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A man was shot and killed in Morgan County Monday after he reportedly pulled out a "replica" handgun following a multi-agency police pursuit. Just before 1 p.m. Monday, officers with the Priceville Police Department attempted to pull over a vehicle that had been reported stolen, but the driver, identified as 41-year-old Drew Banks of Decatur, refused to stop, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to assist in the pursuit, including the Morgan County Sheriff's Office. >> FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube The chase ended at the intersection of Thompson Road and Byrd Road when Banks drove the vehicle over a spike strip and eventually collided with a Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle. Banks reportedly exited the vehicle, brandishing what appeared to be a handgun. It was later identified as a replica of Sig Sauer 1911 semiautomatic handgun. "The subject pointed a firearm, later determined by ALEA Investigators to be a replica handgun, at Deputies and Officers, who returned fire," read a statement from the Morgan County Sheriff's Office. ALEA says that Banks was fatally wounded and pronounced deceased at the scene. No officers were injured. >> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for free “We’re supposed to be focused on Christmas and protecting people from drunk drivers, and then we have something like this today,” Morgan County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mike Swafford told NBC affiliate WAFF . “It just reminds you, at any moment, you can get anything.” ALEA has taken over command of the investigation. Their findings will be turned over to the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office.Allegion PLC stock rises Tuesday, outperforms marketNio ET9 launches with prices starting at just USD90,450
The Kings headed into Saturday’s rubber match of their three-game homestand with serious concerns about their power play as well as some individual offensive performers that they hoped to get back afloat against the surging Seattle Kraken. They disposed of the dead-tired Detroit Red Wings to kick off the homestand – which is part of nine straight games to be played in California – but were shut out for the first time this season by the Buffalo Sabres Wednesday. The black and silver became the not-so-proud owners of the NHL’s worst power play since Nov. 10 – they’ve scored no power-play goals since Nov. 9 and that one was an empty-netter – and have the fourth-worst conversion rate over all of 2024-25. Their 0-for-5 performance as they were bageled 1-0 by Buffalo was their third such display this season, including an 0-for-6 showing in a loss to lowly San Jose . They’ve gone 0 for 4 on four other occasions, and went without a power-play goal in 13 of their 20 games so far. Their newly assembled top unit of five forwards has had the vibe of Dean Smith’s four-corner offense at times and, at its best, has produced nothing but near misses. The second unit’s struggles have been season-long, with the ineffectual play of both groups rendering meaningless the Kings’ numerous bromides about “looks” and “movement.” Their struggles haven’t been limited to the power play either. Overall, they’ve lost four of their past six games, and in those defeats they’ve managed a meager 1.25 goals per game. Since Nov. 10, they’ve been the NHL’s lowest scoring team on a per-game basis (1.75). Forward Quinton Byfield signed a lucrative extension this summer with the expectation that he’d push upward into the top tier of the Kings’ scoring leaderboard. But instead of chasing captain Anže Kopitar, Byfield’s production has more closely mirrored that of checker Trevor Lewis. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 draft surmounted several setbacks: a broken ankle and not one but two viral illnesses, one of which robbed him of about 25 pounds. Last season, he appeared poised for a breakout, but mixed form, tentativeness and tough luck have inhibited him in the first quarter of this campaign. “He’s had tough stretches before that he’s come out of,” Kings coach Jim Hiller said. “If anybody’s faced adversity, it’s been him through the first run of his career here. So, he’s been through that, he’ll get through it.” Hiller remarked that Byfield “wasn’t alone” among players who could not convert Wednesday. He also wasn’t unaccompanied in a crowd of slumping Kings. Winger Kevin Fiala has gone pointless in six straight games and defenseman Jordan Spence has spent much of the season turning the puck over as if he were cooking it on a grill. Meanwhile, Brock Faber, whom the Kings dealt along with a first-round pick for Fiala, has been the No. 1 defenseman for the West’s second-best team to date, the Minnesota Wild. Even the Kings’ early-season scorchers have cooled significantly. Brandt Clarke has been held scoreless in four straight games and six of his past seven. In his last two games, he and the top power-play unit have clearly missed each other. Related Articles Alex Laferriere remained in that grouping, but his production continued to sag. After a torrid stretch of eight goals in 10 games, he has one goal in his last eight appearances and no points in his four most recent outings. Slumping totals and shoulders alike will have to straighten up against leading scorer Jared McCann and Seattle, which rebounded from a four-game winless skid to capture five of its past six decisions. The Kraken have killed 90% of its penalties during their ascent, good for sixth in the NHL, and allowed a miserly 1.67 goals per game, the fourth-best mark in the league during that span. When: 1 p.m. Saturday Where: Crypto.com Arena How to watch: FDSNW
