AND THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED THEM, SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, IF ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND RECEIVE HIS MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD, OR IN HIS HAND.
*** REVELATION 14:9
Everyone treats government debt as a bill that is going to come due one day.
It is not a bill. It is a circle. Money gets printed, spent on roads and bridges, saved in banks, lent straight back to the government, and spent again. It ran for fifty years and nobody ever needed it to stop, because the debt was never meant to be repaid. It was meant to keep moving.
It stopped moving. The savings that used to sit in banks went into the stock market instead, the banks ran short of what they lend, and that is why the road works stalled, why the tax bill only moves one way, and why central banks are quietly buying gold again.
This is the global debt crisis, explained with gorillas, monkeys, and a mountain of paper that nobody is ever going to pay.
Chapters in this video:
0:00 Who the world owes it to
0:14 The year the dollar left the gold
0:30 The circle nobody had to stop
0:57 Three hundred against one hundred
1:20 Three ways out, all of them bad
1:37 The money went somewhere else
1:50 Unrest, wars, and a quiet run on gold
2:14 The whole thing is the bubble
(RNS) — Many have puzzled over the unusual number of pastors, former pastors, and seminarians running for Congress as Democrats this year, but not the Rev. Adam Hamilton. Asked in August about the trend, Hamilton, a United Methodist megachurch pastor running an unexpectedly competitive race for U.S. Senate in Kansas as a Democrat, answered immediately.
The Rev. Adam Hamilton, center, speaks to congregants after a service at Resurrection United Methodist Church, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in Leawood, Kan. (RNS photo/Kit Doyle)
“Since the beginning of 2025, things are so abnormal in Washington, D.C.,” he told Religion News Service, explaining he believes actions by the Trump administration have spurred people to wrestle with what, exactly, constitutes American values.
“I think there’s a lot of religious people — especially, I think, mainline Protestant pastors — who are saying: Somebody’s got to do something,” he said, adding that pastors-turned-candidates like himself are “feeling the sense of call, and I’m going to attribute it to the Holy Spirit.”
It’s a sentiment shared by a surprising number of Democratic candidates this election cycle. Of the nine pastors, former pastors and seminarians running for Congress as Democrats this year, six — including four locked in tight, widely watched races — belong to mainline Protestant denominations, such as the UMC, Presbyterian Church (USA), and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The candidacies have put a spotlight on the theology of primarily white mainline Protestants, a politically moderate group whose clergy skew liberal and whose members make up around 13% of the U.S. population, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. The slate of mainline candidates with religious training follows a nearly decade-long spike in political engagement largely in response to the rise of President Donald Trump and his evangelical supporters. From Texas to Iowa to Kansas, mainline Protestant candidates, while careful to voice support for the separation of church and state, are giving voice to forms of public theology that could reclaim a position their tradition lost decades ago: a recognized Christian power in U.S. politics.
Rachel Apa’s mother was waiting for her at Mile 25.
It was Rachel’s first marathon. She was 24, an athlete, a former Division I field hockey player at Bucknell University. She had trained for this race, the New York City Marathon, for months.
At Mile 14 on Sunday, in Queens, Rachel’s mother, Michelle Apa, had taken a video of her daughter, all smiles, flying by in her light green top and shorts, high-fiving toward the camera. Then Ms. Apa headed to Central Park, toward the finish line.
Back home in Lewisberry, Pa., Rachel’s father, Steve Apa, was tracking her on the marathon app, texting her encouragement at every mile. At Mile 18, Rachel texted back “Ow.” At 19, she texted back “Ow ow.”
At Miles 20 and 21 and 22, Rachel did not write back, but she kept running. “Final stretch,” Mr. Apa texted at Mile 23.
He never heard back.
Rachel Apa at Mile 14 of the New York City Marathon on Sunday.
Iran Issues Nuclear Attack Emergency Guidelines For Citizens | NewsX World
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Nov 3, 2026
Iranian media has published emergency instructions preparing citizens for a possible nuclear attack. The guidelines explain blast protection, radiation safety, indoor shelter procedures, decontamination measures and emergency supplies, urging people to follow official instructions.
By JOSH KELETY and HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press
Updated Nov 2, 2026 5:52 p.m.
FILE - The Iowa Capitol building is seen on Jan. 7, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered Iowa state officials to allow a local Satanic Temple organization to hold a holiday event in the rotunda of the state Capitol after years of rejecting their application.
The court order is the latest in a back-and-forth between the religious organization and Republican state officials, who intend to appeal the judge’s decision, according to Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office.
