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Fwd: I have a big announcement!
by Gunnar Larson 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

History in the Senate! Gunnar ✌️ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: President Trump <contact(a)win.donaldjtrump.com> Date: Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 8:36 PM Subject: I have a big announcement! To: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> I want you to be my Official Cabinet-Level advisor. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [image: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. >] <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJw8kUGPnSwYhX8N7jDyouK3cHHns06atJM2bd…> ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP: *I have a big announcement to share with Gunnar!* Your support helped me win the election, and now I’ve officially assembled my cabinet. With Inauguration day right around the corner, I would like to thank you for everything by appointing you as an *Official Cabinet-Level Advisor.* *Will you please accept this honorable position?* ACCEPT POSITION <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJw8kc2OmzAUhZ_G7IzwdcBkwWJmKFWldtSqf5…> As my Official Cabinet-Level Advisor, YOU will play a key role in shaping my priorities. *Speaking of that, I need your advice right now, so please take a moment to answer a few easy questions. > <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJw8kcFu3CAURb8G77DwwwZn4UUSd6pKbdSqra…>* I know I can always count on you. ADVISE TRUMP <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJw8kUGvnCwYhX8N7jDwMoqzcDH387Np0t60aZ…> May God bless you, [image: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. >] <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJw8kUGPnCAYhn8N3jD4oeIePMzWTtOk3WzTJs…> [image: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. >] <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJw8kc1u3CAUhZ8G77DMxT_Mwouk7rSVmqhRK1…> Donald J. Trump 45th & 47th President of the United States ADVISE TRUMP <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJw8kUGPnCAYhn8N3jDwoeLFw07tNE3aTZs2ab…> Contributions to Trump National Committee JFC Inc. are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. All contributions are subject to the limits and prohibitions of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Contributions from corporations, foreign nationals (i.e., without “green cards”), federal government contractors, and other federally impermissible sources are strictly prohibited. Contributions made in the name of, or refunded by, any other person are unlawful. Paid for by Trump National Committee JFC, Inc., P.O. Box 509, Arlington, VA 22216. Not Authorized by any Candidate or Candidate’s Committee. You are receiving this email at g(a)xny.io Trump National Committee JFC Inc., PO Box 509, Arlington, VA 22216 donaldjtrump.com <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJxkkUFv1DAUhH-Nc9vIfi-J3UMOLWERAipKEa…> If you'd like to change your subscription status follow this link. <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJw80EFr8yAcx_FXo7cG_asxFw_t0ydjsJWNDU…> Privacy Policy <https://email.win.donaldjtrump.com/c/eJxkkcuO0zAUhp_G2SWKjxM7LLLoEIqQoOImUF…>

