The Hound | Mar. 2
Hi there, It’s Monday. What a weekend — we’re now at war with Iran the United States and Israel striking dozens of sites and killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader. The justification for this war is incredibly thin and incoherent from the White House, and nobody really knows what happens next. Congress is back in town and they’ve pledged to vote on a war powers resolution, though it’s mostly symbolic at this point. Donald Trump and his administration have escalated tensions with Iran, including repeated threats of military action, without presenting a clear, evidence-based justification to the public. Independent analysis has highlighted that the administration has provided little to no public explanation for why a major act of war is necessary now—especially after claiming previous strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capacity and without demonstrating an imminent threat to the U.S. or its allies. Coverage often recycles administration claims about thre...