CURE News Digest: Thursday, March 12, 2026
CURE News
3-11-26 e pluribus cartoonum
“The Magic Feather” by RJ Matson (editorial cartoonist)
https://rjmatson.substack.com/p/the-magic-feather
3-10-26 The Contrarian
“How the War Ends” by Nick Anderson (editorial cartoonist)
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/how-the-war-ends
3-11-26 Robert Reich substack
“The Biggest, Most Tragic Failure Of All” by Robert Reich
“We are in an unnecessary war that the public doesn’t want, without a clear purpose or endgame. How to respond now?”https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-underlying-failure
3-11-26 The Contrarian
“The Contrarian Covers the Democracy Movement” by The Contrarian
“Wednesday: Stand Up for Science protests in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota, an anti-war protest in South Carolina, and more.”
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/the-contrarian-covers-the-citizens
3-11-26 Lincoln Square Media
“The Risky Rise of Markwayne Mullin” by Frank Figluizzi
“The former MMA fighter and business owner lacks a background in law enforcement, the military, or cybersecurity. Trump appointed him Homeland Security Secretary anyway.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-risky-rise-of-markwayne-mullin
3-11-26 Adam Kinzinger substack
30-minute video recording featuring Adam Kinzinger & Rich Logis
“‘One Betrayal Too Many’ – Why Rich Logis Left MAGA”
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/video-one-betrayal-too-many-why-rich
3-11-26 The Red Letter
“The Epstein Files Aren’t Just Emails. They May Be a Video Archive” by Tara Palmeri
“J-mail, the search engine built by a few 20-somethings organized the Epstein files, but they say the DOJ may still be sitting on the vast majority of the data seized from Epstein’s homes.”
https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/the-epstein-files-arent-just-emails
3-11-26 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
“The Fate of the First Amendment” by Joyce Vance
“The Defense Department announced is barring press photographers from the briefings it holds on the war in Iran. Why? According to ‘two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation,’ it’s because the press has published photos of the self-proclaimed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that ‘his staff deemed ‘unflattering.’”
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-fate-of-the-first-amendment
3-11-26 Lincoln Square Media | First Draft
37-minute video recording featuring Susan Demas & journalist Laura Bassett
“The GOP War on Women’s Right to Vote”
“Trump will try anything to remain in power. But can Republicans push his SAVE Act through the Senate?”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-gop-war-on-womens-right-to-vote
3-12-26 Letters from an American
“March 11, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson
“For his part, Trump appears to be panicking over yesterday’s news that Iran is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, through which tankers transport about 20% of the world’s oil through a two-mile-wide (3.2 km) shipping channel.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-11-2026
3-12-26 Adam Kinzinger substack
“Going Deeper: When Armageddon Enters the Chain of Command” by Adam Kinzinger
“With America launching a ferocious attack on Iran, one aimed at regime change, at least 200 troops have reported that their superiors have told them that the bombs and rockets will fulfill America’s role in bringing about the Armageddon of the New Testament.”
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/going-deeper-when-armageddon-enters
3-12-26 To the Contrary
30-minute video recording featuring Charlie Sykes & journalist Molly Jong-Fast
“How Bad Is Trump’s Iran FUBAR?”
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/how-bad-is-trumps-iran-fubar
~Benjamin Harrison, 23rd U.S. President