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Fwd: Florida & Ohio... -
by Gunnar Larson 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson ... is a proud Republican. I live in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, New York. I grew up in Culdesac, Idaho. Idaho Governor Bradley Little, I hope xNY.io - Bank.org can count on you. Perhaps, I can 'prime the pump' for a Taiwan 🇹🇼 peace deal with Micron (headquartered out of Idaho). Love, Gunnar ✌️ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: MAJOR Update <info(a)dscc.org> Date: Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 5:23 PM Subject: re: Florida & Ohio... - To: <g(a)xny.io> ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ *ALERT:* *Special elections possible for TWO critical Senate seats* [image: JD Vance, Ohio | Marco Rubio, Florida] <https://go.dscc.org/go/20854?amount=5&t=7&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xn…> *EMERGENCY $50,000 GOAL LAUNCHED**This could give us TWO more crucial opportunities to flip red seats blue and take away Trump's Senate majority -- but we need to start preparing TODAY. Will you RUSH $5 now to fight for the Senate? >> <https://go.dscc.org/go/20854?amount=5&t=8&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xn…>* Donate $5 <https://go.dscc.org/go/20854?amount=5&t=9&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xn…> *This could be a chance to break through, team:* Trump is planning to bring his biggest MAGA loyalists to his administration -- leaving TWO crucial Senate seats *up for grabs.* Trump won the White House -- but *he's making his SLIM far-right Senate majority even more vulnerable.* With JD Vance and Marco Rubio set to answer Trump's beck-and-call, *special elections in Ohio and Florida could give Democrats two more opportunities to FLIP crucial Senate seats and take back the majority!* This is a chance to replace the BIGGEST MAGA supporters with Democrats who will fight for our rights -- but we can't risk being unprepared for the GOP's attacks. *We're calling on Democrats everywhere to roll up their sleeves and get to work -- and we need to know that you're one of them:This is how we win. Join THOUSANDS of Democrats across the nation and RUSH $5 IMMEDIATELY to our rapid-response campaign to flip critical seats blue >> <https://go.dscc.org/go/20854?amount=5&t=10&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40x…>* We need your help to fight for the Senate. If you've saved payment info with ActBlue Express, your donation will be processed immediately. Donate $5 <https://go.dscc.org/go/20854?amount=5&t=11&amount=5&express_lane=true&first…> Donate $10 <https://go.dscc.org/go/20854?amount=5&t=12&amount=10&express_lane=true&firs…> Donate $20 <https://go.dscc.org/go/20854?amount=5&t=13&amount=20&express_lane=true&firs…> Other Amount <https://go.dscc.org/go/20854?amount=5&t=14&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40x…> Keep up the fight, Team DSCC Derivative of photo <https://go.dscc.org/go/1270?t=1&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.io&addr1…> by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://go.dscc.org/go/1271?t=2&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.io&addr1…>. [image: Chip in $5 monthly to flip the Senate] <https://secure.actblue.com/donate/support-senate-democrats-2024-q4-recurrin…> ------------------------------ The DSCC is the only committee solely dedicated to supporting Democrats in the U.S. Senate, and our work relies on grassroots supporters like you. If you'd like to make a contribution to support us, please *click here <https://secure.actblue.com/donate/support-senate-democrats-2024-q4?refcode=…>*. *Click here <https://go.dscc.org/signup/receive-fewer-emails/?t=5&akid=19219%2E26297126%…>* to receive fewer emails. *Click here <https://go.dscc.org/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?t=6&akid=19219%2E26297126%2E8x…>* to unsubscribe. Paid for by the DSCC | PO Box 96047, Washington, DC 20090 | *dscc.org <https://www.dscc.org/>* | Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions or gifts to the DSCC are not tax deductible.

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Fwd: Your first chance to activate your membership in 2025
by Gunnar Larson 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson ... is a proud Republican. I live in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, New York. I grew up in Culdesac, Idaho. Idaho Governor Bradley Little, I hope xNY.io - Bank.org can count on you. Perhaps, I can 'prime the pump' for a Taiwan 🇹🇼 peace deal with Micron (headquartered out of Idaho). Love, Gunnar ✌️ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Membership Activation <info(a)dscc.org> Date: Wed, Jan 1, 2025, 11:19 AM Subject: Your first chance to activate your membership in 2025 To: <g(a)xny.io> Regarding your Democratic Membership‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ *Our records show your Democratic Membership requires activation. Please, will you activate your membership by midnight?* [image: President and Dr. Biden | 2025 Democratic Member] <https://go.dscc.org/go/20855?amount=5&t=5&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xn…> *SUPPORTER: g(a)xny.io <https://go.dscc.org/go/20855?amount=5&t=6&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xn…>* *JANUARY MEMBERSHIP: INACTIVE* *SUGGESTED GIFT: $5* *ACTIVATE MY MEMBERSHIP <https://go.dscc.org/go/20855?amount=5&t=7&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xn…>* *Friend -- Joe and Jill Biden are depending on this team to help Democrats defend their legacy, take back the Senate, and stop Donald Trump's MAGA agenda!* But according to official DSCC records, your January Democratic Membership requires activation. Members of this grassroots community are a key reason the Biden-Harris administration had a Democratic majority and accomplished so much in four years! But Republicans have seized back power, and Trump's allies are preparing to spend MILLIONS to keep control. That's why we're asking you personally: Will you please become a part of this history-making grassroots team by ACTIVATING your DSCC membership before midnight? *Please, click here immediately to update your Democratic Membership and commit to protecting the legacy of the Biden-Harris administration. >> <https://go.dscc.org/go/20855?amount=5&t=8&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xn…>* *ACTIVATE MY MEMBERSHIP <https://go.dscc.org/go/20855?amount=5&t=9&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xn…>* Thank you for activating your DSCC Membership, Team DSCC [image: Chip in $5 monthly to flip the Senate] <https://secure.actblue.com/donate/support-senate-democrats-2024-q4-recurrin…> ------------------------------ The DSCC is the only committee solely dedicated to supporting Democrats in the U.S. Senate, and our work relies on grassroots supporters like you. If you'd like to make a contribution to support us, please *click here <https://secure.actblue.com/donate/support-senate-democrats-2024-q4?refcode=…>*. *Click here <https://go.dscc.org/signup/receive-fewer-emails/?t=3&akid=19220%2E26297126%…>* to receive fewer emails. *Click here <https://go.dscc.org/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?t=4&akid=19220%2E26297126%2EGh…>* to unsubscribe. Paid for by the DSCC | PO Box 96047, Washington, DC 20090 | *dscc.org <https://www.dscc.org/>* | Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions or gifts to the DSCC are not tax deductible.

