CURE News Digest - August 27, 2025
CURE News
8-27-25 ProPublica
Internet post by Elkind & Mangan
Title: The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History
https://www.propublica.org/article/leo-terrell-universities-lawsuits-antisemitism?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature8-27-25 ProPublica
Internet post by Jeremy Kohler
Title: Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats
Subtitle: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=rive8-26-25 Letters from an American
3-minute YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
Title: Nineteenth amendment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj1UQuJjrXI&ab_channel=HeatherCoxRichardson
8-26-25 Letters from an American
Internet post by Heather Cox Richardson
Topic: Trump talks about being a dictator
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-26-20258-26-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Mimi Rocah
Title: The sham Ghislaine Maxwell proffer is a shameful whitewash of accountability
Subtitle: And it has the full power of the DOJ behind it.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-sham-ghislaine-maxwell-proffer8-27-25 Robert Reich’s substack
Internet post by Robert Reich
Title: Office Hours: Will Jeffrey Epstein Finally Take Trump Down?
Subtitle: It may all happen soon.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-will-jeffrey-epstein8-26-25 The Bulwark Triad
Internet post by Jonathan V. Last
Title: Trump’s ‘4 Trillion Deficit Reduction’ Is Fake News
Subtitle: The president says “tariffs came in at 4 trillion.” Spoiler alert: They didn’t.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-four-trillion-deficit-reduction-fake-news-hugh-hewitt8-26-25 The Bulwark
Internet post by Joe Perticone
Title: Trump Drops Brief Embrace of Mail In Voting, Screwing His Party
Subtitle: Plus: Another red state map could change, but not in favor of Republicans.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-drops-brief-embrace-of-mail8-26-25 ProPublica
Internet post by Doug Bock Clark
Title: She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
Subtitle: Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.
https://www.propublica.org/article/heather-honey-dhs-election-security8-27-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
27-minute video recording featuring Trippi, Stevens & Wilson
Title: Is It Time to Start Prepping for President Vance?
Subtitle: This ‘special kind of weirdo” may be the snake Trump is always talking about
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/is-it-time-to-start-prepping-for8-26-25 Tangle News
Internet post by Isaac Saul
Title: Trump’s $500 million fraud penalty gets thrown out.
Subtitle: Plus, do the recently passed tax cuts only benefit the top 1%?
https://www.readtangle.com/trump-civil-fraud-case-thrown-out-letitia-james/8-26-25 Lincoln Square Media/Anchor Watch Show substack
33 ½ - minute video recording featuring Bobby Jones & Barb McQuade
Title: How Authoritarians Use Disinformation/Former US Attorney Joins Anchor Watch
Subtitle: “Stalin had newspapers; Mussolini had newsreels; Hitler had radio - Trump has social media.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/how-authoritarians-use-disinformation
8-26-25 Simon Rosenberg’s Hopium Chronicles
Internet post by Simon Rosenberg
Title: Fighting Trump Now – Some Recommendations for Congressional Democrats
Subtitle: Our politics change in August, and Congressional Dems will have to raise their game
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/fighting-trump-some-recommendations8-27-25 The Borowitz Report
Internet post by Andy Borowitz (comedian & satirist)
Title: How NOT to Stop Trump
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/how-not-to-help-democrats-win
8-26-25 The Jim Acosta Show substack
57-minute video recording featuring Acosta, Klasfeld, Eisen & Schecter
Title: Norm Eisen on Breaking News that Democracy Defenders are Suing for Epstein Files plus Cliff Schecter and Adam Klasfeld
Subtitle: Plus, Jim congratulates still “hot” Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on getting engaged. Good luck Taylor and Travis!
https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/norm-eisen-on-breaking-news-that8-25-25 ProPublica
Internet post by Robert T. Garrett
Title: The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration’s Latest Legal Strategy
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-redistricting-trump-lawsuits-courts?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river8-26-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
35-minute video recording featuring Susan J. Demas & Edwin Eisendrath
Title: Trump Talks Dictatorship & Invading Chicago
Subtitle: “We’re Americans. We’re used to going where we please without troops everywhere.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-talks-dictatorship-and-invading8-26-25 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Internet post by Joyce Vance
Title: No Bill!
