>>10285030, >>10285037, >>10285145 Ex-F.B.I. Lawyer Expected to Plead Guilty in Durham Investigation

Am I reading this right, “charged and agreed to a Plea deal, does that mean he’s not getting jail time or letting him off as a states witness? If he gets off without jail time, I for one won’t be happy. I guess I don’t completely understand being charged and a plea deal

Retail Sales Rise on Strong Electronics and Appliance Stores Sales

I bet Trump supporters are doing most of this, now wouldn’t that be funny

Sales at electronics and appliance stores jumped much higher in July, pushing up overall sales despite a reported decline in sales of autos.

Retail sales at electronics and appliance stores jumped 22.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, following a 37.6 percent gain in the prior month, data published by the Commerce Department on Friday showed. Compared with a year ago, July’s appliance and electronics sales were down 2.8 percent.

For the first seven months of the year, sales at electronic and appliance stores are down 18.6 percent.

Overall retail sales rose at a seasonally adjusted 1.2 percent, below the consensus forecast for a 2 percent growth. Excluding autos, however, sales were up 1.9 percent, beating expectations for a 1.5 percent gain.

Overall retail sales grew 8.4 percent in June after a double-digit percentage rise in May. Three months of gains has pushed sales above the pre-pandemic level seen in February, a remarkable recovery following unprecedented declines as much of the economy shut down in March and April to combat the coronavirus.

Auto sales have reportedly been strong since the economy reopened but the Commerce Department’s data showed sales falling 1.2 percent in July. In June, auto sales were up 9.1 percent. Compared with a year ago, auto sales were up 6.1 percent.

Sales at gas stations were up for a second consecutive month, rising 6.2 percent as gas prices moved up. Compared with a year ago, gas station sales were down 15.6 percent.

Grocery store sales rose 0.4 percent and they are 10.6 percent higher than a year ago. Over the first seven months of the year, grocery store sales are up 12.8 percent.

Sales in restaurants and bars rose 5 percent following the June reopening surge of 26.7 percent. Compared with a year ago, sales were down 18.9 percent. Year to date, sales are down 21.4 percent.

Clothing store sales were up 5.7 percent but are still down 21.9 percent compared with a year ago. Year to date, sales at these stores have plunged 36.5 percent.

Sales at home improvement stores slipped 2.9 percent for the month but were 14.8 percent higher than a year ago. Year to date, sales are up 11.3 percent.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/08/14/retail-sales-rise-on-strong-electronics-and-appliance-stores-sales/

GAO finds acting DHS chief Chad Wolf, deputy Cuccinelli invalidly appointed to posts GAO said it was referring the matter to the department's inspector general

Of course DS going after the two most effective leaders preventing illegal immigration. It never ends

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Friday said that the appointments of acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and acting Deputy Ken Cuccinelli were made invalidly – raising questions about the legality of decisions made during their tenures.

“Because the incorrect official assumed the title of Acting Secretary at that time, subsequent amendments to the order of succession made by that official were invalid and officials who assumed their positions under such amendments, including Chad Wolf and Kenneth Cuccinelli, were named by reference to an invalid order of succession,” the report, by Congress' investigative body, concluded.

The GAO investigated how the Trump administration filled posts at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without Senate confirmation.

It found that, when then-DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned in April 2019, the order of succession dictated that it should have been the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who took over. Instead, President Trump appointed Kevin McAleenan – who was then the head of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The opinion found that DHS mistakenly referred to regulations that spelled out the process for a disaster or catastrophic emergency, rather than an executive order that governed the typical order of succession.

“Mr. McAleenan would have been the appropriate official had Secretary Nielsen been unavailable to act during a disaster or catastrophic emergency. That was not the case here,” the report said.

Before he resigned, McAleenan revised the process to allow combine the two processes – allowing Wolf and Cuccinelli to be appointed. But, the GAO found, because McAleenan was invalidly appointed, so were the changes he made to the order of succession.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gao-dhs-chief-chad-wolf-deputy-cuccinelli-invalidly-appointed

Coronavirus-sniffing dogs deployed at Dubai Airport with 91% accuracy: report

Hey instead of spending billions in tests, we should test like this, and it would fun for those who loves dogs. Much more accurate and immediate results

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/coronavirus-sniffing-dogs-dubai-airport