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The billionaire founder and CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, has revealed he intends to spend anywhere between $100 million and $1 billion to help influence the 2024 United States presidential election campaigns. In a podcast interview on Tuesday, Bankman-Fried was asked how much money he might donate during the next presidential election cycle, answering he’d give “north of $100 million” with a “soft ceiling” of $1 billion if he were to bankroll the person running against former president Donald Trump: “I would hate to say hard ceiling because who knows what’s going to happen between now and...

Sam Bankman-Fried told Reuters he is still in the Bahamas, as rumors swirled overnight that the ex-CEO of the now-bankrupt FTX had run off to South America...FlightRadar24 tweeted early Saturday morning that the one-time crypto billionaire was flying from Nassau to Argentina.

Though NBC News cannot project control of the House at this time, the Decision Desk has released its estimate for the U.S. House of Representatives as a whole, which reflects the most probable outcome for partisan control. To arrive at the House Estimate, the NBC News Decision Desk calculates the probability of a Democratic, Republican or third-party victory in each of the 435 individual House races based on pre-election research. On election night, election analysts examine all the available vote data in real time, adjusting the probabilities for each House race accordingly. Based on those probabilities, NBC News’ Decision Desk...

“Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death” (Proverbs 13:13-14).

he man who inspired Tom Hanks' blockbuster film 'The Terminal' died after suffering a heart attack in the Parisian airport he called home for 18 years, officials revealed. Mehran Karimi Nasseri lived in Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport from 1988 until 2006 - first in legal limbo and later by choice. He had recently returned to the airport and taken up residence in Terminal 2F after several years in a shelter in Paris. Police and a medical team were called to the terminal on Saturday amid reports Mr Nasseri had suffered a heart attack. He could not be saved, an...

Former US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit challenging a subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, saying he has "absolute immunity" and will not testify next week, AFP reported. Trump's lawyers described the subpoena as "invalid, unlawful and unenforceable" in the lawsuit filed on Friday, arguing the former President still enjoys executive privilege nearly 22 months after leaving office, and cannot be compelled by Congress to appear. The January 6 committee has ordered Trump to appear for a deposition in person by Monday, which includes providing an extensive list of...

Ever wonder what Anthony Scaramucci did after he was ejected from the Trump White House after being Press Secretary for a few days? Me neither, but it turns out he got involved heavily in crypto. That should pique your interests considering what’s been happening in the crypto world lately. And yes, that involvement centered around the poster child company for how to crash a crypto business and lose billions in a few days, FTX.

Dolly Parton, 76, was awarded $100million to 'direct to the charities that they see fit' by Jeff Bezos for giving children access to books globally The Jolene singer foundation - Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - has gotten books into the hands of 1 in 10 children in the US Parton also donated $1million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which helped develop the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine The award 'recognizes leaders that aim high, find solutions, and who always do it with civility,' Bezos' longtime girlfriend Lauren Sanchez said at the award show Dolly Parton was awarded $100million by Jeff Bezos for...

Actor Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit in California against several individuals associated with the "Rust" film, CNN reported. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by the actor last October during a rehearsal for a scene for the movie, which was being filmed near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The lawsuit, filed Friday, is the first legal action in which Baldwin alleges wrongdoing against someone in relation to the shooting. Baldwin, who is listed as a defendant in a 2021 lawsuit by a "Rust" script supervisor, filed the cross-complaint against the production's armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, assistant director David Halls, armorer...

In what is turning out to be a major national embarrassment, Arizona still has over 600,000 ballots left to count which is over a quarter of the total number of votes. The vote count has been stalled at about 70% counted for the past two days and Republicans are rightly outraged. Voters also faced problems with ballot scanners when they voted in person on Tuesday in Maricopa County. Both Kari Lake and Blake Masters trail slightly to Democrats in their races and many are questioning why the votes are not being counted. Maricopa County tweeted an apology for the scanner...