Iowa’s Republican leaders have barred the Satanic Temple Iowa's holiday observances in recent years, citing the state Capitol building’s policies that prohibit gratuitous violence and obscene displays.
The Satanic Temple and the leader of its Iowa organization in August sued the state in federal court, arguing that current and former Iowa officials discriminated against their religion by repeatedly refusing to permit their holiday event and violated their constitutional rights and state law.
Chief District Judge Stephanie M. Rose said in her order that the Satanic Temple was likely to succeed on its free speech claim and ordered the current director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services to approve the group’s application for a holiday event within seven days.
Plane from Austin crashes in Florida: New details released | FOX 7 Austin
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Nov 2, 2026
New details in the deadly private jet crash that killed nine people in Florida have been released. The flight departed from Austin, and now we are learning the identities of those on board, including a family and their two young children.
FOX7Austin brings you breaking news, weather, and local stories out of Central #Texas as well as fun segments from Good Day Austin, the best from our video vault archives, and exclusive shows like the Good Day Austin Round-Up and CrimeWatch
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” I Cor. 14:8
Power Struggles
“Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.” - Mark 13:33
On April 16, 2013, a dangerous act of sabotage that most folks have never heard about took place in Metcalf, California. Under the cover of darkness, at least two snipers took a position about thirty or forty yards away from its target - a power substation for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). After receiving a signal by flashlight, the shooters began firing their high-powered rifles in a coordinated attack that would damage seventeen large power transformers. Remarkably, the shooters knew exactly where to aim, targeting the units’ oil-filled cooling systems, which would slowly drain out due to the damage and cause a power failure. Moments before the police arrived to investigate, there was another signal by flashlight; the shooting stopped, and the perpetrators were never caught. It took PG&E twenty-seven days to repair the damage. (1)
When the damage was discovered, PG&E called the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to investigate. Jon Wellinghoff, who was then the chairman of the commission, was immediately alarmed by what he learned. He and his investigators walked the grounds where the attack transpired. He asked his men, “What do you think happened?” They replied, “Somebody put together a very carefully planned and very precisely executed attack on the substation. We don’t know who they are, but they were very highly trained.” (2)
Just months before the attack, Wellinghoff had ordered an analysis of the American power grid to find potential vulnerabilities. What the study found was quite alarming. “We came up with some very astounding numbers,” Wellinghoff recounted. The analysis found that if someone knocked out just nine critical substations in the Western, Eastern, and Texas Interconnections, they could potentially black out the entire United States. He estimates that such a blackout could last eighteen months or longer. (3)
Blackout in the Canary Islands: Could Spain Go Dark Again, and Take Europe With It?
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Nov 2, 2026
At 6:38 a.m. on November 2, 2026, the whole island of La Palma (Canary Islands) went dark: 50,508 customers without power for almost four hours in the middle of a storm, and an emergency alert from the Canary Islands government, which blames Endesa and Red Eléctrica and 50-year-old engines. One day earlier, 160,000 homes in Tenerife lost power. So can Spain's great blackout of April 28, 2025 happen again? And could the next one spread to Europe?
We explain what happened on La Palma and Tenerife, why the Canary Islands keep suffering total blackouts, what the final European report says really caused the 2025 Iberian blackout, what has changed since, the warning signs of 2026, how thin the Spain-France link is, and the night in 2006 when a blackout that started in Germany reached Madrid and Barcelona.
▶ If it happens, the first hours matter. Why governments want you to stock up for 72 hours: • Why Governments Suddenly Want You to Stock...
Recorded on November 2, 2026. Power on La Palma was fully restored at 10:26; the official cause is still under investigation.
EU says fridge attacks 'deliberate attempt to disrupt' bloc's food supply •
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Nov 2, 2026
Grocery stores from Sweden to Portugal were hit Monday by a suspected cyberattack on their freezer systems, in what the EU denounced as a deliberate attempt to disrupt the bloc's food chain. Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands were among at least eight countries affected in the incident, which came three weeks after a cyberattack caused mass disruption in French grocery stores. Food retailers were forced to throw out produce that had spoiled or was at risk of spoiling after refrigerator temperatures soared overnight. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating reports from Brussels.
What in the world is going on? Why are governments all over the planet suddenly encouraging their citizens to become preppers? Do they know something that they aren’t telling us? If it was just one nation that was suddenly instructing people to stockpile food, water and other essential supplies, that wouldn’t be a big deal. But it isn’t just one nation. As you will see below, quite a long list of countries have simultaneously decided that now is the time for everyone to get prepared. So what has prompted this sudden sense of urgency?