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Fwd: BREAKING: Musk "Calls for Federal Defunding NPR" >>
by Gunnar Larson 02 Jan '25

02 Jan '25

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Breaking News <info(a)dscc.org> Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2025, 11:22 AM Subject: BREAKING: Musk "Calls for Federal Defunding NPR" >> To: <g(a)xny.io> ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ *BREAKING:* *Republicans and Elon Musk to team up to DEFUND NPR! * [image: Elon Musk] <https://go.dscc.org/go/20858?ask=5&t=7&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.i…> *We've launched an EMERGENCY petition to fight back, but it closes at midnight! Sign on NOW to support NPR >> <https://go.dscc.org/go/20858?ask=5&t=8&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.i…>* Add My Name <https://go.dscc.org/go/20858?ask=5&t=9&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.i…> Team, Republicans and Elon Musk are *already* retaliating against institutions that won't fall in line behind Trump *-- and now they're planning to DEFUND NPR!* It's clear: Trump and his administration will go after ANY media institution that dares to provide accurate, non-biased reporting to the American people. *We can't stay silent while Musk tears down long-trusted sources of critical information and reporting, so we've launched an URGENT Live Petition to prove where Americans stand.* But right now, your signature isn't on our list! *Please add your name right away:**Sign on to back NPR against Musk's revenge attacks >> <https://go.dscc.org/go/20858?ask=5&t=10&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.…>* Add My Name <https://go.dscc.org/go/20858?ask=5&t=11&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.…> Thank you, Team DSCC Derivative of photo <https://go.dscc.org/go/20811?t=1&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.io&addr…> by U.S. Air Force / Trevor Cokley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://go.dscc.org/go/1271?t=2&firstname=&lastname=&email=g%40xny.io&addr1…>. * If you've recently responded or done so with a different email address, thank you! Online records may not be up to date, but don't worry -- your responses have been recorded. [image: Chip in $5 monthly to flip the Senate] <https://secure.actblue.com/donate/support-senate-democrats-2024-q4-recurrin…> ------------------------------ The DSCC is the only committee solely dedicated to supporting Democrats in the U.S. Senate, and our work relies on grassroots supporters like you. If you'd like to make a contribution to support us, please *click here <https://secure.actblue.com/donate/support-senate-democrats-2024-q4?refcode=…>*. *Click here <https://go.dscc.org/signup/receive-fewer-emails/?t=5&akid=19223%2E26297126%…>* to receive fewer emails. *Click here <https://go.dscc.org/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?t=6&akid=19223%2E26297126%2Epv…>* to unsubscribe. Paid for by the DSCC | PO Box 96047, Washington, DC 20090 | *dscc.org <https://www.dscc.org/>* | Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions or gifts to the DSCC are not tax deductible.

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Wall Street's Lobby Firm Hired Eugene Scalia of Gibson Dunn to Sue the Fed for Jamie Dimon
by Gunnar Larson 01 Jan '25

