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Lake Audubon a man-made lake in Reston may soon chart new waters with a new name. Reston Association’s Board of Directors has begun preliminary conversations to consider launching a community dialogue on potentially renaming the lake, which is named after 19th century artist and known enslaver John James Audubon. The move, pitched by director John Farrell, would kickstart a community dialogue on the possibility of a name change. Early next year, Farrell will host an exploratory meeting with area stakeholders to discuss whether or not there is interest in changing the name of the lake. “It seems to me that...

Join an intimate group of leading corporate executives and board members for an off-the record discussion on the role of business in the public square. A compendium of crises, ranging from climate change to the Covid-19 pandemic, and shifting demands from employees and customers are transforming the business landscape, giving rise to important sustainability initiatives. How are we going to navigate this next horizon? Together we will explore two themes. 1. Business as unusual. What paradigms are decaying and how can we help them leave well? 2. Emerging future. What initiatives are being born today and how do we help...

Amid a feared takeover bid from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Twitter’s board of directors threatened to fight back with a “poison pill” strategy, allowing it to flood the market with new shares if Musk buys more than 15 percent of the company. Fending off Musk’s $43 billion offer by creating more shares could dilute the value of shareholders’ stock — but Twitter’s 10 board members own just a tiny portion, Musk noted in an April 16 tweet: “The Twitter board collectively owns almost no shares! Objectively, their economic interests are simply not aligned with shareholders.” That same day, even Twitter...

What would it have been like to live in Babel in the days after its destruction? In the Book of Genesis, we are told that the descendants of Noah built a great city in the land of Shinar. They built a tower “with its top in the heavens” to “make a name” for themselves. God was offended by the hubris of humanity and said: Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let...

You can't make this stuff up. NIAID Director Anthony Fauci says if you got flu, there is no need for a flu vaccine. Facebook and their independent fact-checker have labelled this false information. In other words, Facebook is telling everyone that Fauci spreads misinformation. Note: the fact check can't be referring to the post because the post just asks the question, "How has no one in the media found this Anthony Fauci clip sooner?"

Once again, we see the conservative pundit class go bananas over the new motion filings from the Durham investigation in the last few days. Suddenly, everybody at Fox News is “expecting more indictments” at any moment! (How did that turn out for Sean Hannity and Dan Bongino the last time?) Suddenly, everybody is supposed to be excited that Durham’s crack team finally figured out spying activities against Donald Trump that occurred in July 2016. This is a mistake. The first question you should be asking yourself is why it took the Justice Department almost 6 years to figure out those...

Virginia governor under barrage of media, Democratic attacks ... Va. Gov Glenn Youngkin joins 'Hannity' with reaction

How is the mood in Virginia these days? It appears to be a bit litigious. Last month, seven school boards announced they were suing Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin over his executive order banning mask mandates in schools. The ACLU is also suing Youngkin over the order, despite the fact that it used to sue to protect liberties, not infringe on them. Youngkin, meanwhile, is suing the Loudoun County School Board, which is also being sued by parents incensed over its mask policies as well as all of its other policies … This brings us back to Youngkin. The man who...

Should there be indications of widespread Democrat voter fraud in Tuesday’s election, Republicans are ready to battle on behalf of gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin in Virginia. Sources within a coordinated effort to get out the vote and secure election integrity in Virginia shared details on their efforts with The Virginia Star. “Glenn Youngkin’s team along with the RNC, RGA, RSLC, and Republican Party of Virginia are working together to secure the integrity of the election in Virginia,” those sources said. More than 50 election integrity trainings with over 3,200 attendees have been held in preparation for the election, the sources...

The Virginia Republican Party said Tuesday that some voters are incorrectly being told at some polling locations in the state that a mask must be worn – as residents cast ballots on a slate of contests including the state's high-profile governor's race. "There have been several reports from voters who say they were told by poll workers that they are required to wear a mask in order to vote," read a tweet from the Virginia GOP account. "To be clear, if someone is not wearing a face covering they may NOT be turned away or refused their right to vote."...

