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  • 'Male Supremacism' Conference Spirals Into Open Call for Authoritarian Censorship

    04/29/2025 9:25:29 AM PDT · by HKMk23 · 37 replies
    Townhall ^ | 04/28/2025 | Jeff Charles
    A Virginia Commonwealth University professor called for deplatforming right-leaning media figures and influencers to “disrupt capitalism.” Podcaster and blogger Dr. Karlyn Borysenko went undercover to report on the Male Supremacism Studies Conference. Dr. Kay Coghill, during a conversation at the conference, advocated for silencing those who hold conservative or Republican views.
  • Juvenile in hospital, known gang associate in custody after police shooting in Fairfax Co.

    04/29/2025 4:31:11 AM PDT · by Bulwinkle · 3 replies
    ABC7-WJLA ^ | 4/29/2025 | Jessica James
    Virginia State Police troopers were involved in a shooting overnight on Tuesday in Fairfax County, according to Virginia State Police (VSP). Around 12:43 a.m., a trooper was alerted that a suspect had fled in their vehicle during a traffic stop conducted by Fairfax City Police near Burke Station Road and Main Street.
  • Virginia Rep. Connolly says he will not seek reelection after cancer returns

    04/28/2025 9:21:31 AM PDT · by VanShuyten · 3 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 4/28/2025 | Two Armus
    Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia), a longtime liberal voice representing Northern Virginia in Congress, announced Monday that he would not be seeking reelection next year after his esophageal cancer returned following treatment.
  • Breaking: Rep. Gerry Connolly Announces He's Stepping Back From Leadership Due to Health Issues (D-VA)

    04/28/2025 9:03:29 AM PDT · by CFW · 19 replies
    Red State ^ | 4/28/25 | Susie Moore
    Some rather surprising news out of Washington. D.C., Monday morning, as Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) announced that he will not be seeking reelection in 2026. More significantly in the near term, he will be stepping back from leadership and stepping down as the ranking member of the Oversight Committee. Unfortunately, the reason for Connolly's announcement is that his cancer has returned. Connolly, who is 75, has served in Congress since 2009. Shortly before he was reelected in November 2024, Connolly disclosed that he had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and would be undergoing chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Following his reelection, Connolly...
  • Fairfax County police name suspect in shooting of two officers during traffic stop

    04/24/2025 2:56:12 PM PDT · by VanShuyten · 15 replies
    WJLA TV ^ | 4/24/2025 | 7News Staff
    FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Fairfax County police released the name of the man who allegedly shot two police officers in Fairfax, Virginia, on Wednesday afternoon. …. More officers were called to the scene, and when they arrived, Wali allegedly reached for a firearm and shot two officers. A third officer fired his weapon, striking Wali four times, officials said. …. The two officers were taken to a local hospital in a "non-life-threatening condition," officials said, and Wali was pronounced dead on the scene. Officers recovered the firearm that Wali allegedly had.
  • Substitute teacher arrested for indecent exposure near Ashburn school, deputies say

    04/22/2025 5:34:35 AM PDT · by Nifty · 9 replies
    DC News Now ^ | 4/22/2025 | Anna Chen
    ASHBURN, Va. (DC News Now) — The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) said a substitute teacher was arrested for indecent exposure outside Stone Hill Middle School Monday morning. LCSO said deputies responded to the school in the 22000 block of Carter Meadow Terrace in Ashburn just before 10:45 a.m. It had been reported that a man was engaging in a sexual act while alone inside a parked car. Man arrested for sexual assault inside Target in Reston, police say The car was about 30 feet from the school’s perimeter fence and 200 feet from the rear entrance, LCSO noted. Wade...
  • The Sears-Spanberger Race in VA Getting Feisty

    04/17/2025 4:27:07 PM PDT · by T Ruth · 11 replies
    Hot Air ^ | April 17, 2025 | Beege Welborn
    The governor's race in Virginia to replace term-limited Glenn Youngkin is on, and the two nominees are already swinging heavy timber at each other. The Republican candidate is none other than Virginia's electrifying, battle-tested, and uber-competent Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears. ***To be honest, there was a bit of a bumpy spot in the relationship between VA Trump supporters and Sears because of her feelings a few years ago, but those all seem to have been smoothed over. ......She said her opinion changed after hearing his speech at the Republican National Convention last summer. “I wanted to hear that he has...
  • We've uncovered legal documents showing NY Attorney General Letitia James declared a Virginia house her "principal residence" just weeks before leading the Trump fraud trial.

