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"On Mrs. White's attitude toward the English revision of the 1880's, her son, W. C. White, reports: It is significant that almost immediately after the appearance of the English Revised Version, Mrs. White made use of it in her books, as she did also of the American Standard Revision when it became available in 1901. It is also significant that four major statements from Mrs. White's pen concerning the Bible and the Bible writers were penned during this decade of the appearance of the revised versions of the New and Old Testaments." Ellen G. White® Estate: The E. G. White Counsel on Versions of the Bible

Inside a Philadelphia barbershop, Black men debate their political past and future Ever since Democrat Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump two years ago, political strategist Khalil Thompson has been traveling the country to figure out why Black men inched toward a white Republican rather than a Black woman. Read More.

Fighting in Yemen intensifies, and Houthis launch more attacks on Saudi Arabia The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government. Read More.

The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That's being tested in Georgia Security researchers say rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making it more critical to address a flaw in Georgia's voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they have been cast. Read More.

Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology. Read More. ps:Of course he did, because he's got money in this game!!

There’s bipartisan agreement to take on Big Pharma America may be divided, but Republicans, Democrats and Independents agree: It’s time for commonsense drug pricing reform. New polling shows 86% of voters across the political spectrum support drug pricing reform in the U.S. See the breakdown.

This week in the pre-campaign Illustration: Brendan Lynch / Axios A look at what potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders are up to: 👌 California Gov. Gavin Newsom sat down with Don Lemon while touring South Carolina and other Southern states. Newsom said he thinks House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is doing an "incredible job" and said he has "great respect" for the energy the Democratic Socialists of America are bringing to the party despite disagreements on some issues. He declined to weigh in on the Senate candidacy of DSA member Angie Nixon in Florida, saying he didn't know enough about the race. 🤖 Newsom also signed several state bills regulating AI and social media (to varying degrees). One bill bans addictive social media features for children under 16. ✝️ New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez traveled to Florida to campaign for Nixon and attend the National Baptist Convention, which bills itself as one of the "nation's oldest and largest African American religious organizations." She said she's "been amazed watching how God works" in the last two years and argued that the country is going through a "great realignment." Ocasio-Cortez's office did not advise reporters about the visit ahead of time. Former Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign with Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff at the end of October and keynote a Democratic Party dinner, CNN reported. 🦀 Maryland Gov. Wes Moore further teased a potential 2028 run, telling Bakari Sellers, "The truth is that I am going to be part of a bigger conversation going forward, because I think the state of Maryland, and what we've done, has justified that." See the full episode of "The Bakari Sellers Show" here. Moore also announced a raise in the minimum wage to $18 an hour for some Maryland Aviation Administration contract workers at Baltimore's main airport. Buttigieg continues to be one of the only 2028 contenders who's welcomed by fellow Democrats in the most competitive House districts this year. He'll campaign next week in New York's Hudson Valley with Cait Conley, who's trying to beat Republican Rep. Mike Lawler. 🥊 Pritzker's PAC Ready for the Fight announced $20 million in spending to help House candidates, Politico reported. 🤠 Pritzker also traveled to Dallas as part of a Democratic counterprogramming effort to Trump's midterm convention. Pritzker argued that any Republican who attended is "probably going to be disqualified in 2028." Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly told 12News KPNX in Phoenix that he will make a decision about 2028 after the midterms, but that his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, is "very supportive" of him running. "She is a public servant through and through," he said. Kelly also walked in the Navajo Nation Parade in New Mexico and Arizona. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro spoke at Shanksville, Pa., on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in remembrance of the victims of United 93. Shapiro called the field where the hijacked flight crashed "hallowed ground." Watch his full speech here. Buttigieg said on "Meet the Press" that he believes the country is ready for a gay president. "I wouldn't have run for president in the first place if I didn't believe that. Of course," he said via a remote interview from New Mexico. Booker encouraged his followers on X to watch an ad by former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, who's running for an Arizona House seat.

