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Invisible Wounds: ADRA Highlights Global Safeguarding Needs for Children Beyond Physical Safety The Adventist Development and Relief Agency(ADRA), the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is drawing attention to the psychological and protection risks children face amid conflict, disaster, and displacement, emphasizing that safeguarding must extend beyond preventing physical harm to include dignity, mental health, and spiritual well-being. https://adventist.news/news/invisible-wounds-adra-highlights-global-safeguarding-needs-for-children-beyond-physical-safety ADRA Steps Into Mission After Super Typhoon Fung-Wong Devastates the Philippines A week after landfall, ADRA continues its mission of relief, recovery, and hope for storm-stricken communities. https://adventist.news/news/adra-steps-into-mission-after-super-typhoon-fung-wong-devastates-the-philippines

Investigators plead for tips after 3 children, 1 adult killed in shooting at child’s birthday party STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California appealed to the public for tips, cellphone video, witness accounts and even rumors as they searched Sunday for a suspect in the killing of three children and an adult during a mass shooting at a child’s birthday party. https://apnews.com/article/stockton-california-shooting-b59e32ae53716a0dfe9f28c246552607?

Grateful to be alive, residents who escaped the Hong Kong apartment blaze wonder what comes next HONG KONG (AP) — It was just after 3 p.m. when William Li received the unusual call from his wife, who was at work, saying she’d heard from a friend that their building was on fire. https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-tai-po-wang-fuk-court-fire-fe38347d45017a803cf7c55b7a3c29ab?

No backup plan for Milan Olympic ice hockey arena as construction goes down to the wire Construction on the arena that is set to welcome NHL players back to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade is behind schedule. There is no backup stadium if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Behind the scenes of Cortina’s trailer-park Olympic Village: 400 mobile homes in an Alpine valley Racers say Milan Cortina speed skating venue feels like they’re on a lake

Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with ‘dark isolation’ as community raised concerns The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members blocks from the White House had been unraveling for years, unable to hold a job and flipping between long, lightless stretches of isolation and taking sudden weekslong cross-country drives. Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s behavior deteriorated so sharply that a community advocate reached out to a refugee organization for help, fearing he was becoming suicidal. https://apnews.com/article/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-suspect-afghan-5e5e9567d95a5d0ef806b714bb3ee3b7?

Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed. Maduro government slams ‘colonial threat’ President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. His government accused Trump of making a ”colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Venezuelan leader Maduro may seem desperate. But his loyalty vs punishment strategy is hard to crack Trump officials and judge face off over flights to El Salvador in rare, high-stakes contempt probe Trump’s pardon of ex-Honduran president Hernández injects wild card into election

Lobstah nativity Photo: Lobster Nativity Scene New England has a new holiday sensation: a lobster nativity scene. The region loves coastal kitsch, and if we can squeeze more nautical imagery into the holidays, we will, Axios Boston's Mike Deehan writes. Rosemary Quantick, an English immigrant on Cape Cod, designed the set to honor her adopted home. The set has taken off more in recent years, thanks to billboards near a popular holiday market. The price: $114.90 for a full set. Individual ornaments go for $25-$32.

🛍️ Biggest holiday spenders Data: PwC. Chart: Axios Visuals Shoppers in the Northeast and West are projected to outspend the national average of $1,552 per person — which includes gifts, travel and entertainment, Axios' Sami Sparber writes from PwC research. "Households with children are expected to spend more than twice as much as those without, PwC writes. "Households with children under the age of 18 are ... shelling out $2,349 on average, more than double the $1,089 spent by those without kids." ⚡ Just in: Black Friday retail sales growth picked up this year as shoppers shook off economic uncertainty and weak sentiment, Axios' Ben Berkowitz writes. Friday's retail sales excluding autos rose 4.1%, per Mastercard SpendingPulse. That's stronger than last year's 3.4% growth. Adobe Analytics, which tracks e-commerce, said U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online Friday, marking a 9.1% jump from last year, AP reports. 🕰️ Traffic particularly piled up between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. local time nationwide: $12.5 million passed through online shopping carts every minute. 🥧 Consumers spent a record $6.4 billion online on Thanksgiving Day, per Adobe. 🎮 Top categories that saw an uptick in sales across both days included video game consoles, electronics and home appliances. 💡 AI-powered shopping services and social media ads were big influences. 💻 What to watch: Cyber Monday — tomorrow! —will be the next key indicator of retail's health. Go deeper: "AI helps drive record $11.8 billion in Black Friday online spending" (Reuters)

