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THIS DAY IN HISTORY October 22 1962 JFK’s address on Cuban Missile Crisis shocks the nation During the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, U.S. and Soviet leaders engaged in a tense, 13-day standoff over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida. read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT 1920s 1926 Harry Houdini is punched nine days before his death Arts & Entertainment 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre wins—and declines—Nobel Prize in Literature Crime 1934 FBI agents kill fugitive “Pretty Boy” Floyd Inventions & Science 1797 First parachute jump is made over Paris U.S. Presidents 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act Sports 2012 Cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles Vietnam War 1965 173rd Airborne trooper dives onto live grenade, saving comrades 1972 South Vietnamese President Thieu turns down peace proposal 1957 American forces suffer first casualties in Vietnam

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One lkpoint: The SDA Chlurch does alow a celebate homosexual to be a SDA pastor. klkIF that person can not remain celebate, that person will lno longer be SDA Clergy. A SDA pastor who is not married is expected to remain celebate. If not celebate, klthe person will not remain a SDA pastor.

Internet Insecurities Federal cybersecurity agencies around the world yesterday urged web administrators to patch vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language that powers roughly 70% of websites globally, including Wikipedia. The warning comes after researchers uncovered bugs hackers could exploit to take control of any server running PHP. A researcher using artificial intelligence discovered the flaws in August, opening the door to cyberattacks if hackers used available ChatGPT models to compromise websites. PHP’s security team rated the issue a 9.2 out of 10 in terms of danger and worked covertly to develop a solution before announcing emergency updates yesterday. Engineers did not publicize the issue to avoid highlighting vulnerabilities hackers could exploit. Germany, Finland, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, and France temporarily shut down or disconnected several official websites to prevent attacks while applying security patches. The PHP bugs will not directly impact your phone or browser, but you can still take steps to protect yourself from hackers with these tips.

US-Russia Relations Thaw Russia has released American Stephen James Hubbard after nearly five years in prison on charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. The deal, announced during a top US envoy's visit yesterday, appears to signal warming ties between Washington and Moscow. The news follows President Donald Trump's decisions this month to import Russian diesel and pause new sanctions (read previous write-up). Unlike previous prisoner releases, the US did not have to free anyone in exchange for Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired teacher who was the last American in Russia considered wrongfully detained by the State Department (what's his full story?). Putin also agreed yesterday to resume US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine as soon as next month. The last round took place in February, shortly before the US and Israel launched the Iran war. Separately, Ukraine says the US has resumed sharing early-warning intelligence on Russian ballistic missile attacks after reportedly restricting it last week in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.

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🛶 Parting shot! Photo: Richard Chu Reader Richard Chu wowed us with this shot of a canal in Trieste, Italy, taken during his travels earlier this month.

😏 Scoop: Dems quietly boost spoilers Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios House Democrats' campaign arm is instructing allied super PACs to promote minor candidates in several key House races, we have learned. Why it matters: This allows Democrats to steer outside groups toward siphoning votes from Republicans without violating laws against direct coordination. Zoom in: An Axios review of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "redboxes" — publicly available webpages laying out what PACs should say in ads and which voters to target — found references to minor candidates in five races. The DCCC included language on four of those pages — for CO-5, VA-2, VA-5 and NV-2 — promoting a third-party or independent candidate by touting their conservative, pro-gun or anti-government bona fides. The intrigue: In several cases, the redboxes urge super PACs to steer Democratic and left-leaning voters away from minor candidates who could siphon votes from the DCCC's recruit. Between the lines: In the post-Citizens United era, redboxes have emerged as a way for campaigns to give messaging guidance to cash-rich outside groups that often have less localized knowledge of their turf. The practice is so named because the websites often put a red box around the instructions. The NRCC has its own publicly available redboxes, though it shies away from encouraging PACs to boost spoiler candidates. The big picture: There have been several other examples this year of both parties allegedly boosting spoiler candidates, including with redboxes. Democrats successfully sued last month to get a Green Party candidate who they alleged was a GOP plant booted off the ballot in Pennsylvania's 7th District. Republicans in Alaska tried and failed to do the same with unaffiliated candidate Dan J. Sullivan, who they allege is a spoiler for Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan in his race against Democrat Mary Peltola. It's even happened in party primaries: The campaign of Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) put language on its redbox promoting Republican Zachariah Wooden in the hopes of keeping progressive challenger Mai Vang out of the general election. — Andrew Solender