Notre Dame Coach: Matt Veres (7th year, 79-19) 2023-24 record: 16-2; District 11 2A duals champion, PIAA 2A duals third-place, District 11 2A individual tournament champion, South East regional 2A individual tournament runner-up. Class: 3A Twitter/social media: Twitter, @NDGPwrestle; Instagram, @notre_dame_wrestling Returning wrestlers: So. Jacob Volpe (121); Sr. Cooper Feltmann (127); Sr. Tanner Berkenstock (133); Jr. Gavyn Kelton (139); Jr. Jared Gonzalez (145); Sr. Stephen Bialek (152); Sr. Keegan Ramsay (160/172); Jr. Dom Sumpolec (160/172); Jr. Connor Smalley (189); So. Noah Knorp (215). Newcomers: Fr. Cael Mueller (107); Fr. Aiden Vanicky (114) So. John Hull (215/285). Top records from 2023-24 (SQ: state qualifier, RQ, regional qualifier): Ramsay 34-12 (PIAA 3rd); Sumpolec 43-13 (PIAA 7th); Smalley 35-14 (SQ); Kelton 26-15 (SQ); Feltmann 21-14 (SQ); Berkenstock 23-18 (SQ). Wrestler you don’t know now, but will by March: Fr. Cael Mueller (107) Season opener: Tuesday, Southern Lehigh (home) Dual match to watch: at Bethlehem Catholic, Jan. 4 Outlook: For the first time since Matt Veres’ first year in charge of the Notre Dame-Green Pond wrestling team, it does not have a defending state champion on its roster. To be clear, the cupboard isn’t bare for the Crusaders, but they are transitioning from Class 2A to Class 3A with a relatively young roster that features five seniors. As has been the case in recent years, Notre Dame has a rugged schedule that will prepare it well for the team and individual postseason. Individual tournaments include the nationally-renowned Walsh Jesuit Ironman on Dec. 6 and 7, Beast of the East on Dec. 21 and 22, Powerade on Dec. 27 and 28 and Escape the Rock on Jan. 18 and 19. The dual meet schedule features a trip to recent rival Bethlehem Catholic and a home match against Pennridge, which finished fourth at the PIAA 3A dual meet tournament last winter, on Dec. 11. That daunting slate, especially the individual tournaments, means the Crusdars’ won’t be overwhelmed by competing now in 3A, but postseason success will be harder to come by. Ramsay showed his talent in a solid run to the state semifinials at 172 last winter and, after a tough loss to Luke Fugazzotto of Northwestern Lehigh, showed his mental toughness by bouncing back with a pair of high-scoring wins to earn bronze. Sumpolec had a successful first season on the mat as a sophomore and earned a coveted odd-numbered place finish in his first trip to Hershey. Sumpolec, who recently committed to George Mason, won more than half of his matches by fall last year and that aggressive style will be fun to watch this winter. Ramsay and Sumpolec will likely swap spots at 160 and 172 throughout the season and it will be interesting to see how this spot in the Crusaders' lineup looks later on in the season. Feltmann and Smalley both won once at the individual state tournament last year. That pair, along with the Crusaders’ other returning state qualifiers, Kelton and Berkenstock, will need to improve exponentially over the course of the season to become a state medalist. A prediction or two: Looking at what the bump up to 3A means from the team perspective, it looks like Notre Dame’s run of four straight D-11 titles will come to an end. The Crusaders have often come close, but are yet to knock off Bethlehem Catholic since the Golden Hawks since they’ve become a fixture on each other’s schedule. Easton, Nazareth and Northampton also boast loaded lineups that will be tough matchups for Notre Dame at the team district tournament. Individually, Ramsay has both the mat IQ and toughness to earn another state medal. How many teammates join him on the podium comes down to how much Feltmann, Berkenstock and the Crusaders’ promising junior class improves this season. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to lehighvalleylive.com. Desmond Boyle may be reached at dboyle@lehighvalleylive.com . More high school sports
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Adopted Ballarat local and new Giant Ollie Hannaford felt the regional city’s pain this year during a devastating two-month period when three women were killed. The deaths of Samantha Murphy, Rebecca Young and Hannah McGuire sparked grief and anger, but also unity against gender-based violence within the close-knit Ballarat community. The three women died violently , allegedly at the hands of men. Bendigo-raised Hannaford – who the Giants used a top-20 pick on at last week’s AFL draft – was boarding at St Patrick’s College in Ballarat, and wanted to make a stand, too. Giants draftee Ollie Hannaford. Credit: Nick Moir The horrific Bondi Junction stabbings in NSW were also around this time, with five women among the victims. Hannaford’s conversation with the school’s boarding master, Tam Westwood, led to the creation of the “Break the cycle” event, designed to raise funds and awareness about violence against women. Loading Students and staff took turns riding four exercise bikes