🏛️ Another House Republican quits Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), one of President Trump's tightest allies, said he'll retire from Congress rather than seek reelection next year, Axios' Andrew Solender and Kate Santaliz report. Why it matters: Nehls, a former sheriff first elected in 2020, joins a rapidly growing group of House members in both parties who have decided to call it quits, either to run for higher office or leave politics entirely. Within hours of his announcement, his identical twin brother, Trever Nehls, said he plans to run for the seat. Read on.

🌴 U.S., Ukrainian officials meet in Miami today U.S. and Ukrainian officials will negotiate outside Miami this morning at Steve Witkoff's exclusive Shell Bay golf club, before President Trump's envoys head to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, Axios' Barak Ravid reports. Why it matters: The U.S. and Ukraine are working to finalize understandings on the U.S. peace plan, which has been heavily revised over several days of talks to be more palatable to Kyiv. Witkoff, Trump's envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, are expected to present that document to Putin on Tuesday. Between the lines: President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff and lead negotiator, Andriy Yermak, who was expected to lead the Ukrainian delegation, resigned Friday after anti-corruption authorities raided his home. The corruption probe has reached deep into Zelensky's inner circle and rattled his government. Yermak, long seen as the second-most powerful person in Ukraine, texted associates on Sunday that he was "going to the front" in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian contingent, now led by national security adviser Rustem Umerov, is already in Miami ahead of the meeting. The U.S. team includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Witkoff and Kushner. 🔮 What to watch: During talks in Geneva last Sunday, the sides reached agreements in principle on all but two issues: territory and security guarantees. A senior U.S. official said the White House wants to close the gaps on those last two issues today: "The Ukrainians know what we expect from them." Keep reading. ps:For what purpose? Just to give everything to Russia??????????

