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$40 MILLION
With nearly $40 million in donations, Bankman-Fried became the second-largest individual donor this year to the Democratic Party. George Soros gave $128 million to be the number one donor.
~~~ FYI

$275 MILLION
The United States has authorized a new $275 million aid package to Ukraine to address “critical security and defense needs,” according to the Pentagon.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-administration-sending-275-million-in-air-defense-military-aid-to-ukraine/ar-AA156CB4
You should keep in mind that no one accounts for any of the money sent to Ukraine and therefore we don’t know how the money is spent or used.

QUOTE:
“I fear that the war in Ukraine will get out of control and spread into a major war between NATO and Russia.”
~~~ NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg

$55 BILLION
The White House says that the United States will commit $55 billion to Africa over the next three years. This money is related to food security, health care, infrastructure, digital technology, security and governance, in addition to other projects in the areas of renewable energy and combating climate change. See Asharo Al-Awsat link below:
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/4043176/us-commits-55-billion-africa
It would be nice to have money for those things in America, but alas we don’t get any.

$858 BILLON
The current U.S. House of Representatives has approved the $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act foro fiscal year 2023. It does include a termination of the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate if it’s approved by the Senate and signed by the President.

4.1 PERCENT
The city of Los Angeles has reported a 4.1% increase in homelessness since 2020.
~~~ The Epoch Times reported

1,350 LAYOFFS
Stellantis is set to temporarily idle an assembly plant in Illinois that employs about 1,350 workers as the automaker struggles with risingn manufacturing costs. Stellantis is a leading global automaker and mobility provider that offers clean, connected, affordable and safe mobility solutions. Among their brands are Dodge, Chrysler, and Jeep.
~~~ reported by The Epoch Times

European Union agrees to impose the World’s First Carbon Tariff on Imports. This is an effort to prevent companies from moving polluting activities to countries with weaker environmental rules. Also, it tries to protect EU companies from being undercut by cheaper, less environmentally friendly products being imported from elsewhere.
Sounds like EU citizens will be paying much more for products because of a made-up scam by elictists that control their nations. America may be next.

WIM HOF turned his pain of a personal loss into power that now challenges the beliefs about the limits of the mind and body. He has set three world records.
> He climbed to the “kill zone” (24,000 feet) of Mount Everest in his shorts without shoes.
> In 2000, he set a record for the longest distance swims under ice – a total of 188.6 feet.
> In 2022, he ran an entire marathon in the Namib Desert with no food or water, while keeping his core body temperature at 98.6 degrees. This is unheard of in those conditions.
~~~ article in The Epoch Times

MISC: 300
The average family with children does 300 loads of laundry per year.

QUOTE:
”We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
~~~ Winston Churchill (1874-1965), United Kingdom Prime Minister

QUOTE:
”When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”
~~~ Edmund Burke, 18th-century Irish statesman
There are a lot of bad men today in governments around the world. Let all the good men and women be of one accord to stand against the evil in the world.

QUOTE:
”I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.”
~~~ Jewish proverb

QUOTE:
“Wise and good men will only meddle within the bounds of their calling and will depend on God for his blessings. They will not attempt things without just cause, presuming they can carry them as they they please.”
~~~ Philipp Melanchthon