💥 Native Americans' 2028 power play Illustration: Sarah Grillo / Axios. Stock: Getty Images 💪 The 2028 race for the White House will give new political clout to a long-overlooked constituency: Native American voters. Driving the news: New Mexico now holds an influential early spot as one of the first states to vote in the Democratic primary — on Feb. 15, 2028. That's put Native Americans, who make up about 12% of the state, in position to wield more influence in the presidential race than ever before. In recent Democratic primaries, New Mexico typically has voted late in the season, in June. States that held the earliest primaries had much smaller Native populations. Now potential presidential campaigns are scrambling to adjust to the 2028 lineup, calling Native leaders to learn about Indigenous power players and the dynamics of tribal governments, Democratic operatives tell Axios. 🔎 Zoom in: Any presidential candidate who wants to win New Mexico is "going to have to listen to tribes," warned Deb Haaland, the former U.S. interior secretary who made history in 2021 when she became the first Native American to head a cabinet agency. "We could be a large part in who that nominee is." Native leaders and their allies say that will force presidential candidates to engage closely with tribal governments and pay attention to issues such as tribal sovereignty, land and water rights, and rural infrastructure. 📝 Several potential 2028 contenders are already taking notes. Isaac Dakota Casados, a New Mexico Democratic consultant and Navajo Nation member, told us his phone has been ringing off the hook as presidential campaigns-in-waiting look to learn more about Native voters. "They're really trying to figure out how the Native American demographic plays into this larger picture," he said. "I think they're used to speaking to Hispanic and Latino populations within their states. This is a very unique variable that's very different to them." Casados said Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged to him that he's "really gotta learn" about tribal leadership, while New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker was "fascinated" by New Mexico's myriad tribal cultures in a recent conversation. Kalyn Free, a Choctaw Nation citizen who's on the Democratic National Committee's powerful rules and bylaws committee, also said she's been getting outreach from presidential hopefuls and their teams. The jockeying among 2028ers to win Native American voters could help elevate new power players in the Indigenous community. Tribal governments will likely be courted for endorsements. Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, is uniquely poised to become a sought-after validator for 2028 candidates in Indian country: She's running for governor of New Mexico this year. Some potential 2028 contenders already appear to be wooing Haaland. She met recently with Booker and is rallying with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg this weekend. Pritzker helped raise money for Haaland at an event in New Mexico this month. Haaland told us she talked with Pritzker about her efforts to investigate the troubled legacy of federal Indian boarding schools and President Trump's slashing of protections for Native American sacred sites. 🔭 Zoom out: New Mexico has the nation's third-largest share of people who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, and it includes 23 federally recognized tribes. When New Mexico votes in the presidential primary, the race will probably have been narrowed to two or three candidates — giving the state an oversized say in helping pick the party's nominee, Democratic strategists say. Native leaders say their community's voters don't easily map onto the party's progressive-vs.-moderate divide, and stressed that the community isn't a monolith in general elections, either. In the 2016 Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton won some states with significant Native populations, such as New Mexico and Arizona — but Bernie Sanders carried others, such as Alaska and Montana. In 2024's general election, some Native voters across the country — who polls suggested had been hit particularly hard by inflation — shifted toward Trump. Axios' Russell Contreras contributed reporting. — Holly Otterbein