November 30, 2025 Good morning. Today, we’re looking at the dangers of e-bikes. Injuries and deaths are rising — but the law hasn’t kept up. Near Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, Calif. Balazs Gardi for The New York Times Bearing down By Adam B. Kushner I’m the editor of this newsletter. Sometimes I bike to work. It’s a 12-mile workout alongside the Potomac River — a lovely route. I pedal hard. But a few times per ride, I get a shock: An e-bike zooms past me like an angry locomotive, doing almost 30 miles per hour. It’s always another commuter, like me, schlepping his laptop and shoes to work in a backpack. I wonder each time: What happens if you crash at that speed? The Times Magazine answered that question today. E-bikes are heavy and fast — in some ways closer to a motorcycle than a manual two-wheeler — and they’ve proliferated in the last few years. So have the injuries associated with them, rising by a factor of 10. Policymakers haven’t caught up. I spoke to David Darlington, a freelance journalist who wrote about the issue. It seems like a good thing that a popular new tech is getting us out of our cars and homes more, no? E-bikes are awesome. They’re fun to ride, they ease the pain of hills and headwinds, and they’re already cutting demand for oil by a million barrels per day — four times as much as all the world’s electric cars. But people need to be educated, not just about e-bikes but safe cycling practices in general. The author of one study told me that Americans think of bicycles as toys: They aren’t taken seriously as vehicles, so they don’t require licenses or “driver’s manuals.” But many of the new devices — still defined as “low-speed bicycles” under the law — have powerful motors and travel at speeds that are dangerous for inexperienced riders. How scared should we be? Some devices are more menacing than others. The scariest are “e-motos,” which look like mini-motorcycles and aren’t legal e-bikes at all. I profiled a high school student, Amelia Stafford, who went for a short ride on a friend’s e-moto and ended up with a traumatic brain injury. Pedestrians have been killed when speeding riders ran into them. Is that because riders go so much faster? The top allowed speed is 28 miles per hour. That class of bike is supposed to stay on the road, though enforcement is practically nonexistent. The ones that go 20 m.p.h. are allowed in bike lanes, but even those are faster than “analog” bikes — and the motor can often be “unlocked” to exceed those speeds, hitting 45 m.p.h. and more. Plus, e-bikes usually weigh more than 50 pounds. That’s a lot of inertia, even at a legal speed. So the result is more gruesome when they get out of control. One hospital in Marin County, Calif., studied the crashes there and found that the chance of dying from a conventional bike crash is less than 1 percent, but for e-bikes it was 11 percent. What are the rules for e-bikes? There are few federal laws other than limiting the top speed to 28 m.p.h. (In Europe, it’s 15.5 m.p.h.) Aside from that, states and counties and cities come up with their own rules. You might be required to wear a helmet, or stay out of public parks, or refrain from operating an e-bike with a hand throttle (as opposed to getting a boost only when you pedal) in your town. But if you venture into the next town, none of that may apply. Safety advocates are pressing for tougher rules. Is this the beginning of the sort of crusade that brought us seatbelts? What does the movement look like? Matt Willis, who was Marin County’s public health officer at the time of Amelia Stafford’s crash there, told me, “The technology has moved forward way faster than our ability to measure its impact or develop sensible regulation.” Monica Stafford, Amelia’s mom, thinks that management of e-bikes is at an embryonic stage of development — like automobiles 100 years ago. (Although electric bikes were invented before cars!) Read David’s piece and learn what happened to Amelia Stafford. THE LATEST NEWS International An Afghan refugee in Pakistan. Asim Hafeez for The New York Times Pakistan, increasingly fed up with the Taliban, has expelled about one million Afghans this year. Many have never lived in Afghanistan and face a worsening humanitarian crisis there. In Indonesia, hundreds of people are missing after deadly floods. It’s part of a bigger disaster; across Southeast Asia, extreme weather has killed hundreds and displaced millions this month. In Lebanon, Pope Leo is set to meet political leaders and say Mass at a Beirut port destroyed by an explosion five years ago. Lebanese Christians are excited to welcome him. Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has asked his country’s president for a pardon in his corruption cases. The request comes after President Trump asked Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu. War in Ukraine Trump’s top aides, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are expected to meet with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida today to discuss a possible peace plan. The meeting comes a day after Russia pummeled Ukraine with drones and missiles in an attack lasting nearly 10 hours. Ukraine says at least 1,700 of its civilians are in Russian captivity. While there is an established channel for exchanging prisoners of war, captured civilians are a different story. The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men from the country ended up fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Climate Change A jogger near India Gate in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee for The New York Times New Delhi’s toxic air pollution is making people sick. See the smog, and the city’s response, in these images. Scientists and politicians say they are losing the information war to oil and gas companies that want to downplay the role of fossil fuels in heating the planet. 