The Hound | June 5

Hi there,

It’s Friday. The Arizona Supreme Court declined to review the fake electors case, leaving prosecution in limbo. The Kennedy Center ordered the removal of Trump’s name from the building and the marketing materials.

And major news organizations including The New York Times, CNN, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, and The Washington Post need to stop uncritically repeating the Trump administration’s claim that a “ceasefire” exists in the Iran war. Military operations, threats of renewed attacks, regional strikes, naval actions, and ongoing war powers disputes continue to define the conflict.

Even Trump himself recently described the situation as parties "shooting in a more moderate manner" rather than an actual end to fighting. When journalists call an ongoing conflict a ceasefire while military operations continue and lawmakers debate how to end the war, they risk obscuring the reality facing the public.

🖊️ Add your name to call on major news organizations to report accurately on the Iran war and use language that reflects reality, not political messaging.

If fighting continues, if military threats remain active, and if the legal and political disputes surrounding the war are unresolved, the public deserves reporting that says so plainly. Journalism should describe events as they are—not as government officials wish them to appear.

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

Stop Calling It a Ceasefire (The Intercept)

Top Democrat urges end to secrecy over proposed ICE child detention center (The Guardian)

Trump’s Name Is Disappearing From More Than Just the Kennedy Center (The Atlantic)

Obama's new presidential museum, by the numbers (PBS)

Arizona Supreme Court declines to review fake electors case, leaving prosecution in limbo (Votebeat)

In Iowa, water pollution is a health threat that also disrupts summer fun (AP News)

Jared Kushner’s Albanian Resort Faces a Corruption Probe and Mass Protests (Mother Jones)

108 Days Apart: A Wife’s Fight to Free Her Husband From Delaney Hall (The Marshall Project)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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