CURE News Digest - August 29, 2025
CURE News
8-28-25 The Bulwark Morning Shots substack
Internet post by Egger, Cohn & Swift
Title: Prayers, Pews, and a Hail of Bullets
Subtitle: Plus, Crisis at the CDC.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/prayers-pews-and-a-hail-of-bullets
8-28-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
35 ½ - minute video recording featuring Edwin Eisendrath & Lavora Barnes
Title: How To Take Our Democracy Back
Subtitle: It will take hard work, but Edwin Eisendrath and Lavora Barnes know how we can win the fight of our lives.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/how-to-take-our-democracy-back-its8-28-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet post by Tryvge Olson (Searching for Hope substack)
Title: They’ll Use AI To Engineer Division. We Must Use It to Strengthen Solidarity.
Subtitle: Authoritarians will use AI to simulate solidarity – and sabotage it.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/theyll-use-ai-to-engineer-division
8-13-25 Searching for Hope substack
Internet post by Tryvge Olson
Title: When AI Lies, Trust Dies
Subtitle: ClickUp Brain Fabricated Capabilities – and That Should Scare Us All
https://trygveolson.substack.com/p/when-ai-lies-trust-dies8-28-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
41-minute video recording featuring Susan J. Demas & Don Moynihan
Title: What Should You Believe? Trump’s Assault on Accurate Government Data
Subtitle: When the government cooks the books, we all pay a big price.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/what-should-you-believe-trumps-assault8-28-25 Tangle News
Internet post by Isaac Saul
Title: Should flag burning be illegal?
Subtitle: Plus, what are some of capitalism’s flaws?
https://www.readtangle.com/should-flag-burning-be-illegal/8-27-25 The Jim Acosta Show substack
Internet post by Jim Acosta
Title: The Wannabe Dictator
Subtitle: Trump is saying the tyrant part out loud. It is well past time to listen. It is time to act.
https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/the-wannabe-dictator8-27-25 Politico
Internet post by Eric He
Title: “Fine for what?” Newsom doubles down on refusal to give in to Trump’s UCLA demands
Subtitle: The democratic governor was adamant that California should not “sell out our values” over funding.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/27/newsom-trump-ucla-demands-00532974?cdmc=31uz2KYTxxmbMhjhJRNsCsDbE6h&refcode2=31uz2KYTxxmbMhjhJRNsCsDbE6h&refcodecdmc=31uz2KYTxxmbMhjhJRNsCsDbE6h8-27-25 Brian Tyler Cohen’s YouTube channel
12 ½ - minute YouTube video recording by Brian Tyler Cohen
Title: Republicans make MAJOR announcement about California map redraw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehYTfa_pPsA&ab_channel=BrianTylerCohen
8-28-25 The Bulwark Triad
Internet post by Jonathan V. Last
Title: The CDC. The Fed. The FBI. The National Guard. Do you get it now?
Subtitle: Trump is waging war against the American government. When he’s done, he’ll use his government to wage war against Americans.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-the-fed-the-fbi-the-national8-28-25 Hopium Chronicles by Simon Rosenberg
Internet post by Simon Rosenberg
Title: FIRE HIM. Trump’s Powers of Persuasion Are Ebbing, Congress Needs to Hear From Us Next Week
Subtitle: New polls show deeply underwater on the DC occupation
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/fire-him-trumps-powers-of-persuasion8-28-25 Zeteo substack
Internet post by John Harwood
Title: Dangerous, Irrational, Illogical: RFK Jr. Has Put So Many Lives At Risk
Subtitle: The decision by Trump’s extremist health secretary to restrict COVID vaccines and oust the CDC chief could be a death sentence for vulnerable Americans.