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The event was believed to be a family gathering, and officials are still looking for a suspect. A town in West Virginia is grieving the death of a National Guard member in a shooting last week near the White House. FROM OPINION If you want to safeguard your thoughts from A.I., keep a physical diary, Lily Koppel suggests. The search for perfection is stunting our society. Greatness is found through discovery and uncertainty, Jonathan Biss writes. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. MORNING READS In Brooklyn. Jane Kim for The New York Times Something white: Wedding attire isn’t cheap. Some women are swapping gowns instead of buying new. Quarter-zip lifestyle: One of the stodgiest garments in the Western wardrobe has caught on with the Nike Tech crowd. Blame TikTok. Your pick: The Morning’s most-clicked article yesterday was about a Brooklyn family’s search for a new home. Vows: Senator Cory Booker celebrated his marriage to Alexis Lewis in an intimate ceremony in Washington, D.C. A playwright: Tom Stoppard, whose work included “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” and “The Coast of Utopia” and explored complex philosophical topics across continents and centuries, has died. He was 88. SPORTS College football: Ohio State ended its four-game losing streak against Michigan with a 27-9 win. Elsewhere in Rivalry Week, Alabama survived a scare against Auburn in the Iron Bowl, and Oklahoma beat L.S.U. N.F.L.: The Detroit Lions’ former center, Frank Ragnow, will not come out of retirement after a physical revealed a severe hamstring injury. The news dashed hopes that he could help revive the team. M.L.S.: Tadeo Allende scored a hat trick to lead Inter Miami to a 5-1 rout of New York City F.C. The team, led by Lionel Messi, now heads to the M.L.S. Cup final for the first time, where it will face Vancouver. BOOK OF THE WEEK By Elisabeth Egan “The Correspondent,” by Virginia Evans: The word-of-mouth best seller of 2025 might be this quietly dazzling epistolary novel, which calls to mind Susie Boyt’s “Loved and Missed,” another book that was passed around like a beloved recipe. Meet Sybil Van Antwerp, an exacting septuagenarian who interacts with the world almost exclusively through letters. Peer over her shoulder as she fires off missives to her garden club, her grown children, former colleagues, famous authors — and one recipient whose message raises more questions than it answers. Note by note, Sybil’s world takes shape, raising poignant, timely questions about mercy and how we’re all connected. More on books See the Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of 2025. Need help navigating the bounty? Go here. THE INTERVIEW Simon Cowell David Vintiner for The New York Times By Lulu Garcia-Navarro This week’s subject for The Interview is Simon Cowell, the famously caustic judge from “American Idol” and “The X Factor.” I visited Cowell this month at his home in southwest London, where we talked about his new Netflix show, “Simon Cowell: The Next Act,” how he’s mellowed with age and how he’s grappled with the death of Liam Payne, whom he discovered on “The X Factor” and cast in the megafamous boy band One Direction. In your new show, you’re looking for a new boy band to launch, and in the midst of filming, you receive the news of Liam Payne’s death. Can you tell me how you heard and what you did to process the loss? And I know this is painful, so thank you. Of course we’re going to talk about it. Somebody who works with me very closely came into my room. I was up in the north of England, and I could tell by the look of her face that she was upset. She said, “Sit down,” and she told me. And it was like — wow. It was a bit like I felt when I heard the news when my dad passed away. It’s very difficult to put into words how you feel. It’s just shock. At that point, you’re not really thinking clearly. I just remember saying: “I really need to speak to his mum and dad. Can you get them on the phone as soon as possible please?” Because, God, as a parent, what that must have felt like. Since that happened, there has been a lot of reporting on One Direction — the drugs, the alcohol. Liam said on the podcast “Diary of a C.E.O.” in 2021 that, and I’m quoting here: “When we were in the band, the best way to secure us because of how big it got was just to lock us in our room. And of course, what’s in the room? Mini bar.” He talked about struggling. Did you know about that at the time? A little bit. There was stuff I never would have spoken about then, private conversations and advice I tried to give him, which is what comes with fame, etc. But you’re signing a lot of artists, and when you sign an artist, my role is, essentially, get them with the right production team, get the managers and try and make them successful. It is a little bit like they leave the nest. My job is to run the label. And you just hope that they are successful and happy. But when you signed them, they were kids. It must be a different type of relationship that they have with someone like you, who was also a judge and brought them together. Is it a complicated role you have with someone who is so young? It’s always complicated. I don’t know whether it’s more complicated when they’re young or when someone who has had success then hasn’t had success and comes back and wants a second chance. I mean, every time it’s different. Read more of the interview here. Or watch a longer version on YouTube. 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Netanyahu requests a pardon to end his ongoing corruption trial in Israel TEL AVIV (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation. https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-netanyahu-pardon-5dbc2461b440c8edc8d82d31650cdbe8? ps:Just like the criminal-in-chief, this leader also wants to commit the crime, but not the time!!!!!

THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 30 1886 Folies Bergère stages first revue Once a hall for operettas, pantomime, political meetings and vaudeville, the Folies Bergère in Paris introduces an elaborate revue featuring women in sensational costumes on November 30, 1886. The highly popular “Place aux Jeunes” established the Folies as the premier nightlife spot in Paris. In... read more Sponsored Content by REVCONTENT Arts & Entertainment 1835 Mark Twain is born 1974 “Elton John’s Greatest Hits” reaches #1 2004 “Jeopardy!” contestant’s record winning streak ends Civil War 1864 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee Cold War 1981 The United States and U.S.S.R. open talks to reduce intermediate-range nuclear forces Crime 1989 Female serial killer strikes in Florida European History 1874 Winston Churchill born Inventions & Science 1609 Galileo begins observing the moon 1965 Ralph Nader’s “Unsafe at Any Speed” hits bookstores Natural Disasters & Environment 1954 Meteorite strikes Alabama woman Sports 1876 First Thanksgiving college football game played U.S. Government and Politics 1993 Brady Bill signed into law U.S. Presidents 1950 President Truman refuses to rule out atomic weapons World War II 1939 U.S.S.R. attacks Finland

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You will find different suggestions as to who the 24 Elders are. Some of these suggestions may not be mutually exclusive to another. The one that I seem to hear the most is based on speculation that those who rose with the passion of Jesus, that he took to heaven with him must be the 24 elders. I've found the most convincing the view suggested by my professors from Atlantic Union College, and for a different reason, was also suggested by my professor at the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies. Both suggest that the 24 Elders are symbolic of how heaven actively communicates with the church on earth through the testimony of the 12 tribes (the Old Testament/TANAK) and the testimony of the 12 apostles (the New Testament.), or simply the Bible. The professors at AUC start out with the 4 living creatures. In the exodus the Hebrews camped in a square. The tabernacle was in the middle. Around the tabernacle and between the tabernacle and the other tribes the tribe of Levi (including the priests) camped. Then came the square of the other tribes. Each side consisted of three tribes, with the center tribe having a specific symbol, which also became the overall symbol for all three tribes. One one side you had Naphtali, Dan (Eagle) and Asher. The next side was Zeblum, Judah (Lion), and Issachar. Then we come to the three opposite of the Eagle tribes, these are Simeon, Rubin (Man) and Gad. Finally you have the side that consists of Manasseh, Ephraim (Ox), Benjamin. In Ezekiel we find these 4 symbols applied to angels, and many want to start with Ezekiel and skip over the camp of Israel in the exodus. What we find in Ezekiel is that although God's people are in exile, God is not saying "good riddance" but that he comes on a movable throne to be with his people in exile. Revelation has the angels for the churches; this is the exact same idea as the angels for the tribes. (also remember that the Lord is enthroned upon the praises of his people.) Thus the 4 creatures are a symbol of the church, especially in the process of having been delivered from Egypt, but not yet in the promised land; and when we are in exile from the promised land. Revelation 4 and 5 are based on this camp. We find God on his throne, but we don't find a visible tabernacle. He is in heaven and his people, his church, the 4 living creatures, are in exile/exodus on earth. We have been delivered from sin, but we are in transit on our way to the promised land. In Revelation 4 and 5 we find where we have in the exodus the Levites, in Revelation we have the 24 Elders. In the exodus the Hebrews could look towards the tabernacle, and the Levites, especially the priests, would minister to the people and bring the people what God wanted them to know. In Revelation 4 and 5, God's throne is in heaven, we don't see a literal tabernacle on earth among us. But just because God is up there in heaven, we are orphans on earth. Heaven is actively communicating with us through the 24 Elders, the Word of God. There are things called "Present Truth." We don't have someone from the tribe of Levi come and tell us. But we notice things in God's word that we did not realize before. Now, why do we move from the entire tribe of Levi to "24 Elders"? Actually, these two are connected. In the time of Jesus we had the Sanhedrin which consisted of 69 leaders, both Pharisees and Sadducee priests plus the High Priest for a total of 70. Now, the Sanhedrin did not always need all 70. They could have a quorum, considered to be "the whole Sanhedrin" with 23 members plus the high priest for 24. This is again based on the 24 courses of priests. The Sanhedrin was a religious court system while the Roman Governor lead the secular court system. Now, when both Pharisees and Sadducees meet for discussion, there were different schools of Pharisees. When the disciples went through the grain fields and rubbed the grains; most Pharisees did NOT see this as breaking the Sabbath, however, there were a few who did see this as breaking the Sabbath. If Jesus was taken to the Sanhedrin and someone said that he allowed his disciples to pluck the grain on the Sabbath, other Pharisees would argue "That's fine to do on the Sabbath. but we accuse Jesus of doing this..." which other Pharisees would see as acceptable actions, and the inquiry would go nowhere. We find how Paul was able to take advantage of seeing that there were both Pharisees and Sadducees when he was arrested. Also, Pharisees ran the spectrum from those living up to what they understood and having a relationship with God, all the way to the hypocrites, and every shade between. But generally speaking, they would be interested in fair trials. The Sadducees on the other hand were corrupt puppets of Rome. They just wanted to get rid if people who they thought were getting too popular with the people. So they would have a meeting of the Sanhedrin consisting of ONLY 23 Sadducee Priests and the High Priest. They did not even pretend to have a fair trial. They would purposely have witnesses that contradicted each other. Then they could take their victim out and stone them to death. The religious court and secular court would communicate if they were worried about someone popular with the people. If they thought they could do better charging the person with secular situations they would go to the Roman court, but if they could do a better argument with religious charges, they would go to the 24 Sadducee Sanhedrin members. Rome had different punishments, including different forms of the death sentence. The Sanhedrin only had one form of death: Stoning (which was the quickest and least painful way to die in the ancient world.) Now, if someone was really popular with the people, and the 24 Sadducee Sanhedrin took their victim out and stoned them to death, the disciples could see their late leader as a martyr. However, the Jews understood the text about whoever hangs on a tree as being cursed by God, as meaning that God would not allow his people to hang on a tree. Only God's evil enemies would hang on a tree. Thus if the 24 Sadducee Priests Sanhedrin really wanted to ruin someone's influence, they would turn them over to Rome to hang on a tree. The disciples would conclude that this person was wrong and God wanted nothing to do with him. They would have felt that they were deceived, that this person they liked was actually a servant of Satan, not God. Hanging on a tree would ruin a reputation just as if they found the person to be say a womanizer or embezzler, or anything else someone could do to convince you that they were not from God. The followers would separate from each other, they would distance themselves from what this person was teaching, so if the 24 Sadducee Priests Sanhedrin would turn their victim over to Rome, they would destroy not only the popular person, but also their ideas. The evidence in the Bible is that Jesus' interaction with the Sanhedrin was with a Sadducee court of 23 Sadducee priests and the High Priest, for 24 Sadducee priests Sanhedrin. Now, the word "Sanhedrin" is a Greek word. We had lost what the term that the Jews used. Now we know. The word translated as "Sanhedrin" was "Elders". The Levites/ Priests were to present the truth about God. The truth about Jesus. We have 24 priest Elders telling false witness about Jesus. We have 24 priest Elders who took Jesus to Pilate and instead of witnessing to Pilate to teach him the truth about Jesus, which was their job, they instead gave false witness. The Levites were Elders telling the truth about God, a Sanhedrin. Thus we have in Revelation the 24 Elders, yes, replacing the whole tribe of Levi, but also, as considered the whole tribe of Levi just as the 24 Sadducee Priests Elders/Sanhedrin represented the entire Priesthood. These are the heavenly counterpart of the 24 Sadducee Priests Elders/Sanhedrin who was telling lies about Jesus. This heavenly counterpart is telling what those 24 Sadducee Priests Elders/Sanhedrin were supposed to proclaim about Jesus both to themselves and to Pilate and to the whole world. We have the 24 false Elders on earth, and the 24 true Elders actively bringing the truth about Jesus to the 4 living creatures: God's church, free from Egypt but not yet in the promised land. The testimony of the 12 Tribes and the 12 Apostles, the living, active word of God.

