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Harris-Walz is That Bad: CNBC Host Tells Viewers ‘If You Care About Your Paycheck, Go with Trump’

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MSNBC Data Guru Dooms Harris for Picking Tim Walz as Running Mate: ‘Fell off the Cliff’

MSNBC’s data guru has spelled doom for the Democrats’ hopes of retaining the White House after Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the November election.

Data reporter Steve Kornacki said Tuesday that Walz may not be able to move the needle in key states as the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee.

Vice President Harris announced Tuesday morning she chose Walz to be her running mate.

Harris passed over Pennsylvania’s Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro.

During an appearance on “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Kornacki said that Walz’s 2022 re-election win was similar to how Democrat President Joe Biden carried Minnesota in 2020.

“When you look at what Tim Walz actually pulled off to get elected, to get re-elected in 2022, it’s the Biden model, demographically, regionally,” Kornacki told host Ana Cabrera.

“You go county by county, there’s not much variance between how Walz did and how Biden did.

“Walz ran up huge numbers, look at this, this is the biggest county in the state, Hennepin County, Minneapolis here.

“Walz ran up huge numbers, Biden ran up huge numbers.

“Now go into greater Minnesota, let’s take a look at, like, Stearns County here,” Kornacki continued.

“Look, Walz lost this by 23 points.

“What did Biden lose it by? 23 points.

“And this is the kind of county, by the way, in Minnesota and across the Midwest here, that Democrats are hoping Walz will help them with,” Kornacki warned.

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Gov. Tim Walz Previously Campaigned For Sen. Amy Klobuchar Over Biden and Harris In 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary

As The Gateway Pundit reported on Tuesday morning, Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has tagged Democrat Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate.

In February 2019, Gov. Walz was not a big fan of Biden and Harris and opted to endorse Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar in the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary race.

In a February 2019 post on X, Walz wrote, “I’ve worked alongside Amy for 12 years. No one is better prepared to lead our country. She’s optimistic about what we can do together.”

“I was proud to be with her at Boom Island today — and even prouder to support Amy Klobuchar for President of the United States,” added Walz.

Walz’s endorsement didn’t do much, and Klobuchar dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary, only snagging seven delegates.

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I couldn’t be more proud of my friend @amyklobuchar for her incredible performance in tonight’s New Hampshire primary.

Amy has shown time and time again that she can bring people together and build a winning coalition to beat Donald Trump. #Klobmentum #WinBig pic.twitter.com/Sf4mhG4BKT

— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) February 12, 2020

I’ve worked alongside Amy for 12 years. No one is better prepared to lead our country. She’s optimistic about what we can do together.

I was proud to be with her at Boom Island today — and even prouder to support @amyklobuchar for President of the United States. #AmyForAmerica pic.twitter.com/D5qniuinWl

— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) February 11, 2019

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Tim Walz’s Wife Appears To PRAISE Violent BLM Riots In Shocking Re-Surfaced Clip: ‘Such A Touchstone’

Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz has come under fire for her comments regarding the violent riots that shook Minneapolis in 2020. A resurfaced video clip showcased Walz in a rather questionable light, just as her husband, Governor Tim Walz, is thrust onto the national stage as Vice President Kamala Harris’s choice for running mate.

The clip, dating back to a 2020 interview, captures Gwen Walz discussing the early days of the Black Lives Matter riots with a disturbing sense of nostalgia. “I could smell the burning tires,” Walz recounted. “That was a very real thing. And I kept the windows open for as long as I could because I felt like that was such a touchstone of what was happening.”

The timing of the clip’s resurfacing could not be more inopportune for Governor Tim Walz, who was recently announced as Vice President Harris’s running mate in the upcoming election. Harris, who assumed the party’s nomination after President Joe Biden’s unexpected withdrawal last month, praised Walz’s “leadership and dedication” as key factors in her decision. Walz, a former Congressman and current second-term Governor, is seen as a crucial figure in an attempt to strengthen the Democrat ticket.

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Tim Walz was in office during the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020, which began in Minneapolis before spreading throughout the nation. Before a trial had occurred, Walz condemned Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and said the infamous video of his encounter with George Floyd was “disturbing.”