Attention Virginia voters! Today is Election Day. - Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. - If you are line by 7 p.m., you will be able to vote. - If you need to reach out to the Office of Elections with an issue, you may contact them at: voting@fairfaxcounty.gov or 703-222-0776 TTY 711

During the 2020 election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hundreds of millions of dollars to turn out likely Democratic voters. But this wasn’t traditional political spending. He funded a targeted, private takeover of government election operations by nominally nonpartisan — but demonstrably ideological — nonprofit organizations. Analysis conducted by our team demonstrates this money significantly increased Joe Biden’s vote margin in key swing states. In places like Georgia, when Biden won by 12,000 votes, and Arizona, where he won by 10,000, the spending likely put him over the top. This unprecedented merger of public-election offices with private resources and personnel...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D‑CA), who sits on the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol riot, announced over the weekend that they are “prepared to go forward and urge the Justice Department” to prosecute conservatives who refuse to comply with their subpoenas. The House committee is especially intent on sinking their fangs into Steve Bannon. The committee may refer Bannon for criminal prosecution by the Department of Justice (DOJ) if he doesn’t show up for a deposition slated for Thursday according to The Hill. McQuade said the committee has other options. It could seek the assistance of the House sergeant-at-arms to...

Internal Capitol Police documents were obtained and released by legal watchdog Judicial Watch. The nearly 500 pages of interviews of witnesses and investigators of the Ashli Babbitt shooting reveal “no good reason for shooting,” according to Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “These previously secret records show there was no good reason to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt,” Fitton said. “The Biden-Garland Justice Department and the Pelosi Congress have much to answer for the over the mishandling and cover-up of this scandalous killing of an American citizen by the U.S. Capitol Police.”

On this episode of “The Federalist Radio Hour,” Federalist Senior Editor Mollie Hemingway joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to go behind the scenes of her new book “Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections.” “After 2020, which was easily the weirdest national election we’ve gone through in memory — it was, you know, massive changes to election laws, massive changes to the procedures by which we handled voting, massive propaganda, massive tech suppression — like all these things that made people feel very uncomfortable about how things were done,” Hemingway said. “Then you weren’t allowed...

A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday by election skeptics who sought to inspect absentee ballots from last year’s presidential election, a decision that came a day after Georgia election investigators told the court they were unable to find any counterfeit ballots. Superior Court Judge Brian Amero ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue, bringing the case to a close and keeping Fulton County’s 147,000 original absentee ballots under seal. The judge’s order is the latest in a series of decisions against supporters of Republican President Donald Trump who have asked the courts to help them pursue suspicions of fraud...

Jonathan Isaac in recent years has been forced to discuss off-the-court topics more regularly than anything basketball related. In July 2020, Isaac’s return from a knee injury that sidelined him for seven months was overshadowed by his decision to stand during the National Anthem …

You can tell from the videos that the so-called “insurrection” and “worst attack since the Civil War” looked more like an Open House. There was no violence, the Trump supporters were peaceful, orderly and all left the building when they were asked to.

Jack Maxey is a Navy Veteran and former co-host of the War Room Podcast. He has been a champion of the truth about the family of Democrat Joe Biden for a long time. Further, Maxey has been the sole power keeping the contents of the laptop in public. Also, he has been demanding transparency by way of government investigations. Jack doesn't mince any words, even about Trump and his failings. This video is one of the most informative and insightful videos I have seen in a long time. This is worth watching from beginning to end.

Are those who oppose a ban on cars or a radical reduction in speed limits sociopaths, given the huge number of people they are knowingly consigning to death or maiming? In virtually every realm of public policy, Americans embrace policies which they know will kill people, sometimes large numbers of people. They do so not because they are psychopaths but because they are rational: they assess that those deaths that will inevitably result from the policies they support are worth it in exchange for the benefits those policies provide. This rational cost-benefit analysis, even when not expressed in such explicit...