O'Connor & Company

In the 5 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed: Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brandKamala Harris mocked for relaunching campaign as 'Gen-Z progressive hub' | Fox NewsMaryland’s Taxes and Cost of Living Are Ridiculous Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Friday, February 6, 2025 / 5 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 6 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed: Prince George's Leader Defends $43,000 Hotel Stay During Storm Baltimore City Schools trained teachers on gender identity amid academic declineBaltimore City Health Department held racially segregated equity meetings, records showPresident launches TrumpRx.gov website offering Americans discounted prescription drug prices: ‘Historic’ Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Friday, February 6, 2025 / 6 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 7 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed: WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - MATT SCHLAPP - chairman of the American Conservative Union – discussed his latest Capitol Hill event on narcoterrorism. SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/CPACGov. Wes Moore said the Maryland state flag is a 'contradiction.’ Would he change it?Moore’s X post backtrackWMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM - INTERVIEW - DR. JENNIFER LONDON - founder of the National American History and Founders Month OrganizationHer recent OpEd - As America nears 250, do we remember why it endures? | Washington TimesSen. Kaine seeks to strip Robert E. Lee's name from Arlington House historic site Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDCShow Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Friday, February 6, 2025 / 7 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 8 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Patrice Onwuka discussed: WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - LOUDOUN COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE CHAPMAN Gov. Spanberger ends ICE agreement involving Virginia State Police and corrections officersWMAL GUEST: 8:15 AM - INTERVIEW - CHRIS KLOMP - Director of Medicare and Deputy Administrator of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Senior Advisor to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr – discussed the TrumpRX announcement yesterday. President launches TrumpRx.gov website offering Americans discounted prescription drug prices: ‘Historic’WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - KATIE PAVLICH - host of NewsNation's Katie Pavlich Tonight – discussed her new show at 10 pm on weekdays. SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/KatiePavlichSean Spicer on X: "This is Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones’ parking spot on Grace Street in downtown Richmond Apparently when you threaten your political opponent with “two bullets to the head” they make it a gun free zone Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Friday, February 6, 2025 / 8 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: MATT SCHLAPP (Chairman of the American Conservative Union) on the "Combating Narco-Terrorism Summit" on Capitol Hill and the threat of criminal regimes. WEBSITE: Conservative.org SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/MSchlapp READ: Mexican Right-Wing Group to Host CPAC Summit Targeting US Support Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Friday, February 6, 2026 / 7 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: DR. JENNIFER LONDON (Founder of the National American History and Founders Month Organization) on the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States and the importance of preserving American history. WEBSITE: AmericanHistoryAndFoundersMonth.com SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/America250 READ: As America Nears 250, Do We Remember Why It Endures? Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Friday, February 6, 2026 / 7 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: MIKE CHAPMAN (Loudoun County Sheriff) on Governor Spanberger’s executive order ending the agreement between Virginia State Police and ICE. WEBSITE: Sheriff.Loudoun.gov SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/LoudounSheriff READ: Gov. Spanberger Ends ICE Agreement Involving Virginia State Police and Corrections Officers Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Friday, February 6, 2026 / 8 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: CHRIS KLOMP (Director of Medicare and Deputy Administrator of CMS) on the launch of TrumpRX.gov and the administration’s new deals with pharmaceutical companies. WEBSITE: CMS.gov READ: President Launches TrumpRx.gov Website Offering Americans Discounted Prescription Drug Prices Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Friday, February 6, 2026 / 8 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KATIE PAVLICH (Host of "Katie Pavlich Tonight" on NewsNation) on the news of the day and her new primetime show. WEBSITE: