The Hound | Mar. 30

Hi there,

It’s Monday. Over 8 million people from around the world joined No Kings protests, making it the largest protest in modern history. Over 200,000 join the flagship protest in Minnesota, and millions more gathered at over 3,300 additional protests. And this weekend, the man everyone was protesting called for regime change in Iran, threatening a series of war crimes if he doesn’t get what he wants.

Trump’s war with Iran is not simply about deterrence, defense, or nuclear containment—it has increasingly been framed, by Trump himself, as an effort to reshape or replace Iran’s government. Trump has openly called regime change “the best thing that could happen” and encouraged Iranians to overthrow their leadership, while U.S. strikes have targeted key figures and infrastructure tied to the state. These are not the hallmarks of a limited military operation—they are the defining features of a regime change strategy. By avoiding the term “regime change,” coverage obscures the scale of what is being attempted and the historical risks such efforts carry.

🖊️ Add your name to call on major news organizations to cover the Iran war plainly as a regime change effort—examining the administration’s stated goals, the feasibility of overthrowing a foreign government, and the long-term consequences of such a strategy.

The public deserves reporting that names the reality of U.S. actions, not language that minimizes or obscures them. Democracy depends on understanding the true aims of war.

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

Third No Kings protest draws 8 million worldwide to push back on Trump administration (The Guardian)

The birthright citizenship case at the Supreme Court hits close to home for this immigrant mother (AP News)

Trump Issues Dark Warning to Iran Over Failing to Change Regimes (The New Republic)

The Wabanaki Basketmakers’ Plans to Save Maine’s Ash Trees (Inside Climate News)

Trump administration cuts turned rural towns into sitting ducks for disasters (NPR)

Scientists Just Discovered an Amazing New Superfamily of Creatures Deep in the Ocean (Mother Jones)

‘Like The Walking Dead’: Smuggled Drugs Fuel Chaos Inside Ohio Prisons (The Marshall Project)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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