TPS) Sources in the Islamic Waqf, which administers the Temple Mount, told TPS on Monday that marriage contracts will now be processed at the Al Aqsa Mosque rather than in a Sharia Court office in eastern Jerusalem. The aim is to strengthen the Muslim presence on the Temple Mount by bringing Palestinian residents to the mosque. It was also learned that there has been a significant increase in the number of Muslim delegations visiting the Jerusalem holy site after visits dropped during the coronavirus pandemic. Waqf officials estimate that 700 Muslims from Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa visit...

Hundreds of people took to the streets in Ireland today to protest against the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Over 20 local protests took place around the country on Saturday, with over 500 people joining the protest in Cork city. Protesters in Cork gathered on Grand Parade this afternoon before marching to the GPO where they staged a brief sit-down protest and then continued to City Hall. The aim of the demonstrations was to send a message to the Government about soaring costs facing the population especially gas and electricity prices, the housing crisis, and rising food prices. They chanted: “Freeze prices,...

It’s entirely possible that the Republicans will not win the House. If they do, it will be by a razor thin margin under circumstances that should have produced a blowout. The main reason for this second in a row reversal of all historic electoral precedent is plain to anyone who wants to look and be honest: Florida has an electoral law that most closely recreates the US election DAY mechanics of all time prior to 2020: No mass mailing of unrequested absentee ballots to all registered voters - only those registered voters requesting an absent ballot no later than 10...

Going with the NBC forecast of a Republican 10-seat majority in the House, when the new Congress is seated on January 3, 2023, the cold hard facts on the ground will include the following: 1. The new Congress will be gridlocked. Neither the Ds nor the Rs will be able to enact legislation, the Ds because they lack a majority in the House, and the Rs because they lack the supermajority required to override a presidential veto. 2. Although the Democrats cannot enact any legislation without Republican support, their most important engine of law creation, the administrative agencies, can continue...

Lindsey Graham inflames and incentivizes the Democrat base by proposing a national law restricting abortion. Rick Scott proposes a “sunset” for all domestic spending programs - a plan that would even include Social Security, allowing Dems to once again campaign on Social Security. Mitch McConnell steers money from candidates who are fighting Democrats to candidates , like Murkowski, who are fighting Republicans. If I were a cynic, I’d say the GOP leaders were throwing this election. Did they have some big nets placed in Vegas against their own party - or what? Not since Sonny Liston went down to Cassius...

Pentagon now appears to believe that time is severely on Russia's side.Pentagon chiefs might be coming around to my view of Joe Biden (mean-spirited demented/stupid old bum)....

Internet sleuths have discovered that $515 million has disappeared from the accounts of collapsed crypto exchange FTX under 'suspicious circumstances.'

Once again — A popular, attractive, honest, and competent Republican candidate had his race taken from him after several days of delayed vote counting. This time it was Adam Laxalt in Nevada. Laxalt led the polls and had a good election day turnout. On Thursday Adam Laxalt told Tucker Carlson his opponent did not have a valid path to victory. Laxalt was ahead in the race until Saturday afternoon when Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto took the lead.

It’s not the Great White Way. A white sign-language interpreter says he was booted from “The Lion King” on Broadway because of his skin color. Keith Wann, 53, was one of at least two people forced off the production by the non-profit Theatre Development Fund – which staffs Broadway shows with American Sign Language interpreters – after the group decided it was “no longer appropriate to have white interpreters represent black characters for ASL Broadway shows.” Wann filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on Tuesday against the organization and the director of its accessibility programs, Lisa Carling. ... Carling’s decision came...

Now they're finding all sorts of Ballots in Clark County, Nevada. They are pulling out all stops to steal the Election from Adam Laxalt. Mitch McConnell, the Republicans Broken Down Senate Leader, does nothing about this. He's too busy spending vast amounts of money on bas Senator Lisa M of Alaska, when Kelly S is FAR better. Should have fought and stopped the steal in 2020. Gave Dems 4 Trillion Dollars, never used Debt Ceiling. He is the WORST!