CURE News Digest (Afternoon Edition): September 25, 2025
CURE News
7-3-25 Open Windows - Ann Telnaes
Internet post by Ann Telnaes (editorial cartoonist & visual storyteller)
Title: In 1776 we rejected a monarchy
Subtitle: You can thank the oath breaking Republicans for where we are
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/in-1776-we-rejected-a-monarchy
9-26-26 America, America substack
Internet post by Steven Beschloss
Title: To Feel Less Alone
Subtitle: Let’s take strength in the growing recognition at home and abroad that Trump’s vindictive, over-reaching authoritarianism cannot last
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/to-feel-less-alone9-25-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by The Contrarian
Title: The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement
Subtitle: Thursday: Protests against Sinclair and ICE continue, planning ahead for No Kings Day 2, and more.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-contrarian-covers-the-citizens9-26-25 Letters from an American
Internet post by Heather Cox Richardson
Title: September 25, 2025
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-25-2025
9-26-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Jennifer Rubin
Title: Undaunted in Defense of Free Speech
Subtitle: Nothing funny about standing up to a bully
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/undaunted-in-defense-of-free-speech
9-26-25 Adam Kinzinger substack
Internet post by Adam Kinzinger
Title: Shutdown Politics vs. Reality
Subtitle: From Social Security to the VA, what keeps going while Washington points fingers
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/shutdown-politics-vs-reality9-26-25 Zeteo substack
Internet post by Dion Nissembaum
Title: Most Moral Army? Even Israeli Military Officers Disavow the the Country’s Unofficial Motto
Subtitle: A retired Israeli military official makes an unexpected admission in an interview with Zeteo.
https://zeteo.com/p/most-moral-army-even-israeli-military9-26-26 Daily Dose of Democracy | Video of the Day
12-minute YouTube video recording featuring Brian Tyler Cohen
Title: South Park DESTROYS Trump & FCC chair Brendan Carr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdJkD-2DVR0
9-26-25 The Jim Acosta Show
Internet post by Jim Acosta
Title: It’s Time to Freeze ICE
Subtitle: Democrats should use the potential for a government shutdown as leverage to halt Trump’s inhumane migrant crackdown
https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/its-time-to-freeze-ice9-26-25 Robert Reich substack
Internet post by Robert Reich
Title: Why are we so polarized? Why is democracy in such peril?
Subtitle: Confronting the longer-term erosion
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-are-we-so-polarized
9-26-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
40-minute video recording featuring Susan J. Demas & Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Title: How Misogyny Fuels Violent Extremism | Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss Joins Susan Demas
Subtitle: Gender has become a bright dividing line in culture and politics for Gen Z men and women.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/how-misogyny-fuels-violent-extremism
9-26-25 ProPublica
Internet post by Kaplan, Elliott & Mierjeski
Title: Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
Subtitle: The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-fema-florida-naples-sinan-gursoy
9-26-25 The Contrarian
Internet post (cartoon) by Ruben Bolling (editorial cartoonist)
Title: Tom the Dancing Bug
Subtitle: Strike Force 5 in “Late Night Comedy!”
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/tom-the-dancing-bug-a289-26-25 To the Contrary
Internet post by Charlie Sykes
Title: In Broad Daylight
Subtitle: Four stories that really should stop you in your tracks
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/in-broad-daylight
9-26-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Zerlina
Title: The Haze
Subtitle: The peculiar burden of being a Black American in the USA is heavy in a way that you don’t fully recognize until you’ve left
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-haze9-23-25 Open Windows - Ann Telnaes
Internet post by Ann Telnaes (editorial cartoonist & visual storyteller)
Title: Thug at the UN
Subtitle: Trump gives an embarrassing, self-aggrandizing speech at the United Nations
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/thug-at-the-un