CURE News Digest: Monday, June 1, 2026
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6-1-26 Adam Kinzinger substack
11-minute video featuring Adam Kinzinger
“BREAKING: Iran Ends Talks With US, Judge Strips Trump’s Name From Kennedy Center, Gun Trafficking Cases Neglected by Trump Admin, and more.” by Adam Kinzinger
https://www.adamkinzinger.com/p/breaking-iran-ends-talks-with-usRELIGION
Find out the difference between Christian Nationalism and Christianity.
6-1-26 Politics Chicks
57-minute podcast featuring Christy Branham, Monica Healy, & Pastor Steve Young of GracePoint Church in Minnesota. This post also includes a short written outline of the podcast.
“Christian Nationalism vs. Christianity: A Pastor Explains the Difference.”
https://thepoliticschicks.substack.com/p/christian-nationalism-vs-christianityJULY 4th CELEBRATION
The July 4th celebration is all about Trump, and $100 million of our tax dollars are paying for it.
6-1-26 Robert Reich substack
“The Truth About Trump’s Birthday Bash” by Robert Reich
A nonpartisan group called America250 was supposed to be planning this year’s national Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C. “But ‘America250’ is not planning this year’s 250th anniversary events on the mall or anywhere else in official Washington. Trump and his MAGA allies circumvented Congress and created their own planning committee, confusingly named “Freedom 250” and it’s planned to make money for Trump….Tucked away inside last year’s sprawling 870-page “One Big Beautiful Act” was an allocation of $150 million for “events, celebrations, and activities surrounding the observance and commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Most of those funds are going to Trump’s “Freedom 250” rather than to the nonpartisan “America250.” Why? When Congress appropriated the $150 million, only America250 was planning celebrations for the 250th. But now that Trump’s Freedom 250 is up and running, Trump’s Interior Department has doled out $100 million to it ($25 million has gone to the nonpartisan America250). That’s $100 million of our tax dollars!
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-trumps-birthday-bashNo surprise here – Trump hijacks America’s July 4th celebration and turns it into a MAGA rally.
6-1-26 To the Contrary
“Trump’s Royalist July 4” by Charlie Sykes
As Sykes reports, “Trump has hijacked America’s 250th Anniversary of Rejecting Kings and turned it into ‘a royalist celebration of himself: seeking to emblazon his face on coinage and currency, displaying his image on banners in downtown Washington, and scheduling the central event of the celebration—a televised cage fight—for his own birthday on June [14].”
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-royalist-july-4Freedom 250 - The planning of this event ranks about as high as for the Iran War.
6-1-26 The Bulwark Triad
“Trump’s Fyre 250 Disaster” by Jonathan V. Last
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-fyre-250-disasterRESISTANCE & DEFIANCE
History shows how Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood up to Republican Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s. Will any Republicans have the guts to do the same to Trump?
5-31-26 Letters from an American
“May 31, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-31-2026A big buffet of resistance ideas that are outside of the typical tactics!
6-1-26 The Grassroots Connector
“Give Us Your Ideas – Part 2” by Robbin Warner
https://grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/give-us-your-ideas-part-2
A list of 4 things to call your Senators and House Members about this week.
6-1-26 Hopium Chronicles by Simon Rosenberg
“Notes on Ossoff, Platner, Trump’s Ongoing Meltdown, And The Importance Of Investing And Winning Everywhere” by Simon Rosenberg
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/notes-on-ossoff-platner-trumps-ongoingQuote for the Day:
“Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
~Leonard Cohen (1934-2026), Canadian singer/songwriter & folk-rock legend