🚨"The wall has broken" Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios The Senate map once looked impregnable for Republicans. Now they're worried about losing Mississippi. Senate Republicans are weighing a last-ditch cash infusion for Mississippi and even more money for South Carolina and Kansas, we scooped today. Why it matters: It's been 44 years since Mississippi elected a Democratic senator, 94 years for Kansas and 28 for South Carolina. But panic is spreading through the Republican Party. "The wall has broken. The enemy is inside the fort," one national Republican political operative told us. "We are now fighting hand to hand." Democratic challengers are polling within the margin of error in more than half a dozen deep-red states, according to internal GOP polls. This is a grim reversal for Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who had plenty of reasons to feel good about keeping the majority even earlier this year. Zoom in: Two weeks ago, when Senate Leadership Fund decided to take out a $5 million "insurance policy" in South Carolina, operatives took a hard look at Idaho, South Dakota and Mississippi. At the time, they concluded they didn't need to spend any money in those states, according to a person familiar with the matter. But Senate Republicans are now reviewing the Mississippi race and may need to spend there to protect Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith from a surprisingly competitive bid by Democratic district attorney Scott Colom. President Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in Corinth, Mississippi, on Monday. Senate Majority PAC, the main super PAC for Senate Democrats, announced a $1.2 million investment in the race yesterday. Zoom out: In early June, SLF started to reinforce a Midwestern red wall to protect the GOP majority, reserving $28 million in TV advertising in Ohio and $11 million in Iowa. Those investments have ballooned to $93 million in Ohio and $53 million in Iowa. After an initial $5 million buy in South Carolina, SLF's spending has increased to $8.5 million, according to AdImpact. And a super PAC linked to Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is spending another $500,000 in South Carolina. SLF, which is linked to Senate GOP leadership, has earmarked $14 million for Kansas and has spent nearly $12 million there so far. What we're hearing: "We're nervous about Alaska. We're nervous about Michigan. We're still going to hold the Senate at the end," said another operative. Republicans aren't overly concerned about Sens. Ashley Moody in Florida or Mike Rounds in South Dakota. The intrigue: The National Republican Senatorial Committee raised $31.4 million last month, but its coffers appear to be drained. — Hans Nichols, Marc Caputo and Stef Kight

Buckeye Bushwa View in browser If you don’t live in Ohio, you’ve probably been blissfully free from thinking about Vivek Ramaswamy since the 2024 Republican presidential primary, which he left after arousing the visceral dislike of pretty much all of his rivals, as well as many voters. Ramaswamy, who’s now running for Ohio governor, is back in the national spotlight this week, once again in extremely unflattering fashion, because of a campaign ad targeting the Democratic candidate Amy Acton. Acton, a first-time candidate, has leaned heavily on her inspiring biography: She has spoken about experiencing homelessness as well as being raped by her stepfather as a child; she later waited tables and delivered newspapers to put herself through medical school, eventually becoming the director of the Ohio Department of Health. Most recent polls have shown Acton with a small advantage over Ramaswamy, which may be why his campaign resorted to the appalling commercial. The spot features Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, accusing her of being an inveterate liar. “She’s lied her entire life,” Arthur says. “My daughter needs help, and she can’t help you if she needs help herself.” The ad immediately drew both outrage and debunkings. “It’s not surprising that Vivek Ramaswamy has stooped to such a despicable low as to attempt to turn the sexual abuse Amy endured at 12 years old from our birth mother’s husband into a political talking point,” Acton’s brother said in a statement. National Review, the conservative magazine, pointed out that court documents provide extensive backup for Acton’s claims, as does contemporary press coverage. She was removed from her mother’s custody at the time; her mother’s husband, Cledith Arthur, whom she accused, left the state after being indicted for sexual assault. He pleaded not guilty and died in 2004. For a campaign to cast doubt on a rival’s account of childhood sexual abuse is shocking; to do so despite such evidence is despicable. For years, influential MAGA figures insisted that a conspiracy of pedophiles was running the government and other influential institutions. Now some of them treat pedophilia as no big deal. The Trump administration has tried to downplay the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the late sexual predator who was at one time a close friend of the president’s and maintained ties to other administration officials as well. Ramaswamy is opting to dismiss allegations of pedophilia and use them to smear an opponent. At an event earlier this year, he said that Acton has no vision “other than to complain about what someone else did to her.” Despite his previous willingness to mock Acton’s abuse, Ramaswamy’s campaign didn’t initially claim the ad. It first became public on Monday via the colorful Buckeye State political blogger D. J. Byrnes, known as the Rooster. The version he posted, received from a tipster, didn’t feature any explanation of who had paid for it. But Ramaswamy has since gone all-in. “It is an ad from our campaign,” Ramaswamy said at an event last night. “I would love for this race and this election to be about the substantive issues that impact Ohioans. And unfortunately, Amy Acton has been hiding from those issues.” Axios reports that Ramaswamy (who recently loaned his own campaign $5 million) will spend $4 million airing it. “This is a campaign-ending moment for Amy Acton,” his campaign manager, Jonathan Ewing, said. “The people who know her best keep warning Ohioans about her.” This is bold, if not wise: The ad has generated widespread condemnation. Even some right-wing influencers who initially spread it, such as Jackie Chea, have had second thoughts: “I have no idea if Amy’s abuse allegations are true, but if they are, then her mother is the monster … I regret framing the post as if Amy was lying about her mother when I can’t be sure about that.” Another, Dan Bostic, wrote, “I’ve never in my life seen someone do something so stupid. It’s hard to even wrap my brain around how someone could possess such horrible political instinct.” (Laura Loomer continues to endorse it, which is telling in its own way. Vice President Vance, meanwhile, was “disgusted”—but by Republican doubters, not by the commercial. He suggested that anything is justified in the name of winning elections. “Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern,” he said in Cincinnati today, telling his “fellow elected Republicans” to “stop whining about an advertisement.”) On the other side of the aisle, liberals see the ad as suicidal. “I am very confident that this ad will backfire and blow up in Ramaswamy’s face,” Dan Pfeiffer, a former aide to Barack Obama, wrote. Any predictions now are premature: Knowing how convincing the ad will be, compared with the backlash, is impossible. But the ad is another example of how Ramaswamy’s obnoxious personality has turned a race that should have been a safe GOP win into a toss-up. The candidate’s favorability rating is deeply negative. His fellow Republicans continue to dislike him. The outgoing governor, Mike DeWine, whose occasional pangs of conscience make him a profile in near-courage, clearly dreaded endorsing his fellow Republican. And although the national environment is friendly to Democratic candidates this year, no Democrat has won a governor’s race in Ohio since 2006; Donald Trump won the state three times. Acton is a first-time candidate most famous for her association with COVID public-health measures, neither of which is an obvious asset. If Ramaswamy loses, there will be no question about who was responsible. Related: The 2026 midterms must-watch list Vivek Ramaswamy’s truth (From 2023)

Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows WASHINGTON (AP) — Voter turnout is soaring compared with the last midterm election in many of the states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis of early voting two weeks before Election Day. https://apnews.com/article/election-2026-midterms-voting-early-turnout-44df2c18b387d28022dbb480e99feaba?

Cryptocurrency companies can keep paying interest-like rewards, say federal bank regulators Cryptocurrency companies can continue to pay interest-like rewards to customers, federal regulators said Wednesday, despite warnings from banks that such programs could drain trillions of dollars in deposits from the banking system. Read More.

Malaysia bans civil servants from using navigation app Waze, citing data risks over Israeli links Malaysia on Wednesday banned civil servants from using the navigation application Waze, citing data security concerns due to its Israeli links. Read More.

Trump brings a last-minute rally boost to Darline Graham in South Carolina's US Senate race President Donald Trump will visit South Carolina on Wednesday to boost U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, whose stumbles in her first campaign since replacing her late brother have Democratic voters hopeful — but not necessarily optimistic — that their candidate can break Republicans' grip on the state. Read More. Maine Sen. Collins enlists ex-Democratic colleague Manchin in effort to highlight her independence Maine Republican Susan Collins has promoted her reputation as one of the most independent U.S. senators and she is using the waning days of the election season to sell that message to voters by campaigning with a former Democratic colleague who has endorsed her. Read More.

Africa CDC calls an Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records its first case African health ministers were invited Wednesday to an “extraordinary virtual meeting” to discuss the spread of Ebola after Nigeria reported its first case of the disease that has claimed thousands of lives and has spread rapidly since an outbreak began in Congo in May. Read More.

How the Mecca defense agreement between Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will work Turkey’s government has asked parliament to ratify a mutual defense agreement it signed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, bringing the country closer to bolstering Saudi defenses as it faces attacks from Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Read More.

Ebola has spread from Congo to 4 other countries. A look at where things stand Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it's active. It has spread farther across Africa than any previous Ebola outbreak, reaching three regions. Read More.

Nvidia CEO encourages Europe's lagging AI sector and offers tools to accelerate data center buildout Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged players in Europe's lagging artificial intelligence industry to get going and touted a modular system to quickly build AI data centers with the massive computing capacity the continent's developers need but currently lack. Read More.

