CURE News Digest - August 23, 2025
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8-22-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
23-minute video recording featuring Rick and Andrew Wilson
Title: Trump Loves Putin – And Americans Hate It
Subtitle: The polls are clear: Trump backs Putin at his peril
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-loves-putin-and-americans-hate8-22-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by The Contrarian
Title: The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement
Subtitle: Friday: Protests in D.C., Michigan, Ohio, and Texas, and more.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-contrarian-covers-the-citizens8-20-25 The Jim Acosta Show substack
Internet post by Jim Acosta
Title: GAVIN GOES CAPS LOCK ON TRUMP!
Subtitle: And the rest of the Democratic Party should too
https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/gavin-goes-caps-lock-on-trump8-22-25 The Borowitz Report
Internet post by Andy Borowitz (comedian & satirist)
Title: Trump Names Ghislaine Maxwell Attorney General
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-names-ghislaine-maxwell-attorney
8-22-25 Zeteo substack
Internet post by Prem Thakker
Title: UN-backed Monitor Declares What’s Long Been Feared: Famine is Happening in Gaza
Subtitle: “It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed.”
https://zeteo.com/p/famine-gaza-ipc-un-report-starvation-israel8-22-25 Keen on America substack
41-minute video recording featuring Andrew Keen
Title: From Mean Streets to Wall Street: How Trump, Koch, and the other Gods of New York Remade America
Subtitle: Episode 2531: Jonathan Mahler on egoists, opportunists, and the birth of contemporary New York
https://keenon.substack.com/p/from-mean-streets-to-wall-street8-22-25 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance substack
41-minute video recording featuring Joyce Vance & Andrew Weissmann
Title: Live with Joyce Vance
Subtitle: A recording from Joyce Vance’s live video
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/live-with-joyce-vance-d6f8-22-25 Zeteo substack
3-minute video recording featuring Francesca Fiorentini & Team Zeteo
Title: ‘Mob Boss’ Trump Raids Home of Advisor-Turned-Critic John Bolton
Subtitle: Francesca Fiorentini asks if hawkish of hawks John Bolton is the resistance now, and goes through the list of which Trump critic could be next.
https://zeteo.com/p/mob-boss-trump-raids-home-of-advisor8-22-25 The Contrarian substack
1 minute, 20 second video featuring Pam Bondi
Title: Pam Bondi is deplorable
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/pam-bondi-is-deplorablePlease distribute/share widely!
8-21-25 The Jim Acosta Show substack
8-minute video featuring Jim Acosta
Title: My Report Outside Anti-DC Takeover Protest. . .Demonstraters Tell Trump to Release the Files
Subtitle: Hundreds protest against Trump’s DC takeover
https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/live-with-jim-acosta-a0c
8-22-25 Adam Kinzinger’s substack
Internet post by Adam Kinzinger
Title: Free Speech Under Siege: Bolton’s Raid and America’s Choice
Subtitle: Bolton won’t be convicted, but the real goal is intimidation.
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/free-speech-under-siege-boltons-raid
8-22-25 Hopium Chronicles by Simon Rosenberg
22-minute video recording featuring Simon Rosenberg & Rita Hart, Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party
Title: Winning in Red States and Red Places - A Conversation with Rita Hart, Iowa Dem Party Chair
Subtitle: Trump Continues to Escalate - Congressional Dems Will Return to a Changed Capital in September
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/winning-in-red-states-and-red-places8-22-25 The Bulwark Triad substack
Internet post by Jonathan V. Last
Title: About Courage
Subtitle: Respect it.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/about-courage-john-bolton-trump8-22-25 Lincoln Square Media substack
34-minute video recording featuring John Bolton & Rick Wilson
Title: John Bolton on America’s Isolationism/The Lincoln Project Podcast
Subtitle: The former U.N. Ambassador talked to Rick Wilson in May about America’s place in the world.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/john-bolton-on-americas-isolationism8-22-25 The Jim Acosta Show substack
1 hour, 50 minute video recording featuring Jim Acosta, Heather Cox Richardson, Michael Fanone, & Larry Sabato
Title: BREAKING TONIGHT - Arming National Guard in DC, Searching John Bolton’s House, and the picture of Putin in Trump’s hands.
Subtitle: A recording from Jim Acosta’s live video
https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/breaking-tonight-arming-national
8-19-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Perin Gurel
Title: What an old folktale can teach us about the ‘annoying persistence’ of political comedians
https://theconversation.com/what-an-old-folktale-can-teach-us-about-the-annoying-persistence-of-political-comedians-2628608-21-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Shapiro & Tomain
Title: Why America still needs public schools
https://theconversation.com/why-america-still-needs-public-schools-2603688-22-25 Letters from an American substack
Internet post by Heather Cox Richardson
Topic: Trump’s power grab
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-22-20258-23-25 Robert Reich’s substack, The Coffee Klatch show
53-minute video recording featuring Robert Reich & Michael Lahanas-Calderon
Title: How to Stop Trump’s Second Coup
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-trumps-second-coup-the8-23-25 The Grassroots Connector substack
Internet post by Adam Bonica
Title: Political Spam PACs Are as Bad as Those Nigerian Prince Emails
Subtitle: Re-post of another article by political scientist Adam Bonica on Spam PACs
https://grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/political-spam-pacs-are-as-bad-asNOTE: Pay particular attention to this before you donate online!
8-23-25 Lincoln Square Media/The Lincoln Logue Newsletter substack
Internet post by Charles Penneys
Title: Enemies of the State, Starring Everyone
Subtitle: The FBI films, like Netflix, the Smithsonian edits like MAGA, and Bolton learns what happens when you arm a maniac.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-lincoln-logue-enemies-of-the
8-23-25 Lincoln Square Media, That Trippi Show substack
35-minute video recording featuring Joe Trippi
Title: TRUMP’S NUMBERS ARE TANKING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-numbers-are-tanking-thank8-23-25 Zeteo substack
Internet post by Prem Thakker
Title: A US Teenager Has Been Locked in an Israeli Prison, With No Trial, For 6 Months. Where’s the Outrage?
Subtitle: The family of 16-year-old Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim, who was taken by Israeli soldiers in the middle of the night, says they feel abandoned by the Trump administration.
https://zeteo.com/p/a-us-teenager-has-been-locked-in
8-23-25 Zeteo/This Week in Democracy Project substack
Internet post by Team Zeteo
Title: This Week in Democracy - Week 31: Donald Trump Sends Kash Patel After His Enemies
Subtitle: Zeteo’s project to document the ongoing, pressing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in Donald Trump’s second term.
https://zeteo.com/p/this-week-in-democracy-week-31-donald
8-23-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by Norman Eisen
Title: Contrarians Eject Trump Crony Habba, Protect Rule of Law Again
Subtitle: Publisher’s Roundup 32
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/contrarians-eject-trump-crony-habba8-23-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Asher Kaufman
Title: Netanyahu remains unmoved by Israel’s lurch toward pariah status – but at home and abroad, Israelis are suffering the consequences
https://theconversation.com/netanyahu-remains-unmoved-by-israels-lurch-toward-pariah-status-but-at-home-and-abroad-israelis-are-suffering-the-consequences-2631548-23-25 America, America substack
Internet post by Steven Beschloss
Title: Is Retribution Now the American Way?
Subtitle: A Saturday prompt
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/is-retribution-now-the-american-way
8-22-25 The Conversation
Internet post by Nteta, Eichen, Theodoridis, Rhodes & LaRaja
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