CURE News Digest - September 2, 2025
CURE News
9-2-25 The Contrarian substack
1 hour & 15 minute video recording featuring Jennifer Rubin & Norm Eisen plus Liz Shuler (AFL-CIO President), Fred Redmond (AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer), and Randi Weingarten (AFT President)
Title: Labor Day Live with The Contrarian
Subtitle: A recording from The Contrarian’s special 08/25
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/labor-day-live-with-the-contrarian
9-2-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by The Contrarian
Title: The Contrarian Covers the Democracy Movement
Subtitle: Tuesday: On Monday, Americans showed up to support labor, reject billionaires, and fight for democracy at protests all around the country.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-contrarian-covers-the-citizens
9-2-25 We (the people) Dissent substack
Internet post by K. Starling
Title: A 1000 Labor Day Protests: A Wrap-Up
Subtitle: From towns to capitols, thousands rose with one cry, “Put workers over billionaires!”
https://thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/a-1000-labor-day-protests-a-wrap8-30-25 The Bulwark/FYpod Show substack
1-hour video recording featuring Tim Miller, Cameron Kasky & JREG (Greg Guevera), a Canadian satirist
Title: Lizard People Stole His Mayoral Election?! (w/JREG)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/lizard-people-stole-his-mayoral-election
9-2-25 Rachel Janfaza’s The Up and Up substack
Internet post by Rachel Janfaza
Title: Gen Z 2.0 Goes Back to School
Subtitle: AI, Phone Bans, Mental Health, and Politics on Campus
https://www.theupandup.us/p/gen-z-goes-back-to-school-higher-ed-k129-2-25 Tangle News
Internet post by Isaac Saul
Title: Appeals court rules most of Trump’s tariffs illegal.
Subtitle: Plus, what do working-class voters think of Trump’s anti-union actions?
https://www.readtangle.com/federal-courts-toss-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-as-unconstitutional/9-2-25 Adam Kinzinger’s substack
Internet post by Adam Kinzinger
Title: Selective Enforcement: Trump’s Abuse of Power Hits New Lows
Subtitle: Grand juries, fake fraud charges, and the chilling message to America’s democracy.
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/selective-enforcement-trumps-abuse9-2-25 The Bulwark Triad
Internet post by Jonathan V. Last
Title: The Death of Trump
Subtitle: What would happen to MAGA? And America?
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-death-of-trump
9-2-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Norman Ornstein
Title: Democrats’ shadow Cabinet should start impeachments now
Subtitle: RFK and Gabbard, among others, have behaved in ways that demand action.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/democrats-shadow-cabinet-should-start9-2-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Tom Malinowsky
Title: When the GOP turned communist
Subtitle: Republicans used to rail about state-owned enterprise. Now they celebrate it.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/when-the-gop-turned-communist
9-2-25 The Bulwark Morning Shots
Internet post by Kristol, Egger & Swift
Title: Trump’s Real Health Care Problem
Subtitle: From Medicaid cuts to vaccine availability to Obamacare subsidies, the president’s troubles are mounting.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-real-health-care-problem-robert-kennedy-hhs-covid-vaccine-maha9-2-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post (cartoon) by Calder Robinson
Title: Hero
Subtitle: A cartoon by Calder Robinson
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/hero9-2-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Jennifer Rubin
Title: Words & Phrases We Can Do Without
Subtitle: Whatever is happening, Trump is not “testing” anything
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/words-and-phrases-we-can-do-without-550
9-2-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
Internet cross-post by Tryvge Olson (Searching for Hope substack)
Title: You Don’t Win Democracy Like You Win a Campaign. You Sustain It Like You Cultivate a Forest.
Subtitle: You may feel exhausted. That’s what authoritarians want. But here’s what we can do.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/you-dont-win-democracy-like-you-win9-2-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Austin Sarat
Title: MAGA’s counterculture attack on public libraries
Subtitle: In a surprise move, ultra-conservatives are taking a page from hippie icon Abbie Hoffman.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/magas-counterculture-attack-on-public
9-2-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
32-minute video recording featuring Edwin Eisendrath & Susan J. Demas
Title: Trump Wants Paper Ballots ONLY & What are We Doing in Venezuela?
Subtitle: “Everything he’s doing is unpopular. Everything he’s doing raises the risks for Americans.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-wants-paper-ballots-only-and9-2-25 Lincoln Square Media/Fourth & Democracy Newsletter substack
Internet post by Evan Fields
Title: Fourth & Democracy: Tactical Vests Hit Neighborhoods, Trump Vanishes, & Indonesian Unrest
Subtitle: Plus, more atrocities in Israel and Trump wants credit for ‘saving college football.’
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/fourth-and-democracy-tactical-vests9-2-25 Popular Information substack
Internet post by Judd Legum
Title: Trump’s Labor Day payday
https://popular.info/p/trumps-labor-day-payday
9-2-25 Keen on America substack
40-minute video recording featuring Andrew Keen & Beverly Daniel Tatum
Title: The Hypocrisy of Trump’s War on Universities: How Wealthy Families Game the College Admission Process
Subtitle: Episode 2541: Beverly Daniel Tatum on how to lead colleges through turbulent times
https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-hypocrisy-of-trumps-war-on-universities?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=309494&post_id=172036516&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=4379b&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email9-2-25 Robert Reich’s substack
Internet post by Robert Reich
Title: The “Woke” Myth
Subtitle: Who should decide what we see, read, and learn?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/who-decides-what-we-know-and-learn9-1-25 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Internet post by Joyce Vance
Title: Forgetting the Survivors
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/forgetting-the-survivors
9-2-25 Zeteo substack
9-minute video recording featuring Mehdi Hasan & Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General
Title: ‘They Will Manufacture a Crisis’: Keith Ellison on How Trump Plans to Stay Beyond 2028
Subtitle: The Minnesota Attorney General calls Trump’s presidency a ‘fascist authoritarian takeover’ and reveals what he will do if the president tries to send the military to Minneapolis.
https://zeteo.com/p/keith-ellison-trump-takeover
9-1-25 Robert Reich’s substack
Internet post by Robert Reich
Title: What My Father Taught Me About Bullies
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-my-father-taught-me-about-bullies