Trump Mocks Melania’s Absence on Trip With Natalie Harp The first lady skipped President Donald Trump’s trip to Ireland while his ever-adoring aide was in tow. President Donald Trump poked fun at his wife as he jetted off on another international trip with his adoring aide by his side. Trump, 80, was accompanied by his “human printer” Natalie Harp, 35, on a trip to Ireland to meet with business leaders and attend the Irish Open golf tournament at his Doonbeg resort. In remarks at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Dublin, the president quipped that first lady Melania Trump, 56, wanted to be there with him but opted out of the seven-hour flight from Washington, D.C. “My wife is here in spirit. She’s watching right now. She said, ‘Say hello,’ because she was very friendly with these two people. I said, ‘Well, why don’t you come with me?’ She said, ‘Well, it’s a seven-hour trip. Maybe I’m not that friendly,’” he said, drawing laughter from the crowd. “I said, ‘Put on a Make America Great Again hat and come on. Let’s go.’ But, uh, she sends her regards,” he added. A Daily Beast analysis of the first lady’s schedule previously found that she has a shockingly lighter workload than her predecessors, Jill Biden and Michelle Obama. By the end of July, Melania had only made 38 public appearances. In stark contrast, Michelle gave 130 speeches, and Jill delivered 43 in the same 18-month period after moving into the White House. Melania reemerged in the public eye in late August to celebrate the expansion of her Fostering the Future initiative. “I heard you missed me. Here I am,” she said with a laugh at the time. “Here I am! Welcome to the White House.” Meanwhile, Harp is dutifully by Trump’s side through every engagement, whether it’s a round of golf or an overseas trip. Harp, a one-time anchor and host at the right-wing news network One America News, began working for Trump in 2022. She earned the moniker “human printer” by following Trump around, fulfilling his every request, including fetching merchandise, performing Google searches, printing stories from right-wing websites, and suggesting possible Truth Social posts. She earns a taxpayer-funded salary of $150,000 a year. Melania’s camp has insisted there is no bad blood between her and Harp, despite reports of the first lady being frustrated by the intense media coverage of Harp and her proximity to Trump. “They don’t know anything about the first lady’s personal and private life,” Melania’s spokesman Marc Beckman previously said. “What they need to do is look in the mirror because they’re all attacking this hardworking, very talented, very intelligent person in Natalie Harp,” he said. Melania has appeared to spend less and less time at the White House in her husband’s second term, with reports suggesting she instead divides her time between New York and Florida. Michael Wolff, Trump’s longtime biographer, has claimed it’s an open secret that the first lady leads a life completely separate from her husband. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-mocks-melanias-absence-on-ireland-trip-with-natalie-harp/? ps:What a pathetic couple!!!!!

Hobie, That editorial by John Grossboll is quoting the article signed Ellen G. White in the July 5, 1898 Review and Herald. Grossboll uses no quotes and cites no reference. Go to the SDA archives, find the periodicals, then Review and Herald, July 5, 1898. Grossboll is copying EGW and not giving her credit. Try this link to the original article in which EGW sides with the ERV [Wescott and Hort] against the KJV. The remark in question is in the third column, 2nd paragraph. Hobie, I, too, was invested in the KJV only nonsense. Not to worry, God is Great!

Trump Goons Unload on ‘Freak’ Journalist Over Natalie Harp The president took his devoted aide to Ireland. The White House was not amused by the attention. Natalie Harp was in Ireland with Donald Trump. Naturally. The president’s 35-year-old aide—who has become a near-constant presence at his side—followed her boss on his two-day trip, prompting journalist Aaron Rupar to post a photo of her with the simple observation: “Look who made the trip to Ireland.” That apparently was enough to set off the White House’s Rapid Response 47 team. Rather than ignore the post, the taxpayer-funded communications operation lashed out by calling Rupar a “sick, deluded freak” who posts “creepy things” from behind his keyboard. The bizarre response only drew more attention to Harp, who has become one of the most conspicuous figures in Trump’s orbit. Known as the “human printer” for supplying Trump with positive news stories, the ever-present blonde has traveled extensively with the 80-year-old president and developed an unusually close working relationship with him. And now, apparently, even noticing that she’s there is enough to get the White House fighting mad. The hypersensitive RR immediately fired back on X: “President Trump does, in fact, travel with staff. Aaron, on the other hand, is a sick, deluded freak (in his 40s) who sits behind a keyboard and posts creepy things like this.” Tweeters on X weren’t having it. The best snapback came from Rupar himself, who quickly replied: “I know being in my 40s makes me too old for the president but I’m at peace with it.” He later added: “The taxpayer-funded White House incitement account is now attacking me for [checks notes] being in my 40s.” Another X user grumbled: “Reporter reports the factual news. MAGA cries.” Still another critic called the truth “triggering” for the “Trump cult.” One wag noted that Trump has no problem taking his “aide” (quotes are his) to a state visit, while not bothering to bring his wife, who has all but vanished from official functions. Trump himself awkwardly pointed out that the first lady was with him in Ireland “in spirit.” Another found it hilarious that the Rapid Response team thinks Rupar posts “creepy” things, while Trump doesn’t post creepy, even incendiary, positions. One stinging critic on X noted that the “real creep in his 40s” is White House spokesman Steven Cheung, who used to be the director of the Rapid Response team. He’s now the head of White House communications. Some have questioned Harp’s unusually intense devotion to Trump. In intimate letters to her boss, obtained by Trump biographer Michael Wolff, she told him that he is “all that matters to me.” She also emphasized: “I want things to always be right between us… I never want to bring you anything but joy.” Harp worked side-by-side with Trump for almost a year before obtaining a security clearance, which alarmed officials. She reportedly declined to complete the clearance process for more than a year before Trump and White House counsel intervened. The Daily Beast reached out to the Rapid Response team and the White House for further comment. https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-goons-unload-on-freak-journalist-aaron-rupar-over-natalie-harp-mention/? ps:Right out in front of everyone! Pathetic!! But at the moment there really is no evidence?? Only what we see!!