Newly Unveiled Photos of MLK Jr. Show Depth of NYPD’s Surveillance At first glance, the photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his entourage outside New York’s City Hall suggest nothing other than a joyous public celebration. Taken on December 17, 1964, just one week after the civil rights leader had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. is seen formally receiving King as though he were a visiting head of state. Later that day, Wagner awarded the city’s Medallion of Honor to King, praising him as “a great American who has returned home after a great triumph abroad.” https://theintercept.com/2025/11/29/mlk-nypd-surveillance-photos/? Elon Musk’s Anti-Woke Wikipedia Is Calling Hitler “The Führer” In late October, Elon Musk released a Wikipedia alternative, with pages written by his AI chatbot Grok. Unlike its nearly quarter-century-old namesake, Musk said Grokipedia would strip out the “woke” from Wikipedia, which he previously described as an “extension of legacy media propaganda.” But while Musk’s Grokipedia, in his eyes, is propaganda-free, it seems to have a proclivity toward right-wing hagiography. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/26/grok-elon-musk-grokipedia-hitler/? This Commission That Regulates Crypto Could Be Just One Guy: An Industry Lawyer Republicans in the Senate are racing to confirm a lawyer with a long list of crypto industry clients as the next Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair, a position that will hold wide sway over the industry. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/26/trump-crypto-regulation-cftc-mike-selig/? How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests A cluster of tents had sprung up on the University of Houston’s central lawn. Draped in keffiyehs and surrounded by a barricade of plywood pallets, students stood on a blue tarp spread over the grass. Tensions with administrators were already high before students pitched their tents, with incidents like pro-Palestine chalk messages putting university leaders on high alert. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/24/gaza-student-protests-surveillance-uconn-houston/?

