CURE News Digest: Saturday, March 14, 2026
CURE News
3-12-26 e pluribus cartoonum
“Iran War Game” by RJ Matson (editorial cartoonist)
https://rjmatson.substack.com/p/iran-war-game3-14-26 Hopium Chronicles
“2500 Marines Are Headed To The Middle East, Kushner Shakes Down Gulf Leaders, Trump Is A Titantic F*CK Up” by Simon Rosenberg
“Yesterday, Pete Hegseth, in his bloodthirsty and unhinged press conference, committed a clear and undeniable war crime by declaring “no quarter,” a military term meaning that we will kill all prisoners.”
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/2500-marines-are-headed-to-the-middle
The following is the title and subtitle of an article by Rob Copeland and Maureen Farrell in The New York Times on 3-13-26:
“Jared Kushner Solicits Funds for His Firm While Working as Mideast Envoy”
“President Trump’s son-in-law is trying to raise $5 billion or more from foreign governments and others for his private equity firm.”
A gift link to this article is provided in the 3-13-26 Hopium Chronicles posted above.
3-12-26 ProPublica
“Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump” by Vernal Coleman, Topher Sanders, Joel Jacobs, & Eric Umansky
https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-mental-health-therapists-quit-trump3-12-26 Lincoln Square Media
53-minute video recording featuring Sam Osterhout & military expert Bobby Jones
“How Prepared Are We for World War III?”
“This is going to end, contrary to what's being said, on Iran's terms. Either they want to capitulate and eventually give up or they will fight to the absolute bitter end, period.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/how-prepared-are-we-for-world-war
3-13-26 Lincoln Square Media | Protect & Serve
40-minute video recording featuring Maya May & Michael Fanone
“Trump’s Using American Lives in Iran to Distract from Epstein”
“This is an opportunity for us to stand up and defend democracy—and to say loud and clear to the rest of the world: Trump is not us.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-using-american-lives-in-iran
3-13-26 The Contrarian
“Is Trump Building ‘Concentration Camps’? These Experts Have No Doubts” by Tim Dickinson
“ICE’s immigrant mass-detention facilities fit a dark, century-old pattern”https://www.contrariannews.org/p/is-trump-building-concentration-camps
3-14-26 Letters from an American
“March 13, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson
“Russian president Vladimir Putin has been eager to get those sanctions dropped because oil sales will help the flailing Russian economy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the move is necessary to help ease oil prices, which are skyrocketing because Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the attack by the U.S. and Israel. But German chancellor Friedrich Merz said the heads of the G7 had urged Trump not to ease the sanctions, saying ‘[t]here is currently a price problem, but not a supply problem.’ He added that he ‘would like to know what additional motives led the US government to make this decision.’
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-13-20263-14-26 The Contrarian
“Contrarians Combat Trump’s Foreign Policy Catastrophes” by The Contrarian
“A Top Ten List: Publisher’s Roundup 58”
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/contrarians-combat-trumps-foreign3-14-26 Lawfare
“The Week That Was” compiled by Marissa Wang
https://lawfare.substack.com/p/the-week-that-was-8493-13-26 Lincoln Square Media
“How U.S. Media Uncovered the Truth about the Iran School Strike” by Jennifer Schulze
“Dogged investigative news reporting has revealed the U.S. role in the deadly school bombing—but you won't hear much about that from Trump-friendly media.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/how-us-media-uncovered-the-truth
3-13-26 The Contrarian
“Undaunted” by Jennifer Rubin
“We do not spare legacy media outlets when they fall short in exposing Donald Trump’s cruelty, serial law-breaking, and lies. However, when reporters do step up to inform the public without equivocation and dismantle his deceitful excuses, they deserve credit. During this unconstitutional, reckless, and unnecessary war, repeatedly justified by exaggerations and outright lies, we have seen dogged reporters fulfill their mission as truth-tellers and protectors of democracy.”
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/undaunted-7ce~Benjamin Harrison, 23rd U.S. President