non-stop for 24 hours, helping raise more than $8000 for the cause. Hannaford hopes it will become an annual event on the St Pat’s calendar. “It was so awful, and some people [at school] knew the victims and even knew the people who were a part of it,” Hannaford told this masthead. “It was very eye-opening, especially when you have such important women in your life, like mothers, sisters, girlfriends – everything. It was very confronting, almost, just thinking how hard it would be if it happened to your family, so it was a no-brainer for us to try and do something. “Being an all-boys school, I think it was very significant for our school to show that we are respectful young men, and we were trying to get rid of the stigma of toxic masculinity.” This was not an isolated case of Hannaford’s leadership, with the 18-year-old captaining the school’s football side and his boarding house. He plans to use his new status as an AFL footballer, alongside close friend and fellow St Pat’s graduate-turned-Giant Jack Ough, to continue making a difference beyond sport. Hannaford is making his mark on and off the football field. Credit: AFL Photos “Being on an AFL list now, it’s really important to be able to use that platform for a good cause, so doing more things like this is something that I can work towards in the future,” Hannaford said. “I’ve built my leadership and definitely benefited from going to [St Patrick’s College] as well, so it’s something I’m trying to display when I can.” “It was very eye-opening, especially when you have such important women in your life, like mothers, sisters, girlfriends – everything. It was very confronting, almost, just thinking how hard it would be if it happened to your family, so it was a no-brainer for us to try and do something.” However, the Giants did not select Hannaford just because he is a model citizen. His surprise mid-season switch to the forward line – after starting the season as a midfielder, then shifting to defence – saw him transform from a fringe draftee into a certain first-round selection, with GWS swooping with their No.18 pick. Hannaford’s blistering second half of the season for GWV Rebels was integral in the David Loader-coached team reaching the Talent League under-18 grand final, as well as his own stocks rising. Loading Recruiters became enamoured with his goalkicking nous, speed, agility, power, aggression and ultra-competitiveness, all of which should fit in wonderfully in Giants coach Adam Kingsley’s system. “It was a bit of a rollercoaster for me. I came into the year expecting to be a midfielder who gets 30 touches a game,” Hannaford said. “That’s what every kid dreams of, but I couldn’t live up to that, and I wasn’t playing good footy, so I went to the backline, went back to what I was good at, and what I was used to, but it wasn’t really giving me the exposure I needed and wanted. “I was lucky enough to make the Vic Country team, and I got told I was playing forward in the first champs games – and I had barely played there at all my whole career.” Hannaford (left) with fellow Giants draftee Harry Oliver. Credit: AFL Photos Even then, it was not all smooth sailing. Hannaford was dropped for Country’s championships finale against Metro, which lit a fire within him that remained throughout the rest of the season. Now, he could be about to share a forward line with the likes of Toby Greene and Jesse Hogan. “I’m over the moon, and can’t wait to get stuck into it,” Hannaford said. “It’s obviously a very competitive team, so it’s going to take a lot of work to try and get a game, but if I do, it will be unbelievable.” If you or anyone you know needs support, you can contact the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service on 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732), Lifeline 131 114, or Beyond Blue 1300 224 636. Or, in Ballarat, call Orange Door on 1800 219 819 Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. License this article AFL 2025 Draft Trading and drafting GWS Giants Domestic violence New South Wales Violence Marc McGowan is a sports reporter for The Age Connect via Twitter . Most Viewed in Sport LoadingST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — PGA Tour rookie Patrick Fishburn played bogey-free for an 8-under 64 for his first lead after any round. Joel Dahmen was 10 shots behind and had a bigger cause for celebration Friday in the RSM Classic. Dahmen made a 5-foot par putt on his final hole for a 2-under 68 in tough conditions brought on by the wind and cold, allowing him to make the cut on the number and get two more days to secure his PGA Tour card for next year. He is No. 124 in the FedEx Cup. “I still got more to write this weekend for sure,” said Dahmen, who recently had said his story is not yet over. “But without having the opportunity to play this weekend, my story would be a lot shorter this year.” Fishburn took advantage of being on the easier Plantation course, with trees blocking the brunt of the wind and two additional par 5s. He also was helped by Maverick McNealy, who opened with a 62 on the tougher Seaside course, making two bogeys late in his round and having to settle for a 70. Fishburn, who already has locked up his card for next year, was at 11-under 131 and led McNealy and Lee Hodges (63) going into the weekend. Michael Thorbjornsen had a 69 and was the only