KatiePavlich.com SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/KatiePavlich READ: Katie Pavlich Joins NewsNation as Primetime Host Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Friday, February 6, 2026 / 8 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 5 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Cassie Smedile discussed: Washington Post begins sweeping layoffs as it sharply scales back news coverageWes Moore Says the KKK Chased His Great-Grandfather Out of South Carolina. Historical Records Tell a Different Story. Supreme Court shuts down California GOP bid to block Newsom's new map Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, @CMSmedile and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2025 / 5 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 6 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Cassie Smedile discussed: WMAL GUEST: 6:05 AM - INTERVIEW - SEAN KENNEDY - Virginians 4 Safe Communities SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/VA4SafeComm TOPICS: An Arlington jury just found Virginia sex offender Richard Cox GUILTY of two counts of possessing child pornography. Cox identifies as a transgender woman, and allegedly exposed himself to girls in Fairfax and Arlington locker rooms. https://x.com/nickminock/status/2019140117945020480?s=46&t=JAP3tHVoDsAyO5r6QT5_IQ Virginia Democrats are voting on this bill in committee today to give child rapists a chance to get out of jail early, and Progressives on this site really want to act like the Epstein story works to their favor. If Epstein had been arrested in Virginia, Democrats would have given him an easier time getting bail (another bill they're carrying), eliminated any mandatory minimum sentences for his crimes (yet another bill of theirs), and if he were sent to prison, they would have given him a chance to get out early. https://x.com/christianheiens/status/2019073498581274973?s=46&t=JAP3tHVoDsAyO5r6QT5_IQ WMAL GUEST: 6:30 AM - INTERVIEW - HANS VON SPAKOVSKY - Senior Legal Fellow at Advancing American Freedom’s (AAF), Former Fulton County Registration and Election Board member and former member of the Federal Election Commission SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/HvonSpakovsky TOPICS: Supreme Court shuts down California GOP bid to block Newsom's new map Republicans, Trump run into Senate roadblock on voter ID bill Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, @CMSmedile and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2025 / 6 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 7 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Cassie Smedlie discussed: WMAL GUEST: 7:05 AM INTERVIEW: TIM GRAHAM - Executive Editor of NewsBusters at MRC TOPIC: Washington Post begins sweeping layoffs as it sharply scales back news coverage The 'ShamWow guy' is running for Congress in Texas WMAL GUEST: 7:35 AM INTERVIEW - ANDREW KERR - Investigative Reporter, Washington Free Beacon SOCIAL MEDIA: https://x.com/AndrewKerrNC TOPIC: Wes Moore Says the KKK Chased His Great-Grandfather Out of South Carolina. Historical Records Tell a Different Story. Nonprofit tied to mayor’s wife stops operations after receiving $100K in taxpayer funds Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, @CMSmedile and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2025 / 7 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 8 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Cassie Smedlie discussed: WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - JOHN COMMERFORD - NRA-ILA Executive Director WEBSITE: https://www.nraila.org/ TOPIC: The Fight for Guns Rights in Virginia VA Del. DAN HELMER currently represents the 10th district post-redistricting, which is located entirely in Fairfax County.HELMER introduced legislation to eliminate religious freedom in Virginia:Impose a number of strict regulations for all private schools who receive any form of public funding: HB 359 – Private School Use of Public Funds for Tuition and Standards Addresses use of public funds for private elementary and secondary school tuition (introduced and sponsored by Helmer). BESSENT VS DEMS ON HILL(1) Daily Caller on X: "MAXINE WATERS: “Can you shut him up?” SCOTT BESSENT: “Can you maintain some level of dignity?” https://t.co/8h7QeYmPvT" / X(2) Eric Daugherty on X: "🚨 BREAKING: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just TRIGGERED Democrat Rep. Lynch after he erupted in a FIT OF RAGE LYNCH: *Yelling incoherently* BESSENT: "Could you speak a little louder? I can't hear you!" 😂😂 LYNCH: "Yeah, OK..." Bessent infuriates all of them! https://t.co/gN8dq1aTIV" / X(1) Juanita Broaddrick on X: "🚨 These Democrat morons are wishing they had never called Sec. Bessent to the Hill. Bessent continues to make them look RIDICULOUS and it’s BEAUTIFUL!!