https://zeteo.com/p/dangerous-irrational-illogical-rfk8-28-25 Dan Rather’s Steady substack
Internet post by Dan Rather & Team Steady
Title: A Dangerous Liaison
Subtitle: Trump and RFK Jr. play politics with public health and safety
https://steady.substack.com/p/a-dangerous-liaison8-22-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Maha Nasser
Title: Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967
https://theconversation.com/israels-killing-of-journalists-follows-a-pattern-of-silencing-palestinian-media-that-stretches-back-to-1967-263891?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Politics%20Weekly%20%20August%2027%202025%20-%203498935653&utm_content=Politics%20Weekly%20%20August%2027%202025%20-%203498935653+CID_edf5d926289c2aaf9ff6ad87ff505ad7&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Israels%20killing%20of%20Palestinian%20journalists%20fits%20pattern%20of%20silencing%20media8-22-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Nteta, Eichen, Theodoridis, Rhodes & La Raja
Title: Trump’s Epstein problem is real: New poll shows many in his base disapprove of his handling of the files, and some supporters are having second thoughts about electing him
https://theconversation.com/trumps-epstein-problem-is-real-new-poll-shows-many-in-his-base-disapprove-of-his-handling-of-the-files-and-some-supporters-are-having-second-thoughts-about-electing-him-263662?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Politics%20Weekly%20%20August%2027%202025%20-%203498935653&utm_content=Politics%20Weekly%20%20August%2027%202025%20-%203498935653+CID_edf5d926289c2aaf9ff6ad87ff505ad7&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Trumps%20Epstein%20problem%20is%20real%20New%20poll%20shows%20many%20in%20his%20base%20disapprove%20of%20his%20handling%20of%20the%20files%20and%20some%20supporters%20are%20having%20second%20thoughts%20abo8-28-25 Rachel Janfaza’s The Up and Up subtack
Internet post by Rachel Janfaza
Title: Who says Gen Z is done partying?
Subtitle: It’s Welcome Week on campuses across the country, and Gen Z 2.0 sure looks like they’re having plenty of fun.
https://www.theupandup.us/p/who-says-gen-z-is-done-partying-campus8-28-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Meredith Blake
Title: Culture recs: Hurricane Katrina is Still With Us
Subtitle: As captured in Katrina: Come Hell and High Water and other accounts of the disaster, the storm exposed glaring racial and economic divides that remain 20 years later
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/culture-recs-hurricane-katrina-is8-28-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post (cartoon) by Michael De Adder
Title: Always ready, always there
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/always-ready-always-there8-28-25 The Contrarian substack
32-minute video recording featuring Jennifer Rubin & Mitch Landrieu
Title: A 20 year retrospective: Mitch Landrieu on the legacy of Hurricane Katrina
Subtitle: “They’re absolutely awful at coming up with a solution to the problem…and they just happen to be really bad at governing well.”
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/a-20-year-retrospective-mitch-landrieu
8-28-25 The Contrarian substack
15-minute video recording featuring April Ryan & Leon W. Russell, NAACP Board Chairman
Title: Leon W. Russell on the intersection of civil rights and workers’ rights
Subtitle: “The attack on DEI is racist to its core.”
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/leon-w-russell-on-the-intersection8-28-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by The Contrarian
Title: The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement
Subtitle: Thursday: More D.C. and ICE protests, a Nevada rally, weekend rallies, and more.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-contrarian-covers-the-citizens8-27-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Ray Brescia
Title: When federal courts fail to punish lawyers for potential misconduct, states can step in
8-28-25 Letters from an American substack
Internet post by Heather Cox Richardson
Topic: Death of a Mexican-American journalist on August 29, 1970
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-28-2028-28-25 The Grassroots Connector substack
41-minute video recording featuring Susan Wagner & Congressman Suozzi
Title: Conversation with Congressman Suozzi
Subtitle: A recording from Susan Wagner’s live video (It Needs To Be Said Show)
https://grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/conversation-with-cong-suozzi?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=1529725&post_id=172218596&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=4379b&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email8-29-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
9-minute video recording featuring Stuart Stevens
Title: Stuart Stevens LIVE on RFK, Jr.’s ‘Utter Insanity’
Subtitle: As Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary wages war against life-saving vaccines, Stuart calls out Sen, Bill Cassidy and other Republicans for confirming him – even though they knew better.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stuart-stevens-live-on-rfk-jrs-utter8-29-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet post by Lisa Senecal
Title: Will America Leave her Abuser?
Subtitle: Our country is in an abusive relationship with Donald Trump. Although we mustered the collective strength to leave him once, America went back to him. Why?
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/will-america-leave-her-abuser8-29-25 America, America substack
Internet post by Steven Beschloss
Title: It’s Villains All the Time
Subtitle: We were warned by Washington, Lincoln and others. Now we must oppose this authoritarian regime, firmly voice our commitment to the Constitution and rule of law – and assert what it means to be an American.
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/its-villains-all-the-time8-29-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Jennifer Rubin
Title: Three Undaunted Labor Figures
Subtitle: Unions remain critical in the fight for democracy and social justice
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/three-undaunted-labor-figures8-28-25 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-weekLet your voices rise up this weekend and at the Labor Day rallies & protests! Don't let Trump and his regime take away your liberty and freedom! Be strong and be safe!
