CURE News Digest (Afternoon Edition): Tuesday, September 30, 2025
CURE News
9-30-25 The Contrarian substack
Internet post by The Contrarian
Title: The Contrarian covers the Democracy Movement
Subtitle: Tuesday: A plea from Illinois Gov JB Pritzker, a reminder from AOC that protests matter, Louisville, KY., gets it right, and more.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-contrarian-covers-the-citizens
9-30-25 The Bulwark Morning Shots substack
Internet post by Egger, Kristol & Swift
Title: Trump’s AI Brain Rot
Subtitle: Plus: Trump’s increasingly dumb, and undoubtedly painful, global tariff loop.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-ai-brain-rot-tariffs-economic-pain9-30-25 Hopium Chronicles by Simon Rosenberg
Internet post by Simon Rosenberg
Title: Military Leaders Sound the Alarm About Trump’s Retreat From The World And Inward Turn, More Notes On Winning The Fall
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/military-leaders-sound-the-alarm
9-30-25 Meidas+
Internet guest post by Mallory McMorrow
Title: Don’t Let Anyone Tell You That You Have To Settle
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-you
9-30-25 Daily Dose of Democracy | Video of the Day
9 ½ - minute YouTube video recording featuring Brian Tyler Cohen
Title: Photographer catches DAMNING Text on Trump official’s phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1w_2JqklHI9-29-25 The Existential Republic
Internet post by Christopher Armitage
Title: Will the Courts Stop Fascism?
Subtitle: What do you do when SCOTUS is openly partisan and Republicans ignore the courts.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/can-the-courts-stop-fascism
9-30-25 Meidas+
1 hour & 12-minute video recording featuring Ben Meisalas, Brett Meisalas & Jordy Meiselas
Title: Meidas Pod on Shutdown Chaos: Trump Lies, MedBeds, and Authoritarian Plans
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-pod-on-shutdown-chaos-trumps