In Washington, two former Obama officials say Trump's DC Guard move shows the military will take orders, not defend the Constitution. It widens the use of force at home. It fuses the armed forces with civil power. Civilian control frays. The Court is the last brake.

At sea near Lampedusa, a migrant boat capsized. A newborn and at least 26 others died. The toll rose to 27, with about 60 survivors. Two boats from Tripoli merged on one overloaded fibreglass craft. Meloni vows action against traffickers.

Bondi named DEA chief Terry Cole as D.C.'s Emergency Police Commissioner. He will have power over the MPD and the veto over orders. Schwalb calls it unlawful. Bowser says it is unsettled and unprecedented as federal police join a seven-day crackdown.

Britain should split its system like the United States. Jails for short sentences, prisons for longer ones. It could ease overcrowding. A county jail network could lift work, visits and recidivism. Lancaster backed it, but planning and opposition stall sites unless the Treasury funds them.

The Digest, 8/15/2025 @1000AM, CDT

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