Salena Zito, Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, James Lawson and Fairfax County’s Office of Elections & General Registrar Director Gary Scott on The Larry O’Connor Show 08.07.2020


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The economy is struggling, but gun sales are soaring (Washington Examiner)

The delicate aroma of coffee beans and hand-rolled cigars begins to beckon your senses walking along Allegheny River Boulevard long before you find yourself standing in front of the Smoke N’ Guns shop.

Outside, four black leather chairs, spread a respectable 6 feet apart, are waiting for either the overflow of customers or for locals such as Marcello Frollo to hold court as he enjoys a rolled cigar along with his double espresso as he listens to the cars rumble along the brick-lined street.[Read More]

AMERICA’S MOST GULLIBLE JOURNALIST: ‘VISIT PORTLAND!’ (Ann Coulter)

The entire mainstream media (plus Fox News!) have been assuring us that Portland was a tranquil town, with the occasional peaceful protest … until President Trump’s storm troopers showed up and turned it into a war zone.

This portrayal contrasts markedly with videos that have been posted on Twitter every night for more than two months now, especially by @MrAndyNgo, showing helmeted psychotics hurling Molotov cocktails at the police, among other acts of mindless destruction. [Read More]

Fairfax County Election Officials Warn Voters About Inaccurate Center for Voter Information Mailing (Fairfax County)

Fairfax County election officials want to alert voters about an inaccurate and potentially misleading mailing from the Center for Voter Information.

An example of the inaccurate, potentially misleading mailing from the Center for Voting Information.
Be on the lookout for this inaccurate mailing to county voters.
This group is mass mailing pre-filled, absentee ballot applications to county voters without their request—and the mailer includes return envelopes to send the application to the City of Fairfax, not Fairfax County. [Read More]

Police: Rape suspect, freed due to virus, kills his accuser in Alexandria (WJLA)

A rape suspect who was released from jail in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Ibrahim E. Bouaichi, went on to kill the woman who had accused him, police in Virginia say.

On Wednesday, July 29, officers found a woman shot to death on S. Greenmount Drive. It was Alexandria’s first homicide of the year. The victim was later identified as Karla Elizabeth Dominguez Gonzalez. [Read More]

Seeing Trump as ‘unpredictable,’ China would prefer he not win reelection, intelligence official says (The Washington Post)

The government of China prefers that President Trump not win reelection in November, seeing the incumbent as “unpredictable,” a top U.S. intelligence official said in a statement Friday about China and other countries’ efforts to influence the 2020 election.

“China has been expanding its influence efforts” ahead of the vote in November, pressuring political figures it sees as opposed to its interest and trying to “deflect and counter criticism of China,” said William Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, following up on briefings that he has privately given to lawmakers. [Read More]

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