player who had to face Seaside on Friday who was among the top five. What mattered on this day, however, was far down the leaderboard. The RSM Classic is the final tournament of the PGA Tour season, and only the top 125 in the FedEx Cup have full status in 2025. That's more critical than ever with the tour only taking the top 100 for full cards after next season. Players like Dahmen will need full status to get as many playing opportunities as they can. That explains why he felt so much pressure on a Friday. He didn't make a bogey after his opening hole and was battling temperatures in the low 50s that felt even colder with the wind ripping off the Atlantic waters of St. Simons Sound. He made a key birdie on the 14th, hitting a 4-iron for his second shot on the 424-yard hole. Dahmen also hit wedge to 2 feet on the 16th that put him on the cut line, and from the 18th fairway, he was safely on the green some 40 feet away. But he lagged woefully short, leaving himself a testy 5-footer with his job on the line. “It was a great putt. I was very nervous,” Dahmen said. “But there's still work to do. It wasn't the game-winner, it was like the half-court shot to get us to halftime. But without that, and the way I played today, I wouldn't have anything this weekend.” His playing partners weren't so fortunate. The tour put three in danger of losing their cards in the same group — Zac Blair (No. 123), Dahmen and Wesley Bryan (No. 125). The cut was at 1-under 141. Blair and Bryan came to the 18th hole needing birdie to be assured of making the cut and both narrowly missed. Now they have to wait to see if anyone passes them, which is typically the case. Thorbjornsen in a tie for fourth and Daniel Berger (66 at Plantation) in a tie for 17th both were projected to move into the top 125. Dahmen, indeed, still has work to do. Fishburn gets a weekend to see if he can end his rookie year with a win. “I've had a lot of experience playing in cold growing up in Utah, playing this time of year, kind of get used to playing when the body’s not moving very well and you’ve got to move your hands,” said Fishburn, who played college golf at BYU. “Just pretty happy with how I played.” Ludvig Aberg, the defending champion and No. 5 player in the world competing for the first time in more than two months because of knee surgery, bounced back with a 64 on Plantation and was back in the mix. Aberg played with Luke Clanton, the Florida State sophomore who looks like he belongs each week. Clanton, the No. 1 player in the world amateur ranking who received a sponsor exemption, had a 65 at Plantation and was two shots off the lead. Clanton already has a runner-up and two other top 10s since June. “Playing with him, it's pretty awesome to watch,” Clanton said. “We were kind of fanboying a little it. I know he's a really good dude but to be playing with him and to see what he's done over the last couple years, it's pretty inspirational.” AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golfHeavy travel day starts with brief grounding of all American Airlines flights
Tariffs could raise pricesAn innovative electrolyser design that uses steam to produce green hydrogen rather than water has completed its first successful road test in a real world setting. The technology – a modular assembly of tubes about half a metre long – has been installed at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales where it has run without incident for over 1000 hours. This by a team of 14 scientists from CSIRO and in partnership with Hadean Energy which has licensed the technology and has ambitions to build a 250 kWh demonstration system. Conventional hydrogen electrolysers work by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, but the new technology developed by CSIRO passes 750C waste heat generated in heavy industrial processes through a series of ceramic tubes. An electric current is run along the walls of these tubes which splits the high temperature steam into hydrogen and water. The modular design of these tubes promises to reduce the cost of manufacturing, reduces production costs by 30 percent, allowing the system to make hydrogen at less than 36 kWh a kilo. CSIRO Senior Principal Research Scientist and Group Leader Dr Sarb Giddey says the use of steam is important in lowering costs of green hydrogen. The lion’s share of variable production costs for renewable hydrogen are in electricity, and a 30 per cent reduction in the electricity required – by using this steam-based technology – could be a game changer for the industry. Giddey says that with the trial run serving as proof of concept, the question now was how to scale up the system to provide the amount of hydrogen needed for use applications such as iron and steelmaking, or ammonia production. “There are two factors that are really critical to decarbonising iron making and steel making – one is the cost of hydrogen, the other is the scale we can produce at,” Giddey said. “We are looking at tonnes and tonnes of hydrogen being produced. If you look at the scale required for iron and steel making, it’s a lot of hydrogen. You have to replace the coal.” According to the , the steel industry globally accounts for 2.8 gigatonnes of CO2 emissions each year, or 8 percent of total energy system emissions. Hydrogen is expected to be essential in helping to decarbonise iron