😂😂 https://t.co/PaHytmtK13" / X(2) Benny Johnson on X: "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reveals there will be a Super Bowl commercial for “Trump Accounts” right after singing of the National Anthem: “We are prepared for a flood of sign ups.” https://t.co/GS2waxBrX9" / X(2) Nick Sortor on X: "🚨 WHAT THE HELL? Democrat Rep. Gregory Meeks just started incoherently SCREAMING at Secretary Bessent Are there ANY reasonable Democrats left in Congress? Going apesh*t every time they get to talk is why these hearings are always such a circus. TOTAL waste of Bessent’s time https://t.co/uCc1apKEI9" / X Trump to place Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, @CMSmedile and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2025 / 8 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: SEAN KENNEDY (Virginians 4 Safe Communities) on the guilty verdict for Virginia sex offender Richard Cox and Democrats’ proposed legislation on child rapists. SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/VA4SafeComm READ: Arlington Jury Finds Richard Cox Guilty Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2026 / 6 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: HANS VON SPAKOVSKY (Senior Legal Fellow at Advancing American Freedom) on the Supreme Court rejecting the California GOP’s bid to block Governor Newsom’s new congressional map. WEBSITE: AdvancingAmericanFreedom.com SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/HvonSpakovsky READ: Supreme Court Shuts Down California GOP Bid to Block Newsom's New Map Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2026 / 6 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: TIM GRAHAM (Executive Editor of NewsBusters) on the Washington Post laying off a third of its workforce and scaling back news coverage. WEBSITE: NewsBusters.org SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/TimJGraham READ: Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2026 / 7 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: ANDREW KERR (Investigative Reporter, Washington Free Beacon) on historical records contradicting Governor Wes Moore’s story about his great-grandfather fleeing the KKK. WEBSITE: FreeBeacon.com SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/AndrewKerrNC READ: Wes Moore Says the KKK Chased His Great-Grandfather Out of South Carolina. Historical Records Tell a Different Story. Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2026 / 7 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WMAL GUEST: JOHN COMMERFORD (NRA-ILA Executive Director) on the fight against new gun control proposals in Virginia, including "assault weapon" bans and red flag law expansions. WEBSITE: NRAILA.org SOCIAL MEDIA: X.com/NRAILA READ: Virginia’s Gun Owners Must Stand Up Before It’s Too Late Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Audible and Spotify Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @JGunlock, @PatricePinkfile, and @HeatherHunterDC Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Website: WMAL.com/OConnor-Company Episode: Thursday, February 5, 2026 / 8 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 5 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Bethany Mandel discussed: Trump and Amb. Grenell Launch $257M Fast-Tracked Restoration of Trump Kennedy Center After Years of NeglectSavannah Guthrie pulls out of Olympics, investigation continuesSearch Continues for Missing 84-Year-Old Nancy Guthrie Amid Ransom Note Reports / XThe View cohosts warn audience of danger after Don Lemon's arrest: 'What do you think will happen to us?' Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, @bethantyshondark and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 / 5 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 6 AM Hour: Larry O’Connor and Bethany Mandel discussed: The Patriot Oasis™ on X: "🔥🚨 BREAKING: The Tongva Tribe in California FIRES BACK at Billie Eilish and her Grammy speech: "As the First People of the greater Los Angeles basin, we do understand that her home is situated in our ancestral land. Eilish HAS NOT contacted our tribe directly regarding her https://t.co/9nUTtlDJot" / XTed Cruz on X: "I asked Netflix and Warner Bros. executives if we are on “stolen land.” They, apparently, have “no idea the history of this land.” Worrisome is an understatement. https://t.co/dGrnCp0NgA" / XEpstein claimed Bill Gates caught STD from ‘sex with Russian girls,’ slipped Melinda antibiotics in latest files released by DOJWMAL GUEST: 6:35 AM - INTERVIEW - CAL THOMAS - TOPICS: First signs of chill on NYC Mayor Mamdani? Cleaning streets after snow is always #1 issue. Celebs turn on him: Michael Rapaport blasts NYC as ‘dirty snow covered dump’ as celebs call out Mayor Mamdani over slow cleanup. Debra Messing and Michael Rapaport blast NYC Mayor Mamdani over uncleared streets nearly a week after massive snow. Bill and Hillary to return to Washington to testify after first refusing and then submitting following likely contempt of Congress vote (and some Democrats are in favor). (My column for Thursday) Maryland House, Senate pass bills to ban ICE agreements Where to find more about WMAL's morning show: Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor, @Jgunlock, @patricepinkfile, @bethantyshondark and @heatherhunterdc. Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 / 6 AM Hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.