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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Department of Education will be "much smaller" under President Donald Trump's executive order. She said Pell Grants and student loans will still be managed on the federal level. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ECjsJi9eh/
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ECjsJi9eh/ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Department of Education will be "much smaller" under President Donald Trump's executive order. She said Pell Grants and student loans will still be managed on the federal level.

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The completed head of the Statue of Liberty on display at the third Paris World Fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris, France in 1878. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ANQL1i5JD/
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ANQL1i5JD/ The completed head of the Statue of Liberty on display at the third Paris World Fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris, France in 1878. See 50 iconic and rare black and white photos: https://bit.ly/3kkKLF3

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Future Queen of England https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HSFvz7igT/
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HSFvz7igT/ Future Queen of England

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"We are not going to tolerate such behavior by men pretending to be women." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Trump firmly believes there are only "two sexes" and remains committed to defending the rights of women and girls." https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15umvfdfTS/
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15umvfdfTS/ "We are not going to tolerate such behavior by men pretending to be women." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Trump firmly believes there are only "two sexes" and remains committed to defending the rights of women and girls.

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"Crypto’s Most Powerful Regulator Is Here Adrienne Harris, New York’s financial watchdog, has enormous sway over the industry’s future" https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/adrienne-harris-is-cryptos-most-powerful-regulator.html
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Mr. Dugan: My name is Gunnar Larson and I a am co-founder at xNY.io - Bank.org. Back in 2024 I wrote you (below) but never heard back. - *Are you the appropriate person to discuss the article "Crypto’s Most Powerful Regulator Is Here Adrienne Harris, New York’s financial watchdog, has enormous sway over the industry’s future"* - *https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/adrienne-harris-is-cryptos-most-powerful-regulator.html <https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/adrienne-harris-is-cryptos-most-pow…>* CCd are NYDFD Superintendent Harris and NYAG James. Warm regards, Gunnar Larson -- Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson *xNY.io - Bank.org* 917-580-8053 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001 On Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 6:36 PM Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: > Kevin: > > Are you the author of this article titled "Crypto’s Most Powerful > Regulator Is Here Adrienne Harris, New York’s financial watchdog, has > enormous sway over the industry’s future: > https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/adrienne-harris-is-cryptos-most-pow…" > as noted in the article by-line? > > Your article mentions recusal records. > > However, xNY.io - Bank.org cannot locate any recusal records mentioned in > the article. > > Did your reporting for this article include follow-up on recusals by > chance? > > Thank you, > > Gunnar > -- > Gunnar Larson > > xNY.io | Bank.org > > MSc - Digital Currency > MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) > > G(a)xNY.io > > +1-917-580-8053 > > New York, New York 10001 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> > Date: Sat, Apr 13, 2024, 8:08 AM > Subject: Re: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request > FOIL-2024-097305-022021 > To: <Idel.Lendoff(a)dfs.ny.gov> > Cc: JeanBaptiste, Pascale (DFS) <Pascale.JeanBaptiste(a)dfs.ny.gov>, < > cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org>, <letitia.james(a)ag.ny.gov>, Reader, Shaun < > sreader(a)curtis.com>, Harris, Adrienne A (DFS) <Adrienne.Harris(a)dfs.ny.gov> > > > Dear Idel Lendoff: > > NY-DFS has delayed answering if there are any Superintendent recusal > records mentioned by New York Magazine several times. > > xNY.io - Bank.org today kindly petitions New York State Department of > Financial Services' esteemed action against any worry of public corruption > concerning recusal records of the current Superintendent. > > Given the history of NY-DFS Superintendent durability, especially given > the previous NY-DFS Superintendent, it would seem that New York Magazine's > mention of NY-DFS Superintendent recusals is evidently prudent for > follow-up by xNY.io - Bank.org. > > Being clear, it was not xNY.io - Bank.org who first mentioned NY-DFS > Superintendent recusals, it was New York Magazine. > > NY-DFS' latest response of delaying response of any recusal records until > May 10, 2024 sparks further worry of public corruption (similar to that of > Superintendent Lacewell). > > Simply, can NY-DFS answer if there are any Superintendent recusal records > by 5:00pm Monday April 15, 2024? After Monday, we will need to confirm with > New York Magazine if their reporting is correct. > > We cannot assume these recusal records away. > > Warm regards, > > Gunnar > > 2024-097305: 3/11/24: Dear Madam or Sir: On March 30, 2022 New York > Magazine published a profile of NY-DFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris > titled "Crypto’s Most Powerful Regulator Is Here Adrienne Harris, New > York’s financial watchdog, has enormous sway over the industry’s future" ( > https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/adrienne-harris-is-cryptos-most-pow…) > The profile of Superintendent Harris quotes "... that she would recuse > herself from any dealings with companies she has conflicts with." xNY.io - > Bank.org seeks access to any and all records specific to Superintendent > Harris' recusal(s) as of February 1, 2024. Thank you, Gunnar -- Gunnar > Larson xNY.io | Bank.org MSc - Digital Currency MBA - Entrepreneurship and > Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-917-580-8053 New York, New York 10001 > > -- > Gunnar Larson > > xNY.io | Bank.org > > MSc - Digital Currency > MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) > > G(a)xNY.io > > +1-917-580-8053 > > New York, New York 10001 > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024, 2:53 PM <Idel.Lendoff(a)dfs.ny.gov> wrote: > >> Good afternoon, >> >> Attached please find correspondence from the NYS Department of Financial >> Services, pertaining to your FOIL request. >> >> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Tracking Number:FOIL-2024-097305-022021 >> >