“The lack of humanity in this disturbing video is sickening. We will get answers and seek justice,” he said at the time. Chauvin was ultimately convicted of murder — after nationwide riots that killed more than 20 people and caused billions of dollars in property damage — though the trial has become a subject of intense controversy. Hundreds of pages of sworn testimony from Hennepin County prosecutors have now revealed that prosecutors acknowledged the “extreme pressure” to prosecute Derrick Chauvin and three additional former Minneapolis police officers. According to a report from Alpha News, multiple employees of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, including a prosecutor, withdrew after stating that the pressure to charge the other three officers involved, “violated professional and ethical rules.”

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Tim Walz’s immigration record: What to know about Harris’s running mate

Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) record on immigration has come into focus after Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, selected the Minnesotan as her running mate.

Harris is vulnerable on immigration after being tasked early on as vice president with addressing the root causes of the border crisis — only for illegal immigration levels to rise to historic highs during her tenure.

As Harris goes up against former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, in November, her selection of a Democrat with a record of implementing progressive immigration policies could give Harris a leg-up with Democrats but also give pause to independents and Republicans concerned about border security.

Walz beat out centrist candidate Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who had broken with the White House in recent years to call for President Joe Biden to finish portions of the Trump-era border wall and opposed its plan to end Title 42, a border policy that allowed illegal immigrants to be returned to Mexico.

Walz has held public office for nearly two decades and has shifted further to the Left with support for policies that benefit illegal immigrants, even reupping in early August a clip of him stating he would invest in ladders capable of getting migrants in Mexico over the border wall.

“I always say, ‘Let me know how high it is.’ If it’s 25 feet, then I’ll invest in a 30-foot-ladder factory. That’s not how you stop this,” Walz said.

Donald Trump sunk the bipartisan border security bill so he could run on the issue. He’d rather play politics for his benefit than secure our border. Kamala Harris will make sure we pass the damn thing. pic.twitter.com/bKLWUyyFWa

— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) August 2, 2024

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Tim Walz Turned His State Into A Destination For Late-Term Abortions

Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz pushed to turn Minnesota into an abortion “safe haven” just one day after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been at the forefront of the Biden administration’s pro-abortion policies, selected Walz on Tuesday to be her running mate for the 2024 presidential election. The Minnesota governor issued an executive order on June 25, 2022, that said individuals entering Minnesota from states that restrict abortion would not be extradited for receiving the procedure.

“Reproductive freedom is a right under Minnesota law…that right no longer exists in many states, including many of our neighboring states,” Walz wrote in the order, bemoaning the restrictions states would soon apply. “The impending loss of freedom to people around the nation poses an imminent threat to the health and safety of people in Minnesota to the extent that other states may seek to infringe on essential liberties protected by the Minnesota Constitution.”

To our neighbors in Iowa: Minnesota is and will remain a safe haven for reproductive freedom.

— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) June 28, 2024

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Harris’ VP Pick is Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Known For Draconian COVID Policies, BLM Riots, Radical Pro-Abortion And Pro-Trans Policies

Kamala Harris has reportedly chosen liberal Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her vice presidential running mate in an apparent attempt to strengthen the Democrat ticket in Midwestern states.

Walz, 60, is known for his delayed response to the destructive George Floyd riots in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020, and his draconian COVID lockdown measures, which included a snitch line to report on those thought to be violating the state’s edicts. He is also radically pro-abortion, pro-sanctuary city, pro-child mutilation, and anti-fracking.

Additionally, a group of retired Command Sergeants Major of the Minnesota National Guard came forward in 2018 to accuse Walz of “embellish[ing] and selectively omitt[ing] facts and circumstances of his military career for years.”

In recent days, Walz has been all over the media parroting the Harris campaign’s “mean-girl” taunts depicting former President Donald Trump’s VP pick, Senator J.D. Vance, as “weird.”

“[H]e’s been a disaster for Minnesota and is by far the most partisan governor that I can remember having,” Minnesota GOP Chairman David Hann told Fox News Digital. “Going back to 2020, certainly—he did nothing to try to stop the riots going on in Minneapolis. I think he was fearful of alienating his ‘progressive’ base, who were supporting the riots. Kamala Harris was raising money for the rioters.”

Walz allowed Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters to rampage throughout the city for three nights before calling for the National Guard to be deployed. The heavy rioting from May 27, 2020, to the overnight hours of May 29, 2020, resulted in an estimated $500 million of damages to 1,500 property locations, 604 arrests, 164 instances of arson, and two riot-related deaths. Minnesota news outlet Alpha News produced a documentary entitled “the Fall of Minneapolis” last year shedding light on the tragic impacts of Walz’s mismanagement during the George Floyd riots, including the collapse of law and order.

