## Arizona grandma and stranger she mistakenly texted in 2016 will celebrate 9th Thanksgiving together

Authored by ktvu.com

The two met in 2016 when Dench mistakenly texted Hinton instead of her grandson.

Some might say good things happen when you meet strangers and, for this Arizona pair, it appears to be holding true as they plan to spend their ninth Thanksgiving together.

In 2016, Wanda Dench meant to invite her grandson to her Thanksgiving and accidentally texted Jamal Hinton of Phoenix.

The two realized the mistake once she sent a photo confirmation of herself with Hinton responding, "[You're] not my grandma," and added a laughing emoji.

Hinton attached a selfie to confirm she had the wrong number, but Dench asked if he could stop by for dinner anyway .

Last year, Dench opened her home in a partnership with Airbnb to share the Thanksgiving tradition with yet another stranger.

A room in her Prescott Valley, Arizona, home was listed, giving one lucky traveler a Thanksgiving to remember. »

### Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers

Authored by cnn.com

When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on the line.

Several current federal employees told CNN they’re afraid their lives will be forever changed – including physically threatened – as Musk makes behind-the-scenes bureaucrats into personal targets.

“These tactics are aimed at sowing terror and fear at federal employees,” said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 800,000 of the 2.3 million civilian federal employees. »

### White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so it has enough troops to battle Russia

Authored by apnews.com

The official said “the pure math” of Ukraine’s situation now is that it needs more troops in the fight.

White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett in a statement said the administration will continue sending Ukraine weaponry but believes “manpower is the most vital need” Ukraine has at the moment.

AP White House correspondent Zeke Miller and AP writer Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv contributed to this report. »

### Russia’s sabotage of western targets ‘could trigger Nato defence clause’

Authored by theguardian.com

Russia’s acts of sabotage against western targets may eventually prompt Nato to consider invoking the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has warned.

“The extensive use of hybrid measures by Russia increases the risk that Nato will eventually consider invoking its Article 5 mutual defence clause,” he noted.

Under Article 5, if a Nato member comes under attack, the other members of the alliance are obliged to help it respond. »

### ‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk accuses Trump impeachment witness of ‘treason’ and calls for ‘appropriate penalty’

Authored by independent.co.uk

He then expressed concerns that Musk, who has federal contracts through his SpaceX, Tesla and Starlink companies, may have shared “state secrets” with Putin.

In some cases, that’s encouraging him probably to support Donald Trump,” Vindman told MSNBC.

Question is who pulls his strings,” Musk wondered in 2022 after Vindman commented on Musk’s purchase of Twitter. »

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