01 Jan '25

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/12/wall-streets-lobby-firm-hired-eugene… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: December 31, 2024 ~ The Bank Policy Institute calls itself “a nonpartisan public policy, research and advocacy group…” In fact, it’s a registered lobbyist for the megabanks on Wall Street. The Chairman of its Board of Directors is Jamie Dimon, the Chair and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States. The rest of its Board consists exclusively of the top executives of large banks, including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. So when the Bank Policy Institute decides to sue the Fed, one of the key regulators of the Wall Street megabanks, you can be certain that Jamie Dimon has a dog in this fight. (Plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Fed, which was filed on Christmas Eve, include other bank-funded groups as well.) Dimon sits atop not just the largest bank in the U.S. but also the bank designated as the riskiest bank in the U.S. by its regulators. And despite its unprecedented criminal history, the U.S. Department of Justice continues to nonchalantly toss it deferred-prosecution agreements for its criminal acts. Dimon is the only Wall Street megabank CEO to have remained in that post since the financial crisis of 2008 – notwithstanding his bank losing $6.2 billion gambling with depositors’ money in derivatives in London; despite five felony counts to which it admitted guilt; despite over $40 billion in fines and restitution for looting the public and rigging trading; despite years of providing banking services to two of the most notorious criminals of this century – Bernie Madoff and Jeffrey Epstein – and despite endless bailouts from the Federal Reserve to prop it up. According to media reports, this past January the Bank Policy Institute hired Eugene Scalia of the Big Law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to push back against the Fed’s plan for higher capital levels at the megabanks. JPMorgan Chase, in particular, was slated for a large capital increase and Jamie Dimon was not at all happy about that. Dimon is most likely opposed to the rule change because higher capital requirements could restrict the bank’s ability to prop up its share price with multi-billion-dollar stock buybacks each year, increase its dividend to appease its shareholders that this multi-felon bank is on the right course and to lavish multi-million dollar bonuses on Dimon. Scalia is the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who didn’t see anything wrong with accepting lots of free vacations from private interests while he sat on the high court. Eugene Scalia is also the lawyer who previously wielded a hatchet to gut key elements of the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation of 2010. That legislation was intended to rein in the reckless risk-taking of the Wall Street megabanks that had produced the worst economic collapse in 2008 since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Mother Jones News Editor, Patrick Caldwell, wrote the following about Eugene Scalia in 2014: “Ambrose Bierce once quipped that a lawyer is one skilled in the circumvention of the law. By that definition, Eugene Scalia is a lawyer of extraordinary skill. In less than five years, the 50-year-old son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has become a one-man scourge to the reformers who won a hard-fought battle to pass the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act to rein in the out-of-control financial sector. So far, he’s prevailed in three of the six suits he’s filed against the law, single-handedly slowing its rollout to a snail’s pace. As of May, a little more than half of the nearly four-year-old law’s rules had been finalized and another 25 percent hadn’t even been drafted. Much of that breathing room for Wall Street is thanks to Scalia, who has deployed a hyperliteral, almost absurdist series of procedural challenges to unnerve the bureaucrats charged with giving the legislation teeth. “Scalia has ‘created this sense that we’re paralyzed, because if we write a rule we’re just going to be reversed,’ says Lisa Donner, executive director of the watchdog group Americans for Financial Reform. The threat of more suits, she says, has ‘cast a real chill’ over Wall Street regulators, particularly at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).” The battle between Dimon and the Fed officially began on July 27, 2023 when the Federal Reserve, FDIC and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) – JPMorgan Chase’s bank regulators — released a proposal to require higher capital levels at banks with $100 billion or more in assets. The proposed capital rule is formally known as the Basel III (or Basel Endgame) rule. The three federal bank regulators provided a very generous public comment period of 120 days on the proposal. The large banks had to only begin transitioning to the new rules on July 1, 2025, with full compliance not due for a ridiculously long five years – on July 1, 2028. Whatever Scalia was doing behind the scenes appears to have worked out well for Dimon. We know that federal banking regulators had originally planned to increase JPMorgan Chase’s capital requirement by 25 percent because Dimon stated that fact in his April letter to shareholders, writing that if the capital rules proposed by the FDIC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve are implemented, they “would increase our firm’s required capital by 25%.” But instead of 25 percent, when the Fed released its new capital requirements for the megabanks on August 28, the Fed raised JPMorgan Chase’s capital requirement by just 7.89 percent from the 2023 level, taking it from a total capital requirement of 11.4 in 2023 to just 12.3 in 2024. Had the 25 percent increase been imposed, JPMorgan Chase’s capital requirement would have totaled 14.25. The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research, which was created under the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation of 2010 to provide federal regulators with up-to-date research on threats to financial stability, has created a “Bank Systemic Risk Monitor” that provides an overall score to show the systemic risk a particular bank represents to U.S. financial stability. JPMorgan Chase’s score for last year was 857, which is 23 percent higher than the next riskiest bank on the list, Citigroup, which has a systemic risk score of 697. (Citigroup is the bank that blew itself up in the financial crash of 2008 and received over $2.5 trillion in secret revolving loans from the Fed from December 2007 through July of 2010 according to the eventual audit released by the Government Accountability Office.) Equally noteworthy, JPMorgan Chase’s score is twice that of Deutsche Bank USA (DB USA), which has a systemic risk score of 422. And yet, when the Fed released its capital increases on August 28, it raised Deutsche Bank USA’s capital requirement from 13.8 in 2023 to 18.4 currently – an increase of a whopping 33 percent versus an increase of 7.89 percent for JPMorgan Chase. So if Dimon got everything he wanted with the help of Scalia, why is the Bank Policy Institute, of which Dimon serves as Chairman, moving ahead with a lawsuit against the Fed? According to Senator Elizabeth Warren at a Senate Banking hearing on March 7 with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, it was Powell that led the efforts inside the Fed to weaken the capital rule after getting pressure from the megabanks. Warren told Powell this: “You are the leader of the Fed and when the heat was on last year, you talked a lot about getting tougher on the banks. But now the giant banks are unhappy about that and you’ve gone weak-kneed on this. The American people need a leader at the Fed who has the courage to stand up to these banks and protect our financial system.” Dimon’s and Scalia’s strategy may be to send a permanent message to the other federal banking regulators and any future Fed Chair that you might find your agency hauled into federal court by a Big Law firm if you don’t do the bidding of the Wall Street megabanks. Scalia is one of the lawyers representing multiple plaintiffs in the newly filed lawsuit. What is particularly outrageous about all this is that a similar bank front group called the Clearing House Association had the audacity to battle in court – all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court (which declined to hear the case) — to prevent the Fed from releasing the names of the megabanks and the trillions of dollars in emergency revolving loans these banks had received from the Fed for two and a half years following the banks blowing up Wall Street and the U.S. economy from 2008 to 2010. The megabanks were “owners” of the Clearing House Association according to its legal filing and it brazenly demanded secrecy from the courts on this unprecedented money spigot from the Fed to the banks. It failed in that effort. Now these same banks want us to believe that their mission in filing this lawsuit is to force “transparency” from the Fed to enhance the public interest. The new court filing by the Bank Policy Institute states that “The Clearing House Association [is] one of the Bank Policy Institute’s predecessors….”