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Are Most Americans Familiar With Gov. Tim Walz? Here’s What a New Poll Shows

On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that radical left-wing Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota would be her running mate in the 2024 presidential election.

As Townhall covered, Walz supports abortion up til birth, transgender surgeries for children, socialism, among other things. When the Black Lives Matter militants rioted in his cities over George Floyd’s death, Walz waited days to call in the National Guard. After the riots, Walz admitted that he failed at handling the riots.

A new poll published Tuesday asked respondents if they were familiar with Walz and his record.

The new NPR/PBS News, Marist National poll reviewed by The Hill found that over 70 percent of respondents said that they did not know enough about Walz to have an opinion on him.

In the findings, 71 percent did not know enough about Walz to form an opinion on him. On the contrary, 17 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of him and 12 percent of respondents viewed him unfavorably.

The same survey found that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shaprio and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly are better known among respondents.

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Battle of the Midwest running mates: Tim Walz vs. JD Vance

Vice President Kamala Harris’s selection of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate on Tuesday sets up a Midwestern showdown against Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), former President Donald Trump’s running mate.

Democrats were already rallying around Walz to join the Harris ticket, given his upbeat personality during media interviews as he attacked Trump, Vance, and the rest of the GOP as “weird,” a phrase that is relatable to non-politicos.

“There’s a lot of folks excited about him. I think he’s just a good-natured human being, and I think the party is kind of cherishing that,” said Michael Ceraso, a Democratic strategist. “And I would argue J.D. does come off more contrarian, way more contrarian than Gov. Walz.”

Walz’s Midwestern background has already prompted Democrats to claim he can nullify Vance’s benefits to the Trump campaign as an Ohio legislator who wrote about Appalachia in his book Hillbilly Elegy.

“This is really the guy that J.D. Vance is pretending to be. This is a guy from small-town America who has played by the rules,” Claire McCaskill, former Missouri senator, told MSNBC. “He’s going to be able to go after J.D. Vance and Donald Trump in a way that is really relatable and is kind of in sync with the Kamala Harris campaign.”

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Kamala Harris Officially Announces SHOCKING VP Candidate

Vice President Kamala Harris has now officially selected her presidential running mate after weeks of intense speculation following President Biden’s unprecedented decision to drop out of the presidential race last month. Harris has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who is currently in the middle of his second term after he was first elected in 2018. Prior to his time in the governor’s mansion, Walz represented Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District from 2007 through 2019.

Walz was in office during the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020, which began in Minneapolis before spreading throughout the nation. Before a trial had occurred, Walz condemned Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and said the infamous video of his encounter with George Floyd was “disturbing.”

Harris made the selection official with a video clip on Tuesday that many social media users denounced as “staged.”

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When I called @Tim_Walz this morning to ask him to join our campaign, I shared my deep level of respect for him and the work we’ve done together.

We’re going to unify this country and we’re going to win.

Let’s go get this done. pic.twitter.com/EcqZ497lyk

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 6, 2024

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UK Descends into Chaos as “Rule of Law” Apparently has Been Rescinded

On Sunday, I summarized new reports about the anti-immigration protests and unrest that erupted after three young girls were murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in northwest England last week.

However, I want to go back and focus on the victims of the Southport stabbing, as the response of the elite media and the United Kingdom’s political elite have made choices that seem to be upending the rule of law that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws,

You know…like the one first established in England by the Magna Carta.

To begin with, I tried to locate an in-depth summary of the victims, Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar. It was a challenge, as their names have been lost in an avalanche of reports attacking the far right”.

The heartbreak for the loss of little girls, who should have been safe in a children’s dance class, is palpable.

Jean Stevenson said Elsie Dot Stancombe was “absolutely the sweetest child you could ever wish to meet”.

Ms Stevenson said she had been teaching Elsie to sew, and remembered her delight at being able to make her own top.

“I thought I could go on giving her lessons and passing my skills on,” Ms Stevenson said as she laid flowers close to where Elsie was killed.

…Ms Stevenson was one of the thousands of people who have laid flowers or attended vigils since the attack.

She said: “It’s true what they say about the Southport community: a very close knit community, a very family-orientated area.

“Stuff like this just doesn’t happen here.”

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maryland’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban  