CNN says Tim Walz lied about his DUI arrest during his 2006 campaign for a US House seat

First ABC News about his military service, now CNN about this.

 https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/tim-walz-2006-campaign-falsely-described-dwi-kfile/index.html

ABC News says Tim Walz didn't deny he served in Afghanistan, appears to have known his unit would be deployed, and repeatedly referred to himself for years with a rank he didn't have

https://abcnews.go.com/US/walz-previously-faced-criticism-characterized-military-service-records/story?id=112833386
 

In early 2016, Tim Walz sat down with CSPAN for a bipartisan discussion about his opposition to President Barack Obama's push to reduce troop levels overseas. To begin the panel, the host introduced Walz -- at the time in his fifth term as a U.S. representative -- in part by incorrectly outlining his military service.

"Enlisted in the Army National Guard at 17 and retired 24 years later as Command Sergeant Major," she said of Walz, "and served with his battalion in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan."

Walz nodded in agreement at that statement -- despite the fact that, according to military records and his own admission, he had never served in Afghanistan. ...

 

These inaccuracies, which at times went uncorrected, include Walz not denying the statement that he served in Afghanistan, and Walz repeatedly saying that he retired with a rank he achieved but did not retire with, as well as an instance in 2018 of Walz claiming that he carried weapons of war "in war," about which the Harris-Walz campaign said that he misspoke. ...

Walz appears to have been aware prior to his retirement that his unit was under consideration for deployment. ...

 

In the National Guard, Walz began serving as command sergeant major, a leadership position, in 2004, and was officially appointed to the role in April 2005, shortly before he retired from service, according to a statement from Army Col. Ruan Cochran. However Walz did not remain in the role long enough to keep the title in retirement.

Still, Walz repeatedly referred to himself as a "retired command sergeant major" for years.

-- ABC News

Kamala Harris is nothing but an authoritarian, a cop, whose first instinct is to use federal power to ban things she doesn't like, such as grocery prices, guns, and hate speech

David French knew she was an authoritarian already in 2019, but he's voting for her in 2024.

LOL they have fewer than 12 weeks to turn it around

The last word in this story is "groceries".

 

WH Economic Advisor Bernstein To People Feeling "Negative Vibes" About High Prices: "We Hear You, We're Working Hard"

 

 

Beans and rice are supposed to be the cheapest things you can eat: They'll cost you more than ever

 

Eggs are up again to $3.08 from $1.24 five years ago: 148%

 

Core CPI inflation is 3.2% year over year in July 2024

Core inflation has been below 4 and above 3 for eight months now.

 

C'mon man, we haven't made any progress on inflation in over a year now

 Overall CPI inflation was 2.96% year over year in . . . June 2023.

In July 2024 it's 2.89%.

What a joke.

GIVE ME A BREAK.

The price of real money

 Gold prices hovered near record highs on Wednesday, steered by hopes of U.S. interest rate reduction and persistent Middle East tensions, while the spotlight shifted to U.S. inflation data. Spot gold was up 0.2% to $2,469.35 per ounce, shy of the record high of $2,483.60 scaled last month. U.S. gold futures steadied at $2,508.40.

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The gold price averaged $612.56 in 1980 according to Kitco. Adjusted for CPI inflation that would be about $2,327.10 in June 2024. So . . . gold is holding its value . . . relative to the high prices of 1980.

But there were more opportune times to buy gold than now.

See an inflation-adjusted price chart here.

Core producer prices, aka wholesale prices, were up 2.4% year over year in July 2024, overall prices up 2.2%

The little guy at the end of the chain is still getting screwed, just less hard than before.

Reported yesterday:

Kamala Harris denied Time Magazine's request for an interview, but they put her on the cover anyway lol

 Craven bastards.

It's odd how Minnesota Public Radio News to this day says Tim Walz is a Command Sergeant Major and served in Afghanistan when neither is true

 https://www.mprnews.org/story/2006/11/08/1dist

Tim Walz is a conventional California lefty on immigration who rammed through his radical policies in Minnesota once Democrats got control of its legislature

Kamala Harris picked him because she went with her gut.

As the Democratic governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz signed into law initiatives allowing immigrants in the country illegally to apply for driver’s licenses, qualify for free tuition at state universities and enroll in the state’s free healthcare program for low-income residents. Walz’s actions on immigration—nearly all taken in the last two years, when Democrats had control of the state Legislature—put him squarely in the mainstream of his party. ...

Allowing those without a legal immigration status to drive legally, go to college at in-state rates and enroll in health insurance are pieces of a two-decade project by Democrats ...

“He’s more in line with what we’re seeing in states across the country led by a Democrat,” said Victoria Francis, deputy director of state and local initiatives at the American Immigration Council, a liberal-leaning national advocacy organization.

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People forget that in this clip from Nov 20, 2019, Harris pledged herself as the candidate who would "rebuild the Obama coalition", that's who you're getting

 Kamala Harris dropped out of the race on Dec 3, 2019. Tulsi Gabbard stayed in.

Tim Walz implies he stood at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan as a member of the national guard

 He didn't. He was in Congress when he did that, on January 9, 2008:

WALZ RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS TRIP INVESTIGATING MILITARY HEALTHCARE.

It's all so vivid in his mind on 9/11/2021 right? So vivid he puts Bagram in Iraq.

The period between the words "national guard. I stood" is 2005-2008.

His guard service ended in 2005. The Middle East trip was in January 2008.

 

 

These aren't serious articles about Kamala Harris, just attempts to tone down her leftism to make her seem more palatable

The left is thrilled with her.

 

Joe Biden confirms Anita Dunn: He was bullied out of the race by Nancy Pelosi and her allies

 Biden admits he was pushed out of presidential race, name-drops Pelosi in first interview since exit

“Nancy made clear that they could do this the easy way or the hard way,” one Democrat who had knowledge of the private conversations told Politico. “She gave them three weeks of the easy way. It was about to be the hard way.”

 

 

Rural Minnesota is not happy with Tim Walz, so he's ignoring them this year

 

As I said

 

36 Hamas Wing delegates and members to DNC convention in Chicago welcome "progressive" Tim Walz, call for mass demonstrations

“Vice President Kamala Harris has finally heeded the voices of thousands of pro-Palestinian delegates, activists and allies,” the Muslim Delegates & Allies Coalition said in a Thursday press release. “This decision highlights the importance of staying engaged with the political system and actively participating in the Democratic Party’s processes.”

To that end, “we encourage mass demonstrations at the Democratic National Committee this month to confront this foreign policy debacle,” said the organization. ...

“The progressive Tim Walz’s selection over Shapiro, following a weekend frenzy of social media activism and media campaigns, marks a significant setback for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,” the release said. “The American Muslim electorate demands an immediate and permanent cease-fire and arms embargo on Israel.”

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