The Hound | July 21

Hi there,

It’s Tuesday. The Trump administration has now subpoenaed not just New York Times journalists, but their family members — including a reporter's mother and two reporters' spouses — in an effort to seize phone records and identify the sources behind accurate reporting on the president's Qatari-gifted Air Force One.

🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover the DOJ's subpoenas of New York Times journalists and their families not as a niche media story, but as the First Amendment crisis it is — one that threatens every American's right to a free press.

This is not an isolated legal dispute. It is part of a systematic campaign to make journalism dangerous. This administration has revoked press credentials, threatened broadcast licenses, filed lawsuits against outlets, and now has extended its legal reach to the families of reporters who cover it honestly. The message to every newsroom in America is clear: your sources, your colleagues, and your loved ones are all fair game.

In addition, a U.S. official claims the Pentagon is covering up injuries to troops and facilities after strikes by Iran, which claimed the lives of three more soldiers. And a federal judge put the brakes on the planned Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, saying the proposal likely violates antitrust laws.

Read about these, and more, with today’s stories:

Trump Seeks Journalists’ Phone Records as Air Force One Tantrum Grows (The New Republic)

U.S. Official: Iran Attacks Injured “Far More” Troops Than Pentagon Admits (The Intercept)

U.S. Escalates War on Iran, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure as 3 U.S. Soldiers Are Killed (Democracy Now!)

Judge Hands Trump Ally Massive Blow in Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger (The New Republic)

Police Keep Losing Their Jobs for Using Flock Cameras to Stalk People (Mother Jones)

'I'm in.' Darline Graham says she will run for a full term in Lindsey Graham's Senate seat (PBS)

The Thriving Coral Reef That ‘Defeated Time’ in West Africa (Inside Climate News)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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