Iowa: Democrat Catelin Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch for an open state Senate seat, 55%, breaking the GOP’s three-year supermajority and giving Democrats power to block nominees; a second GOP seat flip this year, momentum toward 2026.

Border policy: Tice backs Farage's plan as common sense; some call it "far right"—detaining arrivals, scrapping the 1951 Refugee Convention, derailing the Human Rights Act and UN treaties, with a six-month deportation and a ready draft.

Nu’man, a hamlet of 150 inside Jerusalem but treated as West Bank, faces demolition of 45 homes for lack of permits. Residents pay city taxes but get no services, rely on the PA for schooling and utilities, fearing displacement.

Bolsonaro: a judge rules him a flight risk, ordering round-the-clock surveillance as he stays under house arrest before a coup-trial verdict. He faces up to 40 years for blocking Lula’s 2022 win; prosecutors cite a draft asylum request in Argentina.

FEMA: over a dozen staffers who signed the Katrina Declaration are suspended; signed by 180+, suspensions are nondisciplinary and pay continues. Stand Up for Science calls it illegal whistleblowing.

The Digest, 8/27/2025 @200AM, CDT

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