CURE News Digest - August 31, 2025
CURE News
8-30-25 Hopium Chronicles by Simon Rosenberg
Internet post by Simon Rosenberg
Title: A Court Rules Trump’s Terrible Tariffs Are Illegal (Again), Dems Need To Fight The Battle In Front Of Us This Fall – Not The Battle We Wish We Had
Subtitle: The terrible tariffs are providing Dems with an extraordinary opportunity to show that we are for the people and they are for the oligarchs. We need to seize it.
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-court-rules-trumps-terrible-tariffs8-18-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Massumeh H. Toosi
Title: Twelver Shiism – a branch of Islam that serves both as a spiritual and political force in Iran and beyond
https://theconversation.com/twelver-shiism-a-branch-of-islam-that-serves-both-as-a-spiritual-and-political-force-in-iran-and-beyond-2598538-30-25 Robert Reich’s substack/The Coffee Klatch Show
36 ½ - minute video recording featuring Robert Reich & Heather Lofthouse
Title: The Occupation of America
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-occupation-of-america-coffee8-30-25 We (the people) Dissent substack
Internet post by K. Starling
Title: The Picture Worth a Thousand Words
Subtitle: Questions about the President’s health have rumors swirling around recent images released to the public
https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/the-picture-worth-a-thousand-words
4-3-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Beth C. Caldwell
Title: Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership
https://theconversation.com/why-tattoos-are-such-an-unreliable-marker-of-gang-membership-2530947-11-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Nathan Meyers
Title: Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump – that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy
https://theconversation.com/inequality-has-risen-from-1970-to-trump-that-has-3-hidden-costs-that-undermine-democracy-2591048-14-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Brendan Cantwell
Title: Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare
https://theconversation.com/exactly-what-is-in-the-ivy-league-deals-with-the-trump-administration-and-how-they-compare-2629128-6-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Susan L. Cutter
Title: History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function
https://theconversation.com/history-shows-why-fema-is-essential-in-disasters-and-how-losing-independent-agency-status-hurt-its-ability-to-function-2624778-24-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Aleta Moriarty
Title: Israel’s attacks on Gaza are putting people with disabilities at extreme risk
https://theconversation.com/israels-attacks-on-gaza-are-putting-people-with-disabilities-at-extreme-risk-2630298-30-25 Letters from an American
Internet post by Heather Cox Richardson
Topic: Trump regime’s attacks on renewable energy
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-30-20258-31-25 Robert Reich’s substack
Internet post by Robert Reich
Title: Sunday thought: Why Trump is Doomed
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-2638-31-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet post by Gregory Minchak
Title: Who Will Step Up after Trump?
Subtitle: He’s sounding more and more like a guy who may not be sticking around, despite the Trump ‘28 merch he’s pushing.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/who-will-step-up-after-trump8-31-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet cross-post by Tryvge Olson (Searching for Hope substack)
Title: They’ll Use AI to Erode Reality. We Must Use It to Anchor Shared Truth.
Subtitle: Thanks to AI, regimes don’t need to persuade – they only need to pollute.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/theyll-use-ai-to-erode-reality-we8-31-25 Dan Rather’s Steady substack
Internet post by Dan Rather and Team Steady
Title: ‘Workin’ for a Livin”
Subtitle: A Reason to Smile
https://steady.substack.com/p/workin-for-a-livin8-31-25 Zeteo substack
Internet post by Theia Chatelle
Title: ‘Nakba All Over Again’: West Bank Palestinians Still Displaced More Than Six Months After Israel Forced Them to Flee
Subtitle: The Israeli’s military operation in Jenin, Tulkarm, and other cities, have displaced more than 40,000 people – the largest mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank in decades.
https://zeteo.com/p/nakba-again-west-bank-palestinians-displacement-israel-gaza8-31-25 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Internet post by Joyce Vance
Title: Sunday Morning Wrap Up
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/sunday-morning-wrap-up-cff
8-31-25 Hopium Chronicles by Simon Rosenberg
Internet post by Simon Rosenberg
Title: Sunday Hopium – A Quiet News Weekend? Exciting Resolutions Project Update, Winning the Fall
Subtitle: Rest up all. We have a busy Fall ahead…
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/sunday-hopium-a-quiet-news-weekend8-30-25 Brian Tyler Cohen’s YouTube Channel
8-minute YouTube video featuring Brian Tyler Cohen
Title: BOMBSHELL announcement from Republican governor ROCKS 2026 race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCJ44hHbtaE&ab_channel=BrianTylerCohen8-27-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by The Contrarian
Title: Labor Day Live!
Subtitle: Join us Monday, Sept. 1 at 8 pm ET
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/labor-day-live8-28-25 We (the people) Dissent substack
Internet post by K. Starling
Title: 1400+ Demonstrations THIS WEEK!
Subtitle: September is kicking off with a BANG! Find all the information on upcoming civil dissent.
https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/1400-demonstrations-this-week