CURE News Digest: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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3-16-26 Lincoln Project Ads
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWn64_WvZ5Q3-17-26 Robert Reich substack
“The 250th Anniversary of Adam Smith’s Revolutionary Text” by Robert Reich
“The time in which Adam Smith lived was bursting with the consequences of a very big new idea. The old order of church and royal prerogative was giving over to the revolutionary concept that societies existed for the people who lived within them.”
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-250th-anniversary-of-adam-smiths
3-18-26 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
“A Subtle Win for the First Amendment” by Joyce Vance
“Donald Trump doesn’t like to take no for an answer, so he asked for the full Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the panel’s decision. Each Circuit typically hears only a handful of cases en banc in every term of court. So it was not particularly surprising, but still reassuring, when the Eleventh Circuit turned down Trump’s request today.”
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/a-subtle-win-for-the-first-amendment
3-18-26 Letters from an American
“March 17, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson
“Anna Kramer of NOTUS reported today that last fall the Trump administration cut all the State Department staffers from the Bureau of Energy Resources who were in charge of maintaining diplomatic contacts with foreign energy bureaus and Middle East gas and oil companies. Those laid off included the only expert in tracking sanctioned oil tankers, and the person in charge of coordinating with the international agency that manages releases of oil reserves around the world to address crises.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-17-2026
3-17-26 The Red Letter
“The Epstein Theory Goes Mainstream – About Trump’s Iran War” by Tara Palmeri
“Most Americans now believe Trump’s Iran war was meant to distract from the Epstein files.”
https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/the-epstein-theory-goes-mainstreamabout3-18-26 To the Contrary
41-minute video recording featuring Charlies Sykes & journalist Susan Glasser
“The Trumpology of the Iran Quagmire”
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-trumpology-of-the-iran-quagmire
3-17-26 The Bulwark | Triad
“Our Low-IQ President Did an Oopsie” by Jonathan V. Last
“You won’t believe Trump’s dumbest Iran mistake.”
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-low-iq-president-did-an-oopsie3-15-26 Musings & Amusings
“Trump Administration Issues New Dime With Eagle Holding Only Arrows, No Olive Branch” by Robert S. McElvaine
“To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the nation, the Trump authoritarians decided to reverse the careful deliberations of the Founders over how to depict the United States.”
https://robertsmcelvaine.substack.com/p/trump-administration-issues-new-dime
3-16-26 Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara
“Issue Brief: Can the FCC Strip Broadcasters of Their Licenses Over War Coverage?” by Tamara Sepper
“Brendan Carr’s threat & the First Amendment”3-18-26 Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara
“This Is How Reproductive Rights Are Lost” by Joyce Vance
“Why a stalled Tennessee bill is a warning, not a victory”
https://staytuned.substack.com/p/this-is-how-reproductive-rights-are
End of CURE News Digest: Wednesday, March 18, 2026:
“The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.”
~Ralph Nader, American lawyer, political activist & consumer protection advocate