Walz uses a church massacre to push a special session on gun control. Republicans are kept out. He is cast as weak, tied to graft talk, chasing a national bid. The optics won’t win votes.

Rayner erased her name from Manchester deeds before buying a Brighton flat under £800k, saving about £40k in stamp duty. Manchester remains her main home; she avoids £2k council tax on a third property. Critics call it hypocritical tax avoidance; the Tories refer her to the ethics adviser.

The new liturgy did not renew the Church. Without deep personal prayer, it stays hollow for the unprepared. A hermit’s lesson: renewal comes from daily, selfless prayer that pours love into worship, not rites.

Lorde, Ella Yelich-O’Connor, releases Virgin, her fourth album, tops the UK charts, with a Paris show set for Nov. 10. She pairs with Balenciaga’s Demna for a bold look as Demna moves to Gucci.

The Digest, 8/30/2025 @1100PM, CDT

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