    04/01/2025 6:02:59 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 24 replies
    X.com ^ | 7:45 PM · Apr 1, 2025 | Sam E. Antar✓ @SamAntar
    Read our full investigation (6 Min Read): ▶️https://whitecollarfraud.com/2025/04/01/exclusive-ny-attorney-general-letitia-james-declares-virginia-home-her-principal-residence/ Our investigation reveals: ❌ She signed: “I HEREBY DECLARE that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence” ❌ The $219K mortgage required occupancy within 60 days—while she was in NY court daily ❌ NY law: moving out-of-state = automatic office vacancy ❌ The property & mortgage? Missing from her official disclosures ❌ This wasn’t boilerplate—it was a standalone legal declaration. ❌ They were not written by a lawyer acting on James’ behalf. They were her words. Her intent. Her signature.
  • Revealed: NY Attorney General Letitia James Declares Virginia Home Her ‘Principal Residence’

    04/11/2025 7:03:39 AM PDT · by bitt · 40 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Apr. 11, 2025 | Sam Antar
    Letitia James, New York’s Attorney General, has built her career on exposing deception. But a quiet real estate transaction in Norfolk, Virginia—carried out just weeks before the Trump fraud trial she championed—now raises serious questions about her own compliance with New York law. A declaration buried in legal filings states her intent to make a Virginia house her principal residence: “I HEREBY DECLARE that I intend to occupy this property as my principal residence.” Those words appear in black and white in a Specific Power of Attorney, signed by James and filed in Norfolk on August 17, 2023, authorizing her...
  • Signed Documents Released: Roberts asserts Virginia as home of principal residence.

    09/25/2014 6:18:25 PM PDT · by Din Maker · 45 replies
    Topeka Capital-Journal ^ | September 24, 2014 | Tim Carpenter
    U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts put a signature to documents associated with the mortgage on a Virginia residence that identify the Fairfax County home as “principal residence” of the three-term incumbent Republican. The re-election campaign of the Kansan has been awash in controversy about whether his ownership of a duplex in Dodge City, which is rented out, and his payment of about $300 a month for a room in a Dodge City supporter's home satisfied legal requirements for public office. On Wednesday, records surfaced that Roberts signed a Deed of Trust in 1997 and 2003 for property owned in Alexandria, Va.,...
  • 4 suspects charged after 3 dead, others injured in Spotsylvania County shooting

    04/09/2025 9:16:45 AM PDT · by VanShuyten · 24 replies
    WJLA ^ | 4/9/2025 | Winston Rogers, Lianna Golden & Ida Domingo
    SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Authorities have "all suspects" in custody after three people were killed and at least three more were injured after a shooting near Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Tuesday, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office (SCSO). Two 16-year-olds, one 17-year-old and an 18-year-old identified as Jeremiah Upson have been arrested and charged with "malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony unlawful assembly," according to an update by SCSO on Wednesday morning.
  • Trump to sign executive order to help dying U.S. coal industry

    04/08/2025 9:41:41 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 14 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | April 8, 2025 | Maxine Joselow
    The president will direct agencies to boost coal leasing, mining and exports. But these steps are unlikely to usher in a coal renaissance.President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at boosting the struggling U.S. coal industry, according to White House officials.Flanked by coal miners wearing hard hats at the White House, Trump will direct federal agencies to loosen various restrictions on coal mining, leasing and exports. He will instruct the Interior Department to resume coal leasing on millions of acres of public lands, and he will order the Energy Department and other agencies to study whether...
  • Fairfax County (VA) School Board member accused of embezzling $175K for 'strip clubs,' 'vacations,' and more

    04/06/2025 8:17:09 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 16 replies
    Fox News ^ | Apr 6, 2025
    FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA - A lawsuit filed against Fairfax County School Board member Kyle McDaniel by a local flight school accuses him of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the business — including using the company credit card for entertainment, personal expenses and campaign-related expenses. They also say he continued to embezzle after getting caught and paying some of the money back. By the numbers: McDaniel is accused of embezzling $175,000 from flight school Blue Label Aviation. He's alleged to have spent the money on luxuries like strip clubs as well as to subsidize his campaign for office, according...
  • National Security Agency chief and deputy director dismissed