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@POTAS Gestures As He Stands in the Presidential Box at the Kennedy Center
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Dad: Did you see this? Thank you, Gunnar https://www.instagram.com/p/DHVuQ9wRVWm/?igsh=MTE4cGtvdG1tdW51MQ==

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President Trump Signs Executive Order to Eliminate the Department of Education: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHctMypsT2x/?igsh=MWx0bzlzeWFzcnF3eg==
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHctMypsT2x/?igsh=MWx0bzlzeWFzcnF3eg== President Trump Signs Executive Order to Eliminate the Department of Education

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Here’s What Came Crashing Down Yesterday for Trump’s “Genius” Guy, Elon Musk: Tesla Stock, Access to Twitter (X), His Years of Secret Calls with Putin
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2025/03/heres-what-came-crashing-down-yester… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: March 11, 2024 ~ Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office Billionaires Donald Trump and Elon Musk share a common credo: It’s legal if you can get away with it. (Key evidence to support that claim is the jury conviction of Donald Trump on 34 felony counts and his ability to secure a second term as President and the fact that Musk and his companies were under investigation by five federal Inspectors General – right before Donald Trump fired them and made Musk the investigator. There is also the not insignificant detail reported by the Wall Street Journal that Musk uses illegal drugs.) This credo came crashing down on the heads of both men yesterday. The U.S. stock market, a barometer of presidential leadership, plunged. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 890 points while the tech heavy Nasdaq dived 727.89 points or 4 percent. Tesla, the electric vehicle company where Musk serves as the missing-in-action CEO, whose stock represents the largest portion of Musk’s wealth, lost a stunning 15.43 percent – in one day. That brings the decline in Tesla’s share price from the Friday before Trump took office on Monday, January 20, to yesterday’s closing bell, to 47.9 percent. Musk can now expect more shareholder lawsuits alleging breach of fiduciary duty — to the pile that already exist. Trump will now attempt to do damage control by meeting with the CEOs at some of the largest U.S. corporations today. Musk, for his part, on a day when his hubris was unraveling all around him, thought it appropriate to post a Tweet calling Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, a decorated former Navy Captain and combat pilot and a former astronaut, a “traitor.” Musk was responding to Kelly’s visit to Ukraine and his Tweets about why the U.S. must stand firm in support of Ukraine. It should be noted that supporting Ukraine over the illegal invasion of the country by Russia was the official policy of the U.S. until Trump unilaterally decided recently that it wasn’t. Now, one has to question what role Elon Musk, Trump’s largest campaign donor to the tune of more than a quarter billion dollars, has played in that decision. In October of last year, the Wall Street Journal reported the following in an article titled (paywall) Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin. “Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a linchpin of U.S. space efforts, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022.” “At one point, Putin asked the billionaire to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, said two people briefed on the request.” “Musk has forged deep business ties with U.S. military and intelligence agencies, giving him unique visibility into some of America’s most sensitive space programs. SpaceX, which operates the Starlink service, won a $1.8 billion classified contract in 2021 and is the primary rocket launcher for the Pentagon and NASA. Musk has a security clearance that allows him access to certain classified information.” At the same time that Musk was chatting it up with Putin, the Russian dictator was on a U.S. sanctions list over his illegal invasion of Ukraine and bombing of its cities and towns. Immediately upon learning about the Wall Street Journal article, NASA administrator Bill Nelon called for a government investigation, citing national security concerns. Musk owns the Twitter social media platform, which he renamed “X.” According to DownDetector data and comments posted on its website, Twitter (X) was inaccessible for much of yesterday to users in the U.S. and countries around the globe. According to Musk, it was under “a massive cyberattack.” That Musk cannot put up adequate firewalls to protect Twitter (X) from many hours of global outages is not a comforting thought for a man being allowed by Trump to send teams of his software engineers to tap into federal government computer systems. The dangerous threats to U.S. national security, trust by our allies, market stability, consumer and business confidence, which directly impacts the U.S. economy, of this Musk/Trump/Russia realignment will no doubt come up when Trump meets with corporate CEOs today. Will any have the courage to break their silence on the subject? The fact that the Dow is down another 361 points as of 10:03 a.m. EDT this morning suggests that the worst is yet to come.

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BREAKING: High Court Vacates 7th Circ. In False Statements Case
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

BREAKING: High Court Vacates 7th Circ. In False Statements Case <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/2314148?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90…> By Sarah Jarvis The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank, clarifying that the federal law in question criminalizes false statements but not those that are merely misleading. Opinion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/2314148?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/2314148?nl_pk=e602c558-f520-472e-90…>

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DOGGIES AT THIS TIME ARE VERY IMPORTANT https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BeV595L5m/
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BeV595L5m/ DOGGIES AT THIS TIME ARE VERY IMPORTANT

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