CURE News Digest: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
CURE News
3-3-26 e pluribus cartoonum
“Flyover Country” by RJ Matson (editorial cartoonist)
“President Trump Joins Israel’s War With Iran Leaving the US Congress In The Middle Of Nowhere”
https://rjmatson.substack.com/p/flyover-country
3-4-26 Letters from an American
“March 3, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson
“Trump made little effort to present his case for military strikes against Iran to the American people. In his letter to Congress notifying them of his attack, Trump said he had acted under the 1973 War Powers Act, which permits a president to attack another country if there is an urgent threat.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-3-20263-3-26 Lincoln Square Media
42-minute video recording featuring Susan J. Demas & Edwin Eisendrath
“Where’s Congress on the Iran War?”
“Once again, Republicans in Congress refuse to do their job.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/wheres-congress-on-the-iran-war-edwin3-4-26 Lincoln Square Media | The Strategy Session
30-minute video recording featuring Rick Wilson, Joe Trippi & Max Boot
“Trump Started Another Middle East War. What Could Go Wrong?”
“America’s reputation is plummeting in the world and we are less safe.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-started-another-middle-east3-4-26 The Contrarian
“Trump’s War Underscores His Massive Betrayal” by Jennifer Rubin
“A critical problem — aside from constitutional, political, and moral considerations — with a president taking the country to war with overwhelming public opposition, without congressional authorization, and even without public debate is that we do not know its purpose. From all appearances, neither Donald Trump nor any adviser knows the purpose of his strikes against Iran. (If one were being totally honest, the “purpose” likely is to soothe the narcissistic rage of a president headed for a massive defeat.)”
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-war-underscores-his-massive
3-3-26 Hopium Chronicles by Simon Rosenberg
43-minute video recording featuring Simon Rosenberg & Stuart Stevens
“On Ukraine, Trump’s New Gulf War, Drone Warfare, and More – Stuart Stevens Reports In From Kyiv”
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/ukraine-is-winning-a-new-conversation
3-3-26 The Up and Up
“What if Gen Z is actually moderate on foreign policy?” by Rachel Janfaza
“War is costly, and young adults know they’ll be left with the toll.”
https://www.theupandup.us/p/gen-z-actually-moderate-foreign-policy-iran
3-4-26 Hopium Chronicles by Simon Rosenberg
“Another Good Election Night, NC Dems Rock It, All In For James Talarico”
14-minute video recording featuring Simon Rosenberg
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/another-good-night-for-dems-nc-dems3-3-26 Civil Discourse by Joyce Vance
“DOJ Changes Course” by Joyce Vance
“Last night, I wrote to you about reporting that the Trump administration would stop defending the clearly illegal executive orders the president issued last March. There was a lot of reporting on that story last night, and apparently Trump got wind of it because there is an update tonight. After last night’s news broke, the Justice Department changed its mind. Perhaps, although we don’t know for certain, it would be more accurate to say Trump told his Justice Department to change its mind. Suffice it to say it’s enormously unusual for the government to one day file a motion to voluntarily dismiss its appeal on these cases and the next morning to say, ‘Nope, our bad, we’ll go ahead and defend those appeals after all’—which is precisely what happened this morning.”
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/doj-changes-course3-4-26 Robert Reich substack
“The Stupidest, Saddest, Sleaziest of Spectacles” by Robert Reich
“Yesterday the White House quietly removed Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s two top aides at the Labor Department…I think Han and Wright are taking the rap for Chavez-DeRemer, who’s still facing allegations of drinking during the workday from a “stash” of alcohol in her office, taking subordinates to an Oregon strip club while on an official trip, and having an affair with a member of her security team.”
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-stupid-sad-scandalous-sleazy
~Colin Powell