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls It Quits After Thousands Die Seeking Its Aid As the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced its closure of operations in the territory on Monday, the organization tabulated its “success” by stating it delivered 3 million boxes of food “directly to civilians living in Gaza,” which, by the organization’s count, equals 187 million meals. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/25/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-closes-aid/? Gaza’s Civil Defense Forces Keep Digging for 10,000 Missing Bodies The mission that haunts Nooh al-Shaghnobi most took place on September 17, near the al-Saha area of eastern Gaza City. Israeli forces had bombed a home, killing more than 30 members of one extended family. Most of their bodies were trapped under the rubble. https://theintercept.com/2025/11/28/gaza-palestine-ceasefire-rubble-bodies/?

How to save (for) your retirement Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios Retirement seems scariest before you take the leap, experts say. But there are things workers can do now to prepare and feel less anxious, Emily Peck reports. 🔢 Take a look at the numbers. Make a budget and figure out what you need. Take everything into account — not just your retirement account, but housing wealth too, if you have it. 💵 Save money. It's obvious but worth repeating. Take advantage of those 401(k)s and any kind of employer match. If you're older and need to catch up, increase your contribution if you can. If you don't have a workplace plan, you can set up a plan for yourself. There are options like a SEP-IRA or solo 401(k), says Diane Harris, deputy editor of Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine. 💸 Prioritize paying down high-interest debt. This is especially important for young workers. 🏥 Take care of yourself. Medical expenses are one of the biggest expenses in retirement. ⌚️ Delay. Most experts say to keep working if you can. When you continue your job past full retirement age, your Social Security benefit increases by about 7% annually when you do retire. The annual increase stops at age 70. The bottom line: Money's important. But well-being isn't all about money. Go deeper.

How AI can help your retirement plan Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios AI can democratize sophisticated retirement planning and reduce the need for a high-paid planner, Axios tech editor Megan Morrone writes. How it works: Investors at any stage of their career can use AI for scenario modeling, identify savings gaps, tax optimization, Roth conversions and "what-if" questions like, "What if I retire at 55 versus 65?" Financial planners say it can free them from busywork, allowing them to spend more time talking to clients. Reality check: Those same planners warn that using it on your own can be risky. 💔 AI is particularly unsuited for handling complex life events — divorce, inheritance or emotional questions about money. 🤖 Be careful about turning over personal info to bots. Go deeper.

Young investors on the clock Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios While blue-collar workers try to reclaim pensions, young Americans are increasingly planning for retirement by investing in the stock market while putting off homeownership, Axios markets reporter Madison Mills writes. By the numbers: About a third of 25-year-olds have investment accounts today, a sixfold increase from a decade ago. 🧮 Financial assets and investments are "taking a bigger share" of the wealth picture for young people, says George Eckerd, research director at JPMorgan Chase Institute. Zoom in: While stocks can be volatile, housing values have (mostly) remained strong. 🏡 Homeownership accounts for nearly half of Americans' wealth, and a home is the average American's most valuable asset. Reality check: The barriers to homeownership keep rising, while investing has never been easier or cheaper. Trading doesn't require credit checks, brokers, paperwork or a huge down payment — just a few clicks from your phone and a few hundred dollars. What to watch: It may not be that young people have abandoned housing as a wealth builder; it's just unaffordable right now, Eckerd says. That could change as interest rates fall. Go deeper.

