CURE News Digest:
CURE News
March is Women’s History Month:
“Women’s History Milestones: Timeline” by History.com Editors
https://www.history.com/articles/womens-history-us-timeline
3-2-26 The Red Letter
32-minute video recording featuring Tara Palmeri & Suzanne Kianpour
“After Khamenei, the Fate of Iran May Rest With Its Women”
“The ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement weakened the Islamic Republic from within. As war escalates, activists fear trading one form of authoritarianism for another.”
https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/after-khamenei-the-fate-of-iran-may
3-2-26 Lincoln Square Media
“Trump’s Reasons for Attacking Iran Don’t Add Up” by Don Moynihan
“You’ve probably heard Trump officials claim Iran was about to get nukes (again). But have you heard the rationale that Tehran actually started a war against the U.S. 50 years ago?”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-reasons-for-attacking-iran
3-2-26 Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara
“War in Iran Without Congress” by Erwin Chemerinsky
“In bypassing Congress, Trump has abandoned the Constitution’s essential system of checks and balances”
https://staytuned.substack.com/p/war-in-iran-without-congress
3-3-26 Letters from an American
“March 2, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson
“The Economist’s Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom noted that Trump appears to be workshopping the causes for his attacks on Iran and his goals for the war by talking to journalists.”
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-2-20263-3-26 Popular Information
“The casino-fication of war” by Legum, Crosby & Sims
“On February 28, the United States and Israel began major combat operations in Iran. For some, the consequences of this action were fatal….For others, the beginning of the war was simply a money-making opportunity. In the hours before the strike, six newly-created accounts on the prediction market Polymarket raked in nearly $1 million by betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28.”
https://popular.info/p/the-casino-fication-of-war3-3-26 The Existentialist Republic
“The Regime Just Entered Its Most Dangerous Phase” by Christopher Armitage
“Welcome to the Autocratic Flood Zone”
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-regime-just-entered-its-most
3-3-26 Lincoln Square Media
“The Cancer at America’s Heart” by Rick Wilson
“Why the DOJ’s leaders must spend the rest of their lives in jail.”
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-cancer-at-americas-heart3-2-26 Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
“Another Big Loss for the Little Bully” by Joyce Vance
“Today, the Trump administration delivered a loss in court to itself. It abandoned its defense of Trump’s executive orders sanctioning several law firms.”
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/another-big-loss-for-the-little-bully
3-3-26 One First
“214. The Court’s (Selective) Impatience Is a Vice” by Steve Vladeck
“The only theme for uniting Monday night’s twin grants of emergency relief is the Republican appointees’ willingness to upend long-settled limits on the Court’s power when, but only when, they *want* to.”
https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/214-the-courts-selective-impatience
End of CURE News Digest: Tuesday, March 3, 2026,
~Colin Powell