For some reason, governments in Europe seem to have more of a sense of urgency than anyone else…
Governments in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and France have encouraged households to keep food, water, medicines and other essentials available for emergencies.
I can’t recall a time when so many European governments have been so concerned about making sure that their citizens are prepared for an emergency.
In the UK, the “Be Ready campaign” has been launched.
Every citizen is being encouraged to stockpile at least enough food and bottled water to last for 72 hours…
Every Briton is being urged to stock up to nine litres of bottled water and three days’ worth of food in new government guidance designed to ensure that households can survive a weather, cyber or other serious emergency.
The Be Ready campaign is aimed at persuading people to stock up with supplies to last 72 hours, amid growing official concern about the impact of the climate crisis, technological dependency and hostile state threats.
Dan Jarvis, the security minister, said that “those who can follow this advice should follow this advice”. It amounted to “simple steps to be ready for everyday emergencies” as part of a wider, community-oriented effort “to improve our resilience as a nation”, he said.
So why has it suddenly become so important to do this?
Europe’s centrist parties are losing ground among young people and workers, who are increasingly tempted by populist promises of radical change.
A burned-out vehicle on Rue Yves Toudic in Paris on Monday after a weekend of rioting.Credit...Kiran Ridley/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By Steven Erlanger
Steven Erlanger, based in Berlin, writes about European politics and diplomacy.
Oct. 20, 2026
Centrist parties are in trouble in Europe’s largest and most important nations. Anger over low economic growth, high inflation, sizable government debt and poor prospects for the young are feeding protest and populist parties of the far right and far left.
The mass riots in France, which started as protests over underfunded schools, are a shocking example. But the phenomenon has been building for years, with the perceived failure of liberal democracy to make good on its promises of a better future, especially for the young and the salaried working class.
There is a growing perception among many Europeans that traditional parties of the center-left and center-right do not offer real alternatives and are led by an educated elite that has lost its connection to the poor, the workers and the young. Facing rising deficits, expenses and interest rates, governments feel constrained in what they can do to respond.
Instead, many people are supporting parties like the National Rally of Marine Le Pen, leading the polls for the French presidency on the far right, and France Unbowed of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, on the far-left, running second. In Germany, they are turning to the far-right Alternative for Germany and the far-left Die Linke party.
With major elections coming in the next year in four of Europe’s most populous states — Spain, France, Italy and Poland — there are significant challenges coming from more extremist parties. Even in Italy, where protests erupted over the weekend, the right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, faces a former general, Roberto Vannacci, who is running even further to the right.
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) – Masked rioters looted shops in the German city of Frankfurt on Saturday as massive demonstrations turned violent across the country, with police also firing water cannons at youths hurling Molotov cocktails.
Several police officers were injured in the violence after tens of thousands joined youth-led protests across the country organised by the group "GenZ regelt!" (Gen Z has got this!).
The demonstrations, inspired by similar movements in France and Italy calling for political elites to heed the concerns of the younger generation, were largely peaceful during the day.
But tensions peaked in the evening as some groups of young people refused to disperse, with violence breaking out in major cities including Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg.
It was especially bad in the financial hub of Frankfurt, where police faced protesters hurling stones, fireworks and petrol bombs, and responded with water cannon and pepper spray.
"Violent riots" were taking place, police said in a statement. "Windows have been smashed at several shops. Molotov cocktails are also being thrown at emergency personnel."
Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The State Department announced Thursday that it has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on more than 15 people allegedly involved in migrant caravans, the latest action by the Trump administration as part of its immigration crackdown.
The individuals were not identified by the State Department, which said they were targeted in the past week for being involved in organizing, facilitating or promoting "recent" migrant caravans, which are large groups of migrants, traveling together by land, often including family units, women and minors seeking safety in numbers.
State Department spokesman Thomas Pigott said Thursday that investigations indicated that individuals had recruited, coordinated and directed large groups of migrants through Central America and Mexico toward the U.S. southern border.
"Any of these individuals or any caravan participants who apply for a U.S. visa or attempt to travel to our nation will face additional scrutiny, and the department will take appropriate action, which may include refusing or revoking their visas," he said in a statement.
"Crossing the U.S. southern border without authorization violates the law and can lead to arrest, detention, deportation and a future ban on entry to the United States. Those individuals involved in facilitating or participating in such illegal activity will be considered for visa restrictions."
