The day was heavy in Paris. The stock market fell and yields rose after Bayrou named a Sept. 8 confidence vote. No IMF or ECB rescue is planned, and a budget bill is being hammered to calm fears.

In Kent, Medway police kept watch. Fifty-nine traffic offences were filed—no insurance, mobile use, no seatbelt, unsafe child restraints. Seizures followed: 1 car, 2 e-bikes, 7 e-scooters; more checks will go on.

Augustine spoke of Rome and history. He called the saeculum two cities, two loves. Peace, not conquest, is the end. He urged a humane, secular view rooted in imago Dei.

Venice kept a strong American slate, under Alberto Barbera, with Netflix ties and names like Baumbach, Safdie, Jarmusch, Bigelow, del Toro, Lanthimos. The festival moves under a heavy Gaza backdrop.

On the Donetsk line, Ukrainian troops bury ammo to hide from drones. In Kramatorsk, Independence Day comes under artillery as fear grows the front will reach the city and the Kremlin presses Donetsk.

Trump praised Ret. Sgt. Michael Verardo as a true American Hero on Truth Social. His wife, Sarah, led the Trackchair program, delivering chairs to amputees and veterans.

The Digest, 8/27/2025 @930PM, CDT

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