No, that is the view in a editorial from 2019 by John J. Grosboll, and he adds "the true version reads," not Ellen White.

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Trump says he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey. https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-irish-whiskey-e2eaed86e5c13013af92c102ad082b76?

Users in Houthi-held Yemen tried to develop advanced weapons with AI, Anthropic says Anthropic says Claude users in northern Yemen, territory controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, tried to use the AI model to develop advanced missiles. Anthropic said the users of the accounts, which it blocked after identifying them, did not succeed in “fielding an operational device” but did carry out a failed test of a guided rocket. It said it knows that because the users returned to its Claude chatbot to find out why it failed. Hazam al-Assad, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau, said it is “unreasonable and illogical” that they would rely on open sources to develop and produce military capabilities. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up Strike on Iranian cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz kills 1, Iranian media say Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen claim new attacks on Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has few options as it faces mounting threats from Iran and its allies People fleeing Iran-backed rebels’ advance in Yemen describe a ‘hysterical panic’

Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Nino might bring record slow storm season The Atlantic is quiet — record quiet — this hurricane season thanks to an enormous El Nino that crushes storms before they get going. Just as El Nino traditionally dampens Atlantic hurricane season, it tends to rev up tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific, with moist air and little wind shear. And so far this year, storm activity in the eastern Pacific is nearly double than normal, with hurricanes lasting much longer than usual. While the Atlantic has had only five small tropical storms, there have been 16 named storms in the eastern Pacific and 20 in the central Pacific. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Tourists should skip Kauai for now as it recovers from Hurricane Lowell, officials say Radio silence amid Lowell reveals critical gap in emergency plan A stronger-than-normal El Nino alarms scientists over Galápagos wildlife and forests ps:I for am very happy about that! But what I'd like to know is if they knew about el nino than why did they predict a big hurricane season, with a number being C4 or higher??

Inside a Philadelphia barbershop, Black men debate their political past and future Ever since Democrat Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump two years ago, political strategist Khalil Thompson has been traveling the country to figure out why Black men inched toward a white Republican rather than a Black woman. Although Black men vote overwhelmingly Democratic, even small shifts in their support can help swing razor-thin elections. Black men age 18 and older — roughly 4.3% of the U.S. population, according to the latest census estimate — have unique historical experiences that make their voting patterns distinct from other groups. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage Trump touches a nerve while in Ireland by saying reunification would be ‘fantastic’ Federal judge rules Trump DHS plan for 50% FEMA staffing cuts was unlawful Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open DOJ went after protesters for felony assault, but juries, judges were unconvinced, AP analysis finds The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That’s being tested in Georgia Justice Department directs states to hold on to 2024 election records as it seeks their voter data Diesel prices are hitting record highs at a bad time for many US farmers CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on bin Laden and al-Qaida before Sept. 11 FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims during the Republican midterm convention US Rep. Tom Tiffany swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in a Wisconsin lake President Donald Trump’s childhood home sells for $2 million GOP and Democratic officials in Nashville unite over renaming airport for Dolly Parton

Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, saying attacks causing a shortage KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. He spoke after diesel prices in the U.S. hit a record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-odesa-refinery-border-crossing-17bb6a0401abc3eaa7d4586150a41d7d? ps:How pathetic?