According to a Congressional Research Service report, migrant caravans bound for the United States surged in 2018 and 2019, drawing increased attention from U.S. government authorities attempting to stem irregular migration. Some members of migrant caravans seek asylum at official border crossings, while others attempt to enter the United States illegally.
The visa restrictions were imposed under a broad State Department policy introduce by the Biden administration in November 2023 targeting those facilitating irregular migration into the United States. The policy was expanded in February 2024, and the Trump administration announce a complementary policy in March 2025 targeting foreign officials and other accused of knowingly facilitating illegal immigration..
Under the second Trump administration, the United States has taken a slew of actions targeting immigration, including stricter border control and intensified immigration enforcement within the country, resulting in widespread arrests of people suspect of being in the United States illegally for possible deportation.
Whether one considers it a prerequisite for being a Democrat or for conning immigration authorities, the skill of deception is one that Ilhan Omar admits she acquired as a child.
Ever since the Oct. 12 raid on her Washington, D.C., home amid an investigation that touches of potential immigration fraud, the Minnesota Democrat’s autobiography has been a gold mine of stories that indicate lying was simply a way of life.
Attorney Laura Powell posted a gem she found on X, in which she notes that on pages 20 and 21 of Omar’s tale of woe, she recounts that in Somalia as a child she lied about her family and clan, saying it was needful.
The Federalist previously mined Omar’s past writing for clues to her age.
In this calming Christian history documentary, we follow the quiet, painful question at the heart of the Huguenot story: why hundreds of thousands of French Protestants chose to leave their homeland rather than change their worship.
Long bound together by one king, one law and one faith, France was deeply shaken as French Bibles, psalters and the teaching of John Calvin spread through printers, merchants and Geneva-trained pastors. What began as small barn meetings with shutters closed slowly became organized congregations with consistories, discipline and a Confession of Faith, and a kingdom that prized unity came to see that difference as disloyalty.
We'll explore every major chapter of this long road into exile, from the Placards of 1534 and growing persecution under Henry II to the bloodshed at Vassy, the Wars of Religion, the failed Colloquy of Poissy and the horror of Saint Bartholomew in 1572. Along the way, we'll meet Catherine de Medici, Coligny, Jeanne d'Albret and Henry of Navarre, and trace how Henry IV's Edict of Nantes in 1598 created an armed peace, how Richelieu removed its military guarantees after the siege of La Rochelle and the Peace of Ales, and how Louis XIV's slow squeeze of temple demolitions, profession bans, child removals and the dragonnades led to revocation in the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685.
From night boats to England and forest paths to Switzerland to new French churches in Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Switzerland and lands beyond, to the secret hillside meetings of the Desert and the Camisard revolt, we'll follow the complete tale of conscience, loss and endurance that scattered a people and yet preserved their song.
Told in a calm and soothing style, this video invites you to relax, unwind, and drift off to sleep while experiencing the full story of the Huguenots and why staying faithful meant, for many, they had to stop staying.
Please note that while the narrative is thoroughly based on historical research, its primary purpose is storytelling for entertainment and relaxation. As such, it is not intended to be used as a formal academic or scientific source.
Switzerland Unrest: Masked Protesters Set Street Fires As Riot Police Launch Water Cannon
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Swiss police deployed water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse masked protesters in Zurich after violent demonstrations broke out in the city centre overnight on October 31.
Protesters blocked streets using rubbish containers, bicycles and other debris before setting fires and setting off fireworks. Riot police advanced through the streets with water cannon as fires burned near a tram stop.
According to Zurich municipal police, several hundred people gathered following social media calls for demonstrations similar to protests in France and other countries. Emergency responders were targeted with fireworks, bottles and stones, while some shops and public transport stops were damaged.
The demonstrations come ahead of a November 20 general strike called by left-wing and student groups against austerity.
Watch the latest visuals from Zurich, Switzerland, on NDTV World
Cost-of-living protests that began in France have spread to Germany where demonstrations to coincide with Halloween took place on Saturday, with tens of thousands of people turning out across the country.
The new German youth-led movement dubbed “Gen Z has got this!” protested against the high cost of living, underfunded schools and universities, environmental concerns and a potential reintroduction of mandatory military service. Protests occurred in major cities including Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne and Munich.
While the protest in the German capital appeared peaceful, water cannons and riot police were deployed in Cologne and Hamburg.
Police in Cologne said water cannons were used after some protesters set off fireworks during a march in the city center. “Our measures are directed against troublemakers and violent individuals – not against peaceful participants,” the police said in a statement.
