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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Steve203 ⎊❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: God Trump givith, and taketh
Date: 01/02/26 2:42 AM
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What to know about Trump administration freezing federal child care funds

The Trump administration has said it is freezing child care funds to all states until they provide more verification about the programs in a move fueled by a series of fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents.

Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill called the decision a response to “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country” in a social media post announcing the change on Tuesday.

apnews.com - Minnesota child care funds fraud trump

meanwhile:

Contracts For Dec. 29, 2025

The Boeing Company, St. Louis, Missouri, was awarded a ceiling $8,577,700,000 hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target), firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract action for the F-15 Israel Program. This contract provides for the design, integration, instrumentation, test, production, and delivery of 25 new F-15IA aircraft for the Israeli Air Force with an option for an additional 25 F-15IA aircraft.

https://www.war.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Articl...

Take away from USians, and give to Israel.

Steve
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