    04/03/2025 10:25:07 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    NBC News ^ | April 3, 2025, 10:58 PM CDT | Courtney Kube and Dan De Luce
    Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh had been both the head of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the NSA, a role he'd held since February 2024. The director and the No. 2 official at the National Security Agency were ousted from their positions Thursday, according to a defense official and three sources with knowledge of the matter. It was not immediately clear why Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh and his deputy were dismissed, the sources said. The White House National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night. Haugh was both the head of...
  • Ted Cruz Warns Army About Stonewalling DC Black Hawk Crash

    04/02/2025 10:16:32 AM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    Red State ^ | April 02, 2025 | Ward Clark
    On Tuesday, in a meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee, the chair of that committee, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), had some sharp words for the U.S. Army regarding the January 29th collision of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter with an American Airlines passenger jet near Reagan National Airport. The crash killed 67 people. ... Senator Cruz warned the Army: I want to be explicit to the Army. Every one of us here supports a strong national defense, but the Army does not have at its option ignoring the United States Senate. And if there is another accident, it another...
  • Youngkin Edits Far-Left Legislator’s Gun Bill, Making It Prohibit Secret Gender Transitions For Kids

    04/02/2025 8:21:06 AM PDT · by Twotone · 9 replies
    The Daily Wire ^ | April 1, 2025 | Luke Rosiak
    Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin used his veto power to send a bill back to the Democrat-controlled legislature with a clever change. The legislature last month passed a bill introduced by State Delegate Laura Jane Cohen (D-Fairfax), a far-left former school board member, requiring schools to text and email parents each school year, admonishing them to lock up any guns they own. Youngkin added a provision that would require schools to also communicate with parents before transitioning a child to a different gender. Democrats previously voted down a similar bill, but now they will have to vote whether to accept or...
  • I drove 300 miles in rural Virginia, then asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car. Here’s what I learned.

    03/31/2025 3:32:56 PM PDT · by Twotone · 90 replies
    Cardinal News ^ | March 28, 2025 | Jeff Schwaner
    Two police officers walked into a doughnut shop. It’s not the opening line of a joke; it’s what I saw as I was working on an early draft of this story in March at the Staunton Dunkin’, about a quarter mile from where my vehicle was captured on a Flock camera in January and February coming back from my trips to Cardinal’s Roanoke office. Their eyes may have strayed to the racks of Boston creme, lemon-filled and coconut-covered doughnuts as they strode to the counter with purpose, but they were here for something else. Surveillance footage. The research for State...
  • Half of US States now outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns

    03/30/2025 10:29:58 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 48 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Monday, March 31, 2025 | Press Trust of India
    Washington -- In New Mexico, police and prosecutors backed an effort to outlaw devices that convert pistols into machine guns. In Alabama, the governor made it a priority. Lawmakers in both states - one led by Democrats, the other by Republicans - responded this year with new laws making so-called Glock switches illegal. At least half of US states now have similar laws prohibiting the possession of such devices, a list that has grown over the past decade as law enforcement officers have found more of the tiny yet powerful devices attached to guns. States are mimicking federal law, which...
  • Delta plane, Air Force jet nearly crash at DC airport— just 2 months after midair collision killed 67

    03/29/2025 10:32:41 AM PDT · by T.B. Yoits · 58 replies
    New York Post ^ | 3/29/2025 | Nicholas McEntyre
    A Delta Airlines plane carrying 136 people nearly collided with a military jet Friday afternoon in a loss-of-separation incident outside the same DC airport where a mid-air collision took the lives of 67 people in January. Delta Airlines Flight 2983 departed its gate from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at 2:55 p.m. local time and was cleared for takeoff to Minneapolis-St. Paul around 3:15 p.m As the commercial plane headed south over the Potomac River, a group of four Northrop T38 Talon jets traveled west toward Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover. The Airbus A319 and the military jet crossed...
  • Warner: Gabbard, Ratcliffe ‘Lied’ Under Oath to Congress

    03/26/2025 8:06:39 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 105 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2025 | Pam Key
    Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe “lied” under oath to the Senate Intelligence Committee when denying classified information was included in a Signal group chat on military strikes against the Houthis. Co-host host Mika Brzezinski said, “Senator, do these text messages that are now released by The Atlantic, by Jeffrey’s reporting, answer some of the questions that you couldn’t get answers to yesterday?” Warner said, “Well, it sure answers the question that the two witnesses, I believe, lied when they said, ‘Oh, nothing to...