and steelmaking processes but it is currently made using gas or coal. Some proposals have sought to use carbon, capture, utilisation and storage to remove the CO2 from the steel production process, but of the approach. Of the six proposed steelmaking projects that are seeking to rely on CCUS, the analysts found all lack transparency about key details on the projects including capture capacity and storage type. Two of three projects considered in “advanced development” do not have dates by which they expect to enter production. The world’s only operational commercial-scale CCUS project for steelmaking, the project in the United Arab Emirates, only manages to capture a quarter of its emissions, the analysts found. CSIRO’s green hydrogen technology has been licenced to Hadean Energy which is seeking to develop a modular design. A showcase of a 5kW demonstration unit as part of the Australia-UK Renewable Hydrogen Innovation Partnership is in planning. Under this partnership the company is working to build a small 5kW electrolyser for use in a UK .
Scientists have raised concerns about hospitality staff coming into contact with second-hand smoke at work after the Government rowed back on plans to make it illegal to smoke in pub beer gardens. Concerns have also been raised about the “renormalisation” of smoking. Dr Rachel O’Donnell, senior research fellow at the University of Stirling’s Institute for Social Marketing and Health, said restrictions on smoking in outdoor places can “reinforce” a message that smoking “isn’t a socially acceptable thing to do” and could also help smokers to kick the habit. In November, it emerged that the UK Government is to scrap plans to ban smoking in the gardens of pubs and restaurants in England. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the hospitality industry has “taken a real battering in recent years” and it is not “the right time” to ban smoking outside pubs. But smoking and vaping could be banned in other public places in England – such as in playgrounds or outside of schools – under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. According to the World Health Organisation, there is no safe level of second-hand smoke exposure. In a briefing for journalists, Dr O’Donnell said decision-making “should be on the basis of all the evidence that’s available”. She added: “Any debate about legislation on smoking in outdoor settings shouldn’t only focus on air quality and second-hand smoke exposure levels, because the impacts of restrictions in outdoor settings are also evident on our social norms.” Smoke-free outdoor environments “reinforce smoke-free as the acceptable norm”, she said. “This, I think, is a critically important point at a time where in the media, over the last year, we’ve seen various reports and questions as to whether we might be on the cusp of renormalisation of smoking for various reasons, and so smoke-free public environments still have a critically important role to play. “If you reduce opportunities to smoke, it can also help individuals who smoke themselves to reduce the amount they smoke or to make a quit attempt.” Dr O’Donnell said visibility of tobacco products and smoking is a “form of marketing for tobacco companies” as she pointed to studies highlighting the increasing number of tobacco depictions on screen. She went on: “The more often young adults observe smoking around them, the more likely they are to believe that smoking is socially acceptable, which feeds back into this idea of renormalisation of smoking. “So, restrictions on smoking in outdoor public places have other positive knock-on effects, potentially for young people as well, just sending out that clear message that this isn’t a socially acceptable thing to do and see, and this could help to discourage smoking initiation among young people at quite a critical time.” On being exposed to second-hand smoke at work, she added: “I think sometimes when we think about exposure to second-hand smoke in outdoor settings, in pubs, in restaurants, we think about that sort of occasional customer exposure, the nuisance element of it when people are out enjoying a meal with friends, but we also need to be reminded that this is a repeated occupational exposure for those who are working in hospitality and serving drinks and food. “Now, as we’ve already seen, concentrations of second-hand smoke in these settings are generally low, and they’re likely to present a low risk to health for most healthy people. “But ... there’s no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke, and so any individual with pre-existing heart, lung or respiratory conditions may be particularly vulnerable even to low levels of exposure. “We know that second-hand smoke is its known carcinogen, and on that basis those exposed in the hospitality sector have a right to be protected. “On that basis, there’s a need to protect them, as there is anybody in any workplace setting from second-hand smoke exposure in all areas of workplaces and spaces.” Sean Semple, professor of exposure science at the University of Stirling’s Institute for Social Marketing and Health, said: “I think that if I were a policy-maker, which I am not, then I would be looking at those occupational exposures as well. “I have asthma, if I was being occupationally exposed to SHS (second-hand smoke), and knowing that I was one of