Pensions aren't dead yet Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Pensions as a complement to Social Security were left for dead. But their obituary might've been written too early, Axios business reporter Nathan Bomey reports. Why it matters: Defined-benefit pensions have plummeted in recent decades as employers shifted more investment risk to their workers. Yes, but: United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain, one of America's most prominent and powerful union leaders, plans to make a fight to restore traditional pensions a cornerstone of the next collective bargaining effort with GM, Ford and Stellantis. 🥊 "Our fight's not even close to being finished," Fain told workers in a town hall in September. 🏆 The more Social Security comes under stress, the more important that fight is going to be. By the numbers: In 1980, 46% of private-sector workers were covered by a pension plan, according to the Georgetown University Law Center. By 2023, that was down to 11%, according to the Pension Rights Center. The intrigue: IBM "shocked the retirement world" in late 2023 by relaunching a version of a defined-benefit pension, according to the National Institute on Retirement Security. It's a "cash balance plan," in which the employee makes contributions and the employer guarantees a certain return. "If the UAW is successful in actually getting something called a pension, it's going to look like one of those," said Anthony Randazzo, executive director of the Equable Institute. Go deeper.

Kare 11 News Minnesota Medicaid Scandal Explodes: Man Living in Kenya Uncovers $200K in Fake Billing From Suspicious “Therapy” Company A stunning new investigation has uncovered yet another alleged Medicaid fraud scheme inside Minnesota’s taxpayer-funded programs — this time involving a man who doesn’t even live in the United States anymore. Mohamed Ali, a Minnesota Medicaid recipient now living in Kenya, requested his insurance billing records earlier this year. What he discovered set off alarms: Over $200,000 in fake medical services — billed in his name The charges came from a company he’d never heard of: Action Therapy LLC, a Minnesota-based business that he says provided him zero services In just nine months — from August 2024 to May 2025 — Action Therapy: Billed Medicaid for $211,000 Received nearly $85,000 in taxpayer money Used fake employee names Displayed stock photos on its website Listed a non-working phone number (0123456789) Operated out of a shared office suite linked to a previously raided fraud company And remarkably, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) raised no red flags. “I’ve never even heard of them.” Ali told investigators he only found out about the billing after requesting his medical history: “Never been there before. Never even heard of it until recently.” Despite living overseas, records show Action Therapy billed Medicaid almost daily, stacking fraudulent charges across multiple categories. When confronted, a representative from the company blamed it on a “clerical error” and promised an internal review — a statement Ali didn’t buy. A Suspicious Company With a Suspicious History KARE 11 investigators tried to contact Action Therapy and quickly found problems: Their old website suddenly vanished Their new website listed a fake phone number Calls went unanswered Their “office” at a Roseville business complex was locked, dark, and empty Even more troubling: Action Therapy shared the exact same suite number as Liberty Plus, a company previously raided by federal agents for massive Medicaid fraud in the Housing Stabilization Program. Agents seized computers, documents, and cash after Liberty Plus was accused of billing for nonexistent services and exploiting homeless Minnesotans. Action Therapy now claims they have “no connection” to Liberty Plus. Federal Prosecutors: Fraud Is “Staggering” Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson recently warned that ARMS — the Medicaid program Action Therapy now claims to operate under — is the latest hotbed of fraud, telling reporters: “The level of fraud in these programs is staggering.” ARMS (Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services) covers real-life skill support like budgeting, cooking, and medication management. It is overseen by Minnesota’s Department of Human Services — the same department refusing, for four months, to release basic billing data to investigators. KARE 11 says DHS is obligated by law to provide these numbers “in a reasonable amount of time.” They still haven’t. Minnesota’s Medicaid Fraud Problem Keeps Getting Bigger This case is just the latest in a string of scandals involving: Housing Stabilization payments Certified Peer providers Addiction recovery programs Now ARMS mental health services Investigators estimate hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars may have been siphoned off through fake companies, fake employees, and fake services. Anchor Reggie Wilson summed it up bluntly: “This continues to blow my mind… That’s a big wake-up call for Minnesota.” Conclusion: A System in Crisis A Minnesota man halfway across the world — living in Kenya — may have just exposed one of the largest Medicaid fraud anomalies yet. A fake company A fake phone number Fake staff A shared office with previously raided scammers And over $200,000 in bogus charges billed to taxpayers before anyone noticed With DHS refusing to hand over records and federal prosecutors now circling, Minnesota’s Medicaid system is facing yet another credibility crisis. 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Chart: How many retirees there will be Data: U.S. Census Bureau. Chart: Axios Visuals More than 20% of the U.S. population will be 65 or older by 2030 — over 71 million people. By 2100, 106 million people, nearly 30% of the U.S. population, will be over 65.