CURE News Digest ADDENDUM: Saturday, February 28, 2026
CURE News
2-28-26 Open Windows – Ann Telnaes
“Operation Epic Distraction” by Ann Telnaes (editorial cartoonist & visual storyteller)
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/operation-epic-distraction2-28-26 Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara
22 ½ - minute video recording featuring Jake Sullivan & Jon Tester
“The Iran Strikes Explained”
“Endgame, authorization, retaliation, and off-ramps – hosts of The Long Game map the decision tree ahead”
https://staytuned.substack.com/p/the-iran-strikes-explained-live-recording?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=3387038&post_id=189484957&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=4379b&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email2-28-26 Lincoln Square Media
“While We Slept, Donald Trump Launched a War … on Our Constitution and the Rule of Law” by Edwin Eisendrath
“Americans woke up this morning in a nation no longer governed by the Constitution, but ruled by one man.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/while-we-slept-donald-trump-launched
2-28-26 Musings & Amusings
“Trump the Obliterator – Mr. Trump’s War” by Robert S. McElvaine
“Donald Trump likes to ‘obliterate’ things. It sounds ‘manly.’ What he is now most intent on obliterating is the American Constitutional Republic.”
https://robertsmcelvaine.substack.com/p/trump-the-obliterator-mr-trumps-war
2-28-26 Robert Reich substack
“Trump’s War” by Robert Reich
“The costs could be catastrophic”
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-war2-28-26 Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum
“Trump Has No Plan for Iran’s Future” by Anne Applebaum
“Just bombing Iran will not create a stable regime”
https://anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/trump-has-no-plan-for-irans-future
2-28-26 The Bulwark
“Bombing Is Easy. What Comes Next Is Not.” by Mark Hertling
“It comes down to a straightforward question: What’s the plan to transform military force into political change?”
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bombing-iran-is-easy-what-comes-next-hard-regime-change-strategy-goals-iraq2-28-26 The Bulwark
“Three Massive Questions Concerning Trump’s War in Iran” by Benjamin Parker
“Through the fog of war, some things are dimly discernible.”
End of CURE News Digest ADDENDUM: Saturday, February 28, 2026
“I have spent my life fighting for our country and our values. When those values are jeopardized, when our democracy is threatened, I believe it is our responsibility to speak out and demand accountability.”
~Mikie Sherrill