a very small number of workers now being legally exposed to SHS in the workplace, then I might not be very happy about that.” A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “As part of our 10 Year Health Plan we are shifting focus from sickness to prevention, including tackling the harms of smoking and passive smoking. “The landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill is the biggest public health intervention in a generation and will put us on track towards a smoke-free UK.”Loose Women star Jane Moore became the first star eliminated from I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here 2024 on Friday (November 29) night. Viewers had been speculating throughout the week that either Dean McCullough or Moore would be the first to go. But on Friday night, the public voted to send the Loose Women star home first. Hard working Jane is the first to leave Camp and she’s got the goss on next Campmate WhatsApp group! 🤗 #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/Z0YL4o4UJ5 — I'm A Celebrity... (@imacelebrity) November 30, 2024 Following the first elimination, fans were eagerly awaiting Saturday's episode of I'm a Celeb to see who the second campmate to be sent home would be. I'm a Celebrity fans disappointed at non-elimination episode But viewers were left disappointed, after Ant and Dec revealed at the top of the show there would be no elimination on tonight's show. Fans took to Reddit to vent their frustration at the decision. One person posted: "Why on earth is nobody leaving tonight then?" A second person commented: "What is the point in starting eliminations, getting rid of one person, then it being a non-elimination episode." While a third person added: "So they're doing a double tomorrow, I assume." Fans call for second campmate to be eliminated Its seems viewers have already decided the second campmate they want to be voted off the show and were frustrated they didn't have the chance to do it on tonight's episode. RECOMMENDED READING: Who was the first celeb to be eliminated on tonight's I'm a Celebrity? I'm a Celebrity's 'naughty' Maura Higgins becomes the talk of social media How much is Jane Moore being paid for appearing on I'm a Celebrity 2024? One fan commented: "Okay so we have to wait until tomorrow to get rid of Dean." Another added: "No leaver tonight? Obviously a conspiracy by ITV to keep Dean in." While a third person said: "No eviction today so... one day more with he who must not be named but must indeed be shamed.Top business leaders and their companies have been trying to "curry favor" with Donald Trump by showering cash on his inaugural committee, according to government watchdogs. The committee has already landed reported $1 million planned donations from Jeff Bezos' Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta and OpenAI's Sam Altman, as well as $2 million from Robinhood Markets and $1 million each from Uber and its CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Ford Motor Company and hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, reported CNBC . “It really is a great opportunity for them to curry favor with the incoming administration,” said Brendan Glavin, director of research for the money-in-politics nonprofit OpenSecrets. Inaugural committees plan and fund the celebrations around the transfer of presidential power, and there are no limits to how much individuals, corporations or labor groups can donate to the tax-exempt committees. “One of the oldest adages in Washington is that if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu, and the price of admission to have a seat at the table keeps going up,” said Michael Beckel, research director of Issue One, a political reform advocacy group. ALSO READ: Presidential run eyed for 'relentless' Dem gov who beat brutal GOP opposition in key state Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee took in about $107 million, doubling the previous record set in Barack Obama's first inauguration in 2009 and besting Joe Biden's $62 million haul in 2021, and his second inauguration has already surpassed its $150 million goal. The president-elect has made clear how much he values face-to-face meetings and public praise from business leaders, and he has also shown a willingness to favor their companies in exchange for their support and punish those who oppose him. “It’s all heightened now,” Glavin said. “None of these people, they don’t want to be Trump’s punching bag for four years.” The committee was formed four days after the November election and is co-chaired by real estate investor Steve Witkoff and former Republican senator Kelly Loeffler, and former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, GOP megadonor Miriam Adeslon and billionaire GOP donor Diane Hendricks serve as finance chairs. “We take a look through the history of the financing of inaugurations, and clearly it comes from very large donors, wealthy special interests and corporations, almost all of whom have business pending before the federal government,” said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for the progressive nonprofit Public Citizen. Committees must publicly disclose the names of donors who give $200 or more, but if it has a surplus afterward it can difficult to determine how much is left over. “This is a real cesspool of buying favors," Holman said.