Newsom unveils a plan to redraw California and flip the red districts blue. It carries procedural risk; lawmakers may push it, but voters want an independent panel. If it travels, other states may follow and a cycle of gerrymandering could begin.

Historians link the India-Pakistan and Gaza crises to the 1947–1948 partition and the bind of unresolved borders. Displacement grows, wars linger. Britain’s divide-and-rule fed separatist currents; in India, Muslim separatists rose; in Palestine, Zionist settlers arrived by immigration.

Trump wants to move encamped homeless to shelters with addiction and mental-health services; refusal could bring fines or jail. The media cry foul, calling it detention. Inside Safe in L.A. is cited as contrast; crime-victim data are used to justify action.

Charlotte Gill notes pupils write Valentine cards for asylum seekers under City of Sanctuary’s Schools of Sanctuary. Critics say taxpayer funds back open-borders groups; Birmingham Council calls it voluntary; supporters call it compassion.

Kong Xiaoxin stars in a historical microdrama, hovering three meters above Hengdian studios for a scene where the villain slaps the hero’s beloved. Fake blood and wind simulate the moment. The director watched on vertical monitors as night fell and the crew pressed on.

The Digest, 8/17/2025 @430AM, CDT

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