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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 …
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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
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
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 …
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 …
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
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.
Politico:
Pentagon's new plans in Iran give Trump a way out of war crime accusations … Trump on Monday threatened a situation “where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12:00 tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again.”
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.
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.
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.
Ali Walker / Politico:
‘Vile on every level’: Tucker Carlson rips Donald Trump over Easter Sunday ‘f-word’ post
Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
Trump tears into Tucker Carlson over Iran war claims: ‘Low-IQ person’
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Between Hegseth and the Fox Cabinet, no restraints on Trump's war crimes plan
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and RedState
New York Times:
6 Takeaways From the Story of Trump's Decision to Go to War With Iran
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of deadline for Iran
Aaron Blake / CNN:
What Tucker Carlson's big break with Trump means
Discussion: The Daily Sceptic and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Iran calls for human chains to protect power plants as Trump's deadline nears
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
GOP patience with Iran operation growing thinner as Trump escalates tensions
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
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 …
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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.
Daria Sito-Sucic / Reuters:
‘Europe is a bit of a mess’, Donald Trump Jr. tells panel in Bosnia
Paul Kirby / BBC:
JD Vance backs Orbán's re-election bid in Budapest visit and hits out at EU
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
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.
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 and Just Security
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
How the media should cover this deranged president  —  The moment I saw Trump's crazy and dangerous Truth Social post on the morning of Easter Sunday, I could imagine the freakout in newsrooms across the country.  The essence of it would be something like this: “How much of this do we publish?
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.
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 …
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
John Sexton / HotAir:
Virginia Voters Discover Gov. Spanberger Is Not a Moderate  —  Just two months into her term of office, Gov. Spanberger's approval polling is barely above water.  Her win last year was supposed to be the victory of pragmatic moderation over the voices of the far left, but since …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
ICE agents shoot man in California after he ‘weaponized’ vehicle, DHS says … U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a man in California on Tuesday, after he allegedly “weaponized his vehicle” and tried to run over an officer, the Department of Homeland Security said.
 
 
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A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
Iranian hackers' targeting of US critical infrastructure has escalated since start of war, US says
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
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Wall Street Journal:
Some Republicans Set Their Own Deadline on Iran War. It's Getting Close.
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