CURE News Digest: Thursday, February 26, 2026
CURE News
2-25-26 e pluribus cartoonum
“Frat Bro Of Investigation” by RJ Matson (editorial cartoonist)
“An Olympic Moment With FBI Director Kash Patel”
https://rjmatson.substack.com/p/frat-bro-of-investigation2-26-26 Popular Information
“The missing Epstein files” by Judd Legum
https://popular.info/p/the-missing-epstein-files2-25-26 We (the people) Dissent
“The Cost of Civil Disobedience: The Quakertown Arrests” by K. Starling
“Student protests have been sweeping the nation, and, in their wake, threats, violence, and punishment.”
https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-civil-disobedience-the
2-26-26 Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum
“The Danes Haven’t Forgotten Greenland” by Anne Applebaum
“And neither has anyone else”
https://anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/the-danes-havent-forgotten-greenland
2-25-26 Popular Information
“Deeply conflicted, Kushner represents the U.S. in high-stakes negotiations with Iran” by Judd Legum
https://popular.info/p/deeply-conflicted-kushner-represents2-25-26 Lincoln Square Media
“Inside the Roberts Court and its Failures” by Edwin Eisendrath
“The Chief Justice humiliated our Constitution when he offered a president a year-long you-don’t-need-to-obey-the constitution card before telling us the obvious about Trump’s illegal tariffs.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/inside-the-roberts-court-and-its
2-26-26 Letters from an American
“February 25, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson
“It seemed clear that Trump intends to try to persuade Americans who have soured on his economy and hate his immigration policies that they are wrong, and that both are, in fact, triumphs.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-25-2026
2-26-26 One First
“Bonus 212: The Supreme Court is Not ‘Reining in’ Executive Power” by Steve Vladeck
“The Court’s defenders claim the tariffs ruling is part of a trend in which the justices are reining in President Trump and (re-)empowering Congress. The full dataset is overwhelmingly to the contrary.”
https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-212-the-supreme-court-is-not
2-26-26 The Contrarian
35-minute video recording featuring Jennifer Rubin & Justin Wolfers
“Okay, What’s Actually Happening with The Tariffs?”
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/okay-whats-actually-happening-with
2-26-26 The Existentialist Republic
“Did Clarence Thomas Commit a Crime That Could Get Him 5 Years in a Virginia State Penitentiary?”
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/did-clarence-thomas-commit-a-crime2-26-26 Hopium Chronicles with Simon Rosenberg
1-hour video recording featuring Simon Rosenberg
“Trump Should Have Course Corrected This Week. He Didn’t – And 2026 Republicans Are In Trouble (New Video, Written Analysis)”
“Governor Spanberger and Senator Padilla offered Democrats a powerful rhetorical way forward this week”
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trump-should-have-course-corrected~Abraham Lincoln