CURE News Digest: Saturday, March 21, 2026
CURE News
3-19-26 e pluribus cartoonum
“Spongebob Newspants” by RJ Matson (editorial cartoonist)
https://rjmatson.substack.com/p/spongebob-newspants3-20-26 Adam Kinzinger substack
“Way To Go, MAGA.” by Adam Kinzinger
“Is this the great America you were hoping for?”
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/way-to-go-maga3-20-26 The Contrarian
“Tom the Dancing Bug” by Ruben Bolling
“Excursions are Hell”
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/tom-the-dancing-bug-f6f3-21-26 Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum
“Trump Doesn’t Remember What He’s Done” by Anne Applebaum
“But others do”
“Donald Trump does not think strategically. Nor does he think historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. He does not think about how his behavior in one place will change the behavior of other people in other places. He does not consider the wider implications of his decisions. He does not take responsibility when these decisions go wrong. Instead, he acts on whim and impulse, and when he changes his mind—when he feels new whims and new impulses—he simply lies about whatever he said or did before.”
https://anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/trump-doesnt-remember-what-hes-done3-19-26 Lincoln Square Media
“The Secret of Trump’s Media Threats” by Rick Wilson
“The administration’s escalating war on journalists – from FCC threats to execution fantasies – isn’t a display of power. It’s the frantic gasping of a regime losing its grip on the narrative.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-secret-of-trumps-media-threats3-19-26 Lincoln Square Media
37-minute video recording featuring Maya May & Jay Kuo
“The Fight For The Rule of Law”
“District courts are delivering actual wins against ICE…but it’s not all good news.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-fight-for-the-rule-of-law-maya3-19-26 The Up and Up
“When hatred is ‘based’” by Rachel Janfaza
“In a community call this week, students at a range of schools shared that antisemitic jokes are now commonplace, anti-immigrant rhetoric is running rampant, and a complete lack of action to tamper violence —whether that’s gun violence, war, or political violence — has pushed many to ‘tap out’ of political conversations altogether.”
https://www.theupandup.us/p/when-hatred-is-based-genz3-21-26 Letters from an American
“March 20, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson
“Yesterday President Donald J. Trump told reporters he was not sending troops to Iran, saying: “No, I’m not putting troops anywhere. If I were, I certainly wouldn’t tell you, but I’m not putting troops.” Today, Jennifer Jacobs, James LaPorta, and Eleanor Watson of CBS News reported that the Pentagon has made detailed preparations for sending troops to Iran. The administration is currently moving thousands of Marines to the Middle East. They will not be in place for a few weeks, suggesting the administration is expecting the engagement to continue.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-20-20263-20-26 Lincoln Square Media
32-minute video recording featuring Edwin Eisendrath & the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch
“Here’s How Democrats Can Impeach Trump”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/heres-how-democrats-can-impeach-trump
3-21-26 Lincoln Square Media
“The GOP’s Character Cancer” by Stuart Stevens
“From ‘restoring honor’ to celebrating cruelty: How the modern Republican Party abandoned its moral foundations for Trump.”End of CURE News Digest: Saturday, March 21, 2026