CURE News Digest: Saturday, May 2, 2026

[CURE News]

Has Hegseth actually read the Bible?

5-1-26  Mark Fiore’s Cartoon Update

“Onward Christian Nationalist” by Mark Fiore (editorial cartoonist)

https://markfiore.substack.com/p/onward-christian-nationalist

Kinzinger lists Trump’s self-inflicted problems.

5-2-26  Adam Kinzinger substack

“Trump is Winning the Chaos.  He’s Losing Everything Else.” by Adam Kinzinger

https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/trump-is-winning-the-chaos-hes-losing

5-2-26  Lincoln Square Media

“Trump’s Civility Con Job Falls Apart” by Rick Wilson

“‘Shut up and build the ballroom’ is dumb – even for MAGA”

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-civility-con-job-falls-apart

A summary of the past week.

5-2-26  Lawfare

“The Week That Was” compiled by Marissa Wong

https://lawfare.substack.com/p/the-week-that-was-5cc

Trump is ignoring the 1973 War Powers Act.

5-2-26  Letters from an American

“May 1, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson

Richardson states “Under the 1973 War Powers Act, a president has the authority to respond to an ‘imminent threat’ without congressional approval, so long as he notifies Congress in writing within 48 hours. Then the president has 60 days either to withdraw U.S. forces from their engagement or to get Congress to authorize the military action.”  Yesterday, May 1, was the deadline.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-1-2026

Why Trump is ignoring the 1973 War Powers Act.

5-1-26  Robert Reich substack

“The Real Reason Trump Doesn’t Want Congress To Vote on War Powers” by Robert Reich

Reich states that “Trump’s war is so unpopular that Republican members of Congress don’t want to have to go on record as voting in favor of it.”

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-why-trump-doesnt

This post’s title says it all.

5-2-26  Lincoln Square Media

13-minute video featuring Stuart Stevens

“How Republicans Betrayed Democracy” 

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/how-republicans-betrayed-democracy

This post provides specific action guidelines. 

5-2-26  The Contrarian

“15 Ways To Fight Callais” by Normal Eisen & The Contrarian

“Contrarians Say Hell No to Jim Crow:  Publisher’s Roundup 65”

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/15-ways-to-fight-callais

“Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.”

 ~Tony Blair, former United Kingdom Prime Minister from 1997-2007