The gate tightens. USCIS will weigh anti-American, terrorist, or antisemitic views in visa, green-card, and citizenship cases. Social-media screening is now part of the review.

DHS cuts grants to Muslim groups, canceling 49 projects and saving about eight million. New rules demand immigration cooperation and bar DEI programs. CAIR says no active contracts exist.

Simon Landrein's Summer of Our Discontent asks how Covid and the 2020 riots shape a durable, multiethnic society free of slavery's shadow. Early outrage showed broad support; answers are still coming. The talk runs from "far right" to "progressive."

Target's net sales fell 0.9% this quarter; a chief steps down, successor Fiddelke cites volatile tariffs. Home Depot earned 4.6B on 45.2B in revenue, just under estimates; tariffs may lift prices, but not everywhere. Foot traffic down 4%, online up 12%.

In Augusta, McIlroy bought all 1,100 Masters flags after the win and says he will sign them forever. The jacket stays in his wardrobe. He plans trips back to Augusta with family and friends.

The Digest, 8/20/2025 @900AM, CDT

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