Google DeepMind Engineer Resigns in Protest of Pentagon Contract Sofia Liguori, a research engineer working at DeepMind, resigned in protest this week from Google’s pioneering artificial intelligence laboratory. Unlike a wave of other AI researchers who have quit over fears AI might someday turn against humanity, Liguori stepped down over concern about her employer’s current practices. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/21/google-deepmind-resign-ai-military-gaza/? Mike Rogers Spent $100K on Private Jets and Luxury Travel Last Quarter The Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan spent more than $40,000 to cover a single private jet bill last month, according to campaign finance records reviewed by The Intercept. The five-figure ticket was part of over $100,000 worth of campaign cash Rogers spent on luxury travel last quarter, most of it on private jet trips. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/19/michigan-senate-mike-rogers-spending-private-jets/? The Army Wants to Sic AI Agents on Its Enemies. What Could Go Wrong? As global governments and tech giants reckon with widespread revelations of autonomous AI agents unexpectedly breaking into computer systems, documents obtained by The Intercept show the U.S. Army is looking to harness that exact technology to seek and destroy. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/19/army-autonomous-ai-agents-arcyber/? Trump’s Obsession With Somalia Isn’t Just Racist. It’s Been Lethal. The Trump administration is waging a multi-pronged war on Somali people, painting them as criminals, murderers, and terrorists and using multiple federal agencies to target them at home and abroad. The campaign includes military attacks in Somalia, as well as arrests, deportations, and the weaponization of federal law enforcement agencies against immigrants and the Somali American community in the United States, including the recent use of Homeland Security agents as a goon squad to target Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/21/trump-ilhan-omar-somalia-war/? Kohen Wiley’s Family Says Investigators Didn’t Contact Them Before Concluding Cops Did No Wrong For months, the residents of Senatobia, Mississippi, have waited with a mix of dread and anticipation for state authorities to decide what, if anything, they plan to do about the killing of Kohen Wiley. Ever since the 1-year-old child was shot by a white police officer outside a local Walmart in June, organizers have held protests and press conferences outside the town’s city hall to call for accountability — or even a simple acknowledgment — for the loss of the Black toddler. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/20/kohen-wiley-police-shooting-mississippi/? Yemenis Unable to Reach Hospital Are Part of the Iran War Death Toll SANA’A, Yemen — For more than two weeks, Abdullah laid at home in al-Silw district, in Yemen’s besieged southwestern governorate of Taiz, as his body slowly failed. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/20/yemenis-dialysis-houthi-blockade-iran-war/?

Former Windows Lead Says Windows 11's Best Upgrade Is 'Not Usable Yet' Ex-Windows chief Mikhail Parakhin took to social media to call out Microsoft over missing taskbar features. https://www.pcmag.com/news/former-windows-lead-says-windows-11s-best-upgrade-is-not-usable-yet?

Ancient Cyprus in Florida This head of a colossal male statue, which once may have stood nearly 15 feet tall, reportedly comes from the site of Golgoi in the central lowlands of Cyprus. Dated to the late seventh or early sixth century BCE, the limestone statue was among several hundred such pieces and other ritual objects excavated in the 1870s by the then-U.S. consul at Larnaka, Luigi Palma di Cesnola. During the first millennium BCE, Golgoi was a religious and artistic hub with a temple dedicated to Apollo. As votive statues kept accumulating at the sanctuary, many had to be ritually buried to make room for new dedications. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/exhibits-events/ancient-cyprus-in-florida/? Paul’s First Missionary Journey through Perga and Pisidian Antioch Paul’s first missionary journey took him from Cyprus into the heart of Anatolia. Why did Paul and Barnabas choose the treacherous path through Perga to Pisidian Antioch? In “Why Perga? Paul’s Perilous Passage through Pisidia” in the November/December 2013 issue of BAR, Mark R. Fairchild explores archaeological evidence of the likely presence of Jewish communities on the way. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/pauls-first-missionary-journey-through-perga-and-pisidian-antioch/?

* For many years, clergy have been alloed to opt out of Social Seclulrity tax payments. Doing so also meant tlhat the person could not recieve such paylments. The decision to opt out could not be changed. Currently about 2,000 clergy each year opt out. * On October 20, 2026. President Trump signed a new law that has given such clergy a 2-year window to join Social lSecurityl. that window occurs in 2029 ad 2030.. * Clergy who participate in Social Secuirity pay a 15.5% self-emploed tax, instead of the 7.75% employed tax. * To recieve Social Seculrity benefits, one must generally have paid the taxes for 40-quarters, or 10-years. * This means that it may be of no benefit to older clergy to begin paying the social security tax. * Thanks to SDA Attorney Michael for proving me with this information.

A central issue is tithing. Many people have been taught that we are obliged to tithe to avoid the curse of Malachi 3. Our responsibility is to tithe; then it is the responsibility of the conference to handle the tithe. We were taught to trust God to see that the tithe is responsibly dispersed. If the conference decides to use the money to pay women or homosexuals to pastor churches, it is not our problem. What the administration decides is what God wants, more or less. As long as we give, we are OK, so we are taught. I guess anyone foolish enough to believe that would be fine having a female or homosexual pastor. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis does not admit women into the ministerial track. They can become deaconesses, not pastors. If I remember correctly one of the rationales for admitting women into the pastorate was that the SDA seminary had taken their money for professional training. It would be unjust to deprive them of the opportunity to use the education they paid for. Midwestern Baptist seminary has an MDiv program for women; however, it plainly states that this cannot lead to a pastoral position The SDA denomination has simply been poorly managed or cleverly so, on this issue. These t wo major denominations recognize what SDA do not. Women should not be overseers of congregations