😴 1 for the road: New status symbol Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios As more of us track our sleep through wearables and try different strategies to optimize nighttime rest, high sleep scores are becoming status symbols, The Wall Street Journal reports (gift link). People get scores from their wearables, smart mattresses and even baby monitors. How it works: Sleep scores aren't perfectly precise, but help spot patterns. If you know your baseline, you can experiment with changes like sleeping with white noise or on a cooler mattress topper to see if they meaningfully raise your score, CNET reports.

🗣️ Orators' new age Illustration: Maura Losch/Axios "As reading declines, ideas are spreading not by text but by spoken word" — a lasting piece of Charlie Kirk's legacy, The Economist reports ($): "Ideas that were once disseminated by headlines and columns are now being conveyed by TikToks and podcasts. As people spend more time absorbed in their screens and their AirPods, the human voice is making a comeback. That has consequences for how people communicate — and perhaps for the kinds of ideas that spread." 🤔 The intrigue: As oration comes back into vogue, so do its quirks. Written arguments are typically clean and structured, while spoken ones can repeat and ramble as people work toward their conclusion in real time. "The oral turn also helps explain the success of ... Donald Trump," The Economist notes. "Some have even compared his 'tagging' of enemies — 'crooked Hillary,' 'sleepy Joe' and so on — to Homer, who used epithets like 'ox-eyed Hera' and 'crooked-counseled' Cronos to lodge characters in audiences' minds."

💰 America's borrowing binge Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios Americans are facing a rising tab as a multi-decade borrowing binge collides with a spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war. Long-term interest rates are surging, as are consumer prices. It's a toxic mix of near-term inflation pressures and years of fiscal imbalance, Axios' Neil Irwin reports. 📈 Driving the news: The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose to 4.97% Friday, up a full percentage point since the end of February, and only a hair below its high since 2007. That rate helps set borrowing costs across the economy, from business loans to mortgages. The rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has risen in lockstep, reaching 7.08% Friday, per Mortgage News Daily — the highest in more than a year. Gasoline is now at a national average of $4.31 a gallon, while diesel has climbed to over $6 a gallon. 👀 All this means the Fed is now expected to raise its target interest rate this week, but longer-term borrowing rates are set in global markets — and determined by bigger forces. Read on.

Celestial treat The same trio of planets was visible in March 2020, as seen in this photo from Alberta, Canada. Photo: Alan Dyer/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Early risers can spot three bright planets stretching across the morning sky for the rest of the month — and they won't need a telescope to see them, Axios Seattle's Christine Clarridge writes. Why it matters: Saturn, Mars and Jupiter can all be seen, weather permitting, in September's early morning hours, according to EarthSky. How it works: The planets will spread in a long arc along the ecliptic — the path the Sun, Moon and planets follow — like lights strung across the sky. To see all three, head outside before dawn and scan from east to west: Jupiter will be the bright one in the east, followed by reddish Mars and Saturn farther west.

🌐 Carney cozies up to Europe Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios For months, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has quietly courted European leaders — in France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and beyond — to pull closer to the European Union. Carney has even floated a new title for Canada, the Wall Street Journal reports: "Associate Member of the European Union." 👀 The intrigue: Trump has spent the last 18 months trying to rewire the global trading order by brute force, Axios' Ben Berkowitz writes. A spat over milk and whiskey usually wouldn't be enough to wreck a $900 billion relationship between neighbors. But Carney is taking the long view that Trump's order may outlast Trump's presidency. Go deeper.

🤑 September spending spree Data: AdImpact. Chart: Stef Kight/Axios Republicans are outspending Democrats in almost every battleground Senate race this month as Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) looks to the GOP's cash advantage to help hold his majority. Why it matters: The post-Labor Day rush is here, with $390 million (and climbing) of Senate campaign ads headed for voters' TVs, tablets and phone screens, Axios' Stef W. Kight and Hans Nichols report. By the numbers: In three crucial states — Ohio, Texas and Michigan — Republicans have reserved at least $10 million more in September advertising than Democrats. 🍑 Only in Georgia, a state where incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff is now favored to win reelection, are Democrats outspending Republicans. Keep reading.