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Interesting. Today's post headlines the Icarus Project.

Note the inclusion of "Special thanks to @UNITED24media." Thus this Utah-based content creator is obtaining content from the Ukraine YouTube channel, though that link points to a video about a month old already, specifically Dec 22, 2023.

Of the Icarus Project, one learns more:

www.youtube.com/@icarusproject joined, 20 September 2022
. About
This includes information that Icarus runs its "Merch Shop" as so many of these "Ukraine-Russia" war YouTube channels. The individual, it is said by him, " Responsible for the content of this online shop is:
Warburg Group LLC
Authorized Representative: Paul Warburg
Kearns, UT
United States
WARBURG VENTURES LLC Warburg Ventures LLC (Utah)
Additionally he seems associated with a church -- 166 E 10600 S, Sandy, UT 84070
If the same individual, the about also says of this "elder," "In his free time, Paul enjoys reading about theology and economics, creating YouTube videos...."
As to merchandising:
Source:Info about The Icarus Project
A banner atop the Icarus Project" page offers "Open your own merch shop today. Always Free."
And one learns,"This online t-shirt shop operates from a platform provided by Spreadshirt. Spreadshirt is responsible for the technical functions of this shop and order processing. An order from a Spreadshirt shop creates a contract for order production and delivery with Spreadshirt Inc. - not the Shop operator. All terms and conditions of Spreadshirt Inc. apply to use of the shop for these purposes and to those orders.
Spreadshirt, Inc.
231 South Main Street Suite 412
Greensburg, PA 15601
As another of the Spreadshirt pages states, "Are you creative? Monetize your talents!"
But the Patreon page tells " 23 paid members 3 posts $122.1/month." So not a lot of paid members as yet.
Another source for Icarus info: The Icarus Project@icarusproject
Source: The Icarus Project - Casual geopolitics with a touch of humour.
The headline -- Icarus Project -- made for a thread in which, again, Reporting from NOT Ukraine was inserted as comment #2 to the original post.
For details on the merchandised, monetized Reporting from NOT Ukraine but rather the United States (with administrative support from China), the details are here: Support me, so say they all

So many YouTube channels, complete with merchandising through royalty-paying second companies operating in the United States, want in on the action.

It will be most interesting to observe how these various "Ukraine-Russia" channels will do when that war ends, as all wars do. Some church elder who likes making videos, some University of Alabama student who runs his "army" of donors, and more will probably be sad. After all we learned that some years back when several of the YouTubers gathered together to bemoan YouTube monetization issues affecting their livelihoods.

Enjoy.