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Google Abused Monopoly Over Search Market, Court Finds
by Gunnar Larson 01 Jan '25

01 Jan '25

Google Abused Monopoly Over Search Market, Court Finds <https://www.law360.com/articles/1866624?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> By Matthew Perlman A D.C. federal judge ruled on Monday that Google is a monopolist in the general search market and has violated antitrust law by paying billions of dollars to make its search engine the default on devices made by Apple, Samsung and others. Opinion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1866624?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1866624?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…>

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Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks
by Gunnar Larson 01 Jan '25

01 Jan '25

Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks <https://www.law360.com/articles/1879068?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> By Law360 Staff After months of a relatively steady pace of law firm mergers and acquisitions, the trio of proposed BigLaw tie-ups announced in recent days will likely spur more firms toward entertaining similar deal talks, experts say. Here, Law360 offers a snapshot of the proposed deals. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1879068?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1879068?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…>

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The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
by Gunnar Larson 01 Jan '25

01 Jan '25

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court <https://www.law360.com/articles/1851553?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> By Jack Karp This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including gerrymandering, abortion and federal agency authority, and a hot bench ever more willing to engage in a lengthy back-and-forth with advocates. Here's a look at the law firms that argued the most cases and how they fared. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1851553?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1851553?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…>

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FTC Bars Employers From Imposing Noncompete Contracts
by Gunnar Larson 01 Jan '25

01 Jan '25

FTC Bars Employers From Imposing Noncompete Contracts <https://www.law360.com/articles/1828527?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> By Bryan Koenig The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday to ban essentially all noncompete agreements that employers frequently impose on workers, leaving an earlier draft of the ban mostly unchanged other than to allow existing noncompete agreements with senior executives to remain while banning future ones for top corporate officials. Final Rule attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1828527?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1828527?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…>

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12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar
by Gunnar Larson 01 Jan '25

01 Jan '25

12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar <https://www.law360.com/articles/1847896?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> By Jeff Overley and Katie Buehler One attorney hasn't lost a single U.S. Supreme Court case she's argued, or even a single justice's vote. One attorney is perhaps "the preeminent SCOTUS advocate." And one may soon become U.S. solicitor general, despite acknowledging there are "judges out there who don't like me." All three are among a dozen lawyers in the vanguard of the Supreme Court bar's next generation, poised to follow in the footsteps of the bar's current icons. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1847896?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/articles/1847896?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90f1-02d55…>

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