Subtitle: The Good News You Need
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/no-bill
8-27-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Jennifer Rubin
Title: The Police State Is Here
Subtitle: While proposing otherwise, Trump luxuriates in aspiring dictatorship
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-police-state-is-here
8-27-25 The Bulwark Morning Shots
Internet post by Kristol, Egger & Swift
Title: All the President’s ‘Butt Snorklers’
Subtitle: An emperor president surrounded by a sycophantic cabinet is a dangerous thing.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-presidents-butt-snorkelers-cabinet-meeting-sycophants-dictator8-27-25 Zeteo substack
Internet post by Jason Paladino
Title: ICE Gives No-Bid SUV Contract to Republican Donor with a History of Fraud
Subtitle: The $2.25M award for ICE recruitment vehicles seemed to go around normal contracting procedures.
https://zeteo.com/p/ice-no-bid-contract-republican-donor-fraud-history
8-26-25 America, America substack
Internet post by Steven Beschloss
Title: Snapshot: “You Are Neither Wanted Here Nor Needed Here”
Subtitle: Illinois Gov JB Pritzker starkly warns Donald Trump not to send troops to Chicago
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-you-are-neither-wanted-here
8-27-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet post by Edwin Eisendrath
Title: Chicago Knows Donald Trump. He’s Like a Crooked Alderman on Steroids.
Subtitle: Trump has a sordid history with the Windy City. Pardoning criminals is just part of it.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/chicago-knows-donald-trump-hes-likeAugust 2025 Robert Reich substack
3-minute YouTube video recording featuring Robert Reich
Title: Donald Trump’s New Enemy? Our National Parks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7IJaB5NDc&ab_channel=RobertReich 8-26-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Mimi Rocah
Title: The sham Ghislaine Maxwell proffer is a shameful whitewash of accountability
Subtitle: And it has the full power of the DOJ behind it.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-sham-ghislaine-maxwell-proffer8-26-25 Adam Kinzinger’s substack
33 ½ - minute video recording featuring Adam Kinzinger & Cameron Kasky
Title: Video: Interview with Gun Violence Survivor and Gen Z Whisperer Cameron Kasky
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/video-interview-with-gun-violence
8-26-25 The Bulwark
Internet post by Jonathan Cohn
Title: RFK Jr. Could Blow Up the Vaccine Industry With One Simple Move
Subtitle: A seemingly obscure change to liability laws could wreck the market for some vaccines.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-kennedy-rfk-jr-could-blow-up-vaccine-industry-one-simple-move-liability-shield8-26-25 The Bulwark/FY Pod
30-minute video recording featuring Tim Miller & Cameron Kasky
Title: Trump Puts Out Dictatorship Feelers and Dean Cain Embarrasses Himself!
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-puts-out-dictatorship-feelersNOTE: Gen Z swung hard for Trump in 2024, and Tim Miller wants to know why. He’s teaming up with Cameron Kasky on the For You Pod to break down the politics of the TikTok generation—what’s driving their shift and what it will take to win them back. Tune in weekly for sharp insights into America’s youngest voters.
8-26-25 We (the people) Dissent substack
Internet post by K. Starling
Title: The National Guard is in our Cities: What Now?
Subtitle: A closer look at the 1,700 soldiers stationed in our cities and our response
https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/the-national-guard-is-in-our-cities
8-21-25 We (the people) Dissent substack
Internet post by K. Starling
Title: September = Two Demonstrations + 160-mile Philly to DC March
Subtitle: September is poised to host the most national actions to date. Here is the information you need.
https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/september-2-demonstrations-160-mile?r=4any9b&utm_campaign=post%2Cpost&utm_medium=web%2Cweb&triedRedirect=trueLabor Day 2025 Protests, Rallies & Events
*Events on Illinois Mobilize
https://www.mobilize.us/events/illinois-volunteer-opportunities/*May Day Strong Sponsored by the AFL-CIO
Labor Day 2025
Workers Over Billionaires
https://maydaystrong.org/*Local to C-U:
September 1, 2025
11 am - 2 pm
North Neil St. & East Main St.
The AFL-CIO of Champaign County invites everyone to their Annual Labor Day Parade and Picnic. The parade in Downtown Champaign will start at 11:00am, followed by a picnic in the Plaza including food, live music, bouncy houses and other family fun. All are welcome!
https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/event/815512/