A few months ago, early March, CNN wrote.

The US government for decades shied away from targeting foreign leaders after embarrassing failures and unintended consequences from covert activities by the CIA.

The targeting and killing of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which opened an undeclared war with Iran, is the first time in modern history the US — in this case working with Israel — openly killed the leader of a foreign country, according to CNN presidential historian Tim Naftali.

I struggled with some demons; they were middle-class and tame…

A li’l frustrated with the lopsided goose:gander ratio on this stuff. It’s like he doesn’t even see other people as real people.

Arguably the initial strike could be seen as liberating; going after a dictator that less than a third of the population voted for and has approval ratings well under 40% and who has wrested direct control over national security and armed forces, been unbound by institutional norms, banned and bypassed journalists and congress in lieu of personal propaganda edicts, and ruled via a group of hand-picked loyalists overriding elected officials. But all that applied to Khameini too and that feeling of being liberated didn’t last long:

Then today, the US president said.

“1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME!,” he said in a Truth Social post.

“Orders have already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a one year period of time, subject to extension, to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran.”

Prosecutors, defense and civil attorneys agree it’s a legal situation unlike anything the state has ever seen.

What Are The Best Moral Arguments Against It?

In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it’s directed from the very top and the damage this legitimization of bigotry has done

Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins Inside Medicine for a tag-team response to a poorly reasoned essay by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and his deputy, Dr. Matthew Memoli.

They have a long history of falling for narcissists posing as Saviors.

The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.

Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.

Rich people forcing “Generative AI” on everyone else is the 2025 equivalent of trying to make “fetch” happen.

The Trump administration’s deregulatory regime is undermining MAHA’s health aims.

Some climate optimism was just what I needed today.

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Sixteen counts and counting of the executive flagrantry disobeying court order. Make MAGA Go Away!

Chaos at the CDC and the sharp move away from mRNA vaccines has public health experts alarmed.

The attack on trans rights in the United States is worse than you think.