In Hamburg, riot police responded after barriers were set on fire and emergency service workers were attacked. “There has been an increase in incidents of emergency personnel being pelted with pyrotechnics and construction (materials) … our riot police are taking immediate action against this,” the police said.
In Frankfurt, police said Molotov cocktails were thrown at emergency personnel and shop windows were smashed, prompting the closure of part of the Zeil shopping street. Officers arrested a suspect and seized two weapons after windows were broken at a gun shop.
Organizers of ‘Gen Z regelt’ planned the large day of action to coincide with Halloween, to maximize turnout and visibility. According to the organization, 120,000 people attended the protests across Germany on Saturday.
“We are young people who no longer want to watch decisions being made about our future without us,” the movement states on its website. It adds that the intention is to protest peacefully and organizers instruct participants to keep their faces visible, even in Halloween costumes.
Extra German police officers have been deployed nationwide in preparation for the protest, and the luxury shops lining Berlin’s upmarket Kurfürstendamm shopping street have boarded up their windows as a precautionary measure.
Some of Chicago’s crimes are merely widespread immigration fraud
You may think that Chicago is a haven of violent crime. But wouldn’t you feel silly to learn that some of those documented crimes were merely fabricated for the purpose of immigration fraud?
A Chicago man by the name of Parth Nayi organized hundreds of fake robberies in Chicago to help noncitizens acquire immigration visas. The visas in question are “U visas,” which are granted to noncitizen victims of certain crimes if they assist law enforcement in investigations. The incentive, of course, is to allow people who are not in the country legally to come forward with knowledge of criminal acts without fearing deportation — the same logic Democratic politicians use when justifying the existence of sanctuary cities.
So, in a sanctuary city such as Chicago and in a country that incentivizes entrepreneurship, Nayi turned U visas into a business. Nayi charged people between $5,000 and $30,000 to be “robbed,” paying business owners a cut to use their businesses as public places for documentable “crimes.” He then organized fake robberies, making the noncitizens paying him appear to be crime victims and allowing them to be certified by police as eligible for a U visa.
It all seemingly went swimmingly until one of the actors shot a store employee during one such staged robbery. Gun safety was evidently not emphasized on the set of Nayi’s fake crimes.
Who could have guessed that the U visa would be exploited? Likely anyone who paid attention. Since the visa is designed for “victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to law enforcement or government officials in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity,” there was a clear incentive to stage fake crimes.
Some Democratic politicians even abused the system, with the Democratic sheriff of Bexar County, Texas, distributing U visas to the illegal immigrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). You may recall that some liberal pundits accused DeSantis of “human trafficking” for that maneuver. Thus, amnesty for the illegal immigrants must be in order.
The U visa program was well-intentioned, but good intentions are often exploited by those with ill intentions. In this case, those ill-intentioned parties happened to be illegal immigrants hoping to defraud the system, several Chicagoans happy to waste police resources for money, and Democratic politicians looking for excuses for amnesty. Those are the people around whom immigration laws and visa exemptions must be crafted.
We examine detention standards, conditions of deportation, third-country removal to Mexico, and legal remedies to detention. The latter includes the proliferation of habeas corpus petitions. Like all Ignatian Migration Dialogues, this webinar hopes to promote partnerships, greater engagement on this pressing issue, and successful policy/advocacy strategies.
A tiny store in Mattapan, Massachusetts, took in more SNAP benefits than a nearby supermarket. Federal prosecutors say two store owners trafficked nearly $7 million in food stamp benefits by trading benefits for cash, selling liquor for SNAP, and reselling donated MannaPack meals meant for hungry children overseas. In this video, we cover the full story: How SNAP works and what the stores allegedly did The undercover buys and the redemption numbers How prosecutors say the money was hidden The dispute over who should have stopped it Antonio Bonheur’s guilty plea and two-year prison sentence Saul Alisme’s not-guilty plea Antonio Bonheur, owner of Jesula Variety Store, pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud and wire fraud and was sentenced in July 2026. Saul Alisme, owner of Saul Mache Mixe Store, pleaded not guilty. As of the latest information available, he has not been convicted and is presumed innocent. This video is for news and information. It is based on public statements and press releases from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, along with reporting from the Boston Globe, CBS Boston, NBC Boston and Boston 25 News. Court cases can change, so check the federal court docket for the latest status. If you enjoyed this video, like, subscribe, and tell me in the comments: who should have caught this sooner, the state or the federal government.
