, or Putin.  These are the words of the president of the United States, today.
 
 
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