CURE News Digest - September 20, 2025
CURE News
9-2-25 The Existential Republic
Internet post by Christopher Armitage
Title: 5 Phone Calls Can Stop American Fascism. Here Are the Numbers.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/5-phone-calls-can-stop-american-fascism?fbclid=IwY2xjawM7qQNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFnblZlVHZpMlg1ZTF0UmJoAR7vltTH_2Cz01rQrYFnY3jHOsQEx6LQBqsy_7WeCqZqoTkpqyOOwDW1GqohUw_aem_SIFf6F5uxdvKC-40jPLr3w&triedRedirect=trueNote: Cross-posted from Champaign County Indivisible facebook page
No Kings Protest 2.0 on Oct. 18, 2025
Watch for local area events sponsored by Champaign County Indivisible organization
https://www.nokings.org/9-20-25 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance substack
Internet post by Joyce Vance
Title: Paper Clip Protest
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/paper-clip-protest7-26-25 We (the people) Dissent substack
Internet post by K. Starling
Title: 20 Creative Civil Dissent Ideas
Subtitle: Protests are the tip of the dissent iceberg. Discover 21 creative forms of civil resistance.
https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/20-creative-civil-dissent-ideas
9-18-25 The Existential Republic substack
Internet post by Christopher Armitage
Title: The Kimmel Cancel Response Blueprint
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-kimmel-cancel-response-blueprint9-19-25 Letters from an American substack
Internet post by Heather Cox Richardson
Title: September 19, 2025
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-19-2025
9-20-25 We (the people) Dissent
59-minute video recording featuring K. Starling
Title: Hope-Filled Friday News & Q&A
https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/hope-filled-friday-news-and-q-and9-20-25 America, America substack
Internet post by Steven Beschloss
Title: How Do You Hold Onto Your Sanity?
Subtitle: A Saturday Prompt
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/how-do-you-hold-onto-your-sanity9-19-25 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance substack
Internet post by Joyce Vance
Title: Five Questions with Marissa Rothkopf
Subtitle: Author of The Secret Life of Chocolate Chip Cookies
https://substack.com/home/post/p-173814995
9-18-25 Letters from an American substack
9-minute podcast featuring Heather Cox Richardson
Title: September 18, 2025
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-18-2025-c1b9-19-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Wayne Unger
Title: Why Jimmy Kimmel’s First Amendment rights weren’t violated – but ABC’s would be protected if it stood up to the FCC and Trump
9-19-25 Democracy Docket
Internet post by Jacob Knutsen
Title: Judge Rejects Trump’s ‘Tedious and Burdensome’ New York Times Defamation Lawsuit
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-strikes-trump-new-york-times-defamation-lawsuit/9-20-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Norman Eisen
Title: Trump’s revenge attacks are dangerous – but doomed
Subtitle: Publisher’s RoundUp 36
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-revenge-attacks-are-dangerousbut9-20-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet post by Rick Wilson
Title: Trump’s Speech Police
Subtitle: Attorney General Pam Bondi’s word salad attempted to smuggle in a censorship regime under the cover of mourning Charlie Kirk.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-speech-police9-19-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Maha Nassar
Title: Palestinian statehood is winning major new supporters at UN – but symbolic action won’t make it happen
9-13-25 Keen on America substack
48-minute video recording by Andrew Keen & Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Title: Why Misogyny May Be America’s Most Dangerous Ideology: The Role of the Manosphere in Political Assassinations and Mass Shootings
Subtitle: Episode 2555: Cynthia Miller-Idriss explains the rise of both right and left-wing political violence
https://keenon.substack.com/p/why-misogyny-may-be-americas-most9-19-25 Democracy Docket
Internet post by Matt Cohen
Title: DOJ Targets Blue States In Voter Roll Lawsuits ‘Driven By Partisanship’
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-targets-blue-states-in-voter-roll-lawsuits-driven-by-partisanship/7-22-25 Open Windows - Ann Telnaes substack
Internet post by Ann Telnaes (editorial cartoonist & visual storyteller)
Title: The immorality of Mike Johnson
Subtitle: The Speaker of the House seems to have forgotten the First Commandment
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-immorality-of-mike-johnson9-8-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Deborah Widiss
Title: Complying with Trump administration’s attack on DEI could get employers into legal trouble
https://theconversation.com/complying-with-trump-administrations-attack-on-dei-could-get-employers-into-legal-trouble-262915?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20September%208%202025%20-%203509035760&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20September%208%202025%20-%203509035760+CID_8515526ece6b5a96f53c598892141060&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Complying%20with%20Trump%20administrations%20attack%20on%20DEI%20could%20get%20employers%20into%20legal%20trouble9-19-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Jamie Schler
Title: Peanut Butter Chocolate Marbled Brownies
Subtitle: Of myths, hope, and chocolate
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/peanut-butter-chocolate-marbled-brownies9-19-25 The Contrarian substack
16-minute video recording with Jennifer Rubin & Senator Andy Kim
Title: An anti-corruption bill, protecting healthcare, and the power of service: Senator Andy Kim in conversation
Subtitle: “Look, right now, I mean just the level of blatant corruption and frankly, just profiteering off of the presidency of the power. This is something that is done at an industrial scale now.”
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/an-anti-corruption-bill-protecting9-16-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Killewald & Cricco
Title: US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
https://theconversation.com/us-women-narrowed-the-pay-gap-with-men-by-having-fewer-kids-2618119-20-25 Robert Reich | The Coffee Klatch substack
44-minute video recording featuring Robert Reich & Michael Lahanas Caberon
Title: Will I Get Canceled?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/when-will-i-get-cancelled-the-coffee
9-20-25 Lincoln Square Media | Lincoln Logue substack
Internet post by Charles Penneys
Title: AI Will Scam your Grandma while Trump Cancels your Comedy
Subtitle: Trump basically tells any show that talks about him to play nice or don’t play at all.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-lincoln-logue-ai-will-scam-your9-19-25 Zeteo substack
3-minute video recording featuring Francesca Fiorentini and Team Zeteo
Title: Why Are Right-Wing Comedians ‘Deafeningly Silent’ on Jimmy Kimmel
Subtitle: Watch Francesca Fiorentini break down how ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live is more about the bottom line for media conglomerates than ‘cancel culture.’
https://zeteo.com/p/why-are-right-wing-comedians-deafeningly
9-18-25 New York Cartoons
Internet post (cartoon) by Jason Chatfield
Title: The Comedians in the Coal Mine
Subtitle: “Comedians and Editorial Cartoonists are from the same family – We are all satirists.”
https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/p/the-comedians-in-the-coal-mine9-19-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
28-minute video recording featuring Joe Trippi & Alex Shashlo
Title: Jimmy Kimmel Was a Warning Shot | Joe Trippi Answers your Questions
Subtitle: The Trump regime is daring anyone to stop them.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/jimmy-kimmel-was-a-warning-shot-joe9-19-25 The Jim Acosta Show substack
44-minute video recording featuring Jim Acosta, Karen Attiah & Steve Schmidt
Title: Fired For Speaking Up! Karen Attiah and Steve Schmidt Join Jim To Discuss.
Subtitle: A recording from Jim Acosta’s live video.
https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/fired-for-speaking-up-karen-attiah9-11-25 Katie Couric substack
24-minute video recording featuring Katie Couric & Senator Mark Kelly
Title: Arizona Senator Mark Kelly on Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Subtitle: A recording from Katie Couric’s live video
https://katiecouric.substack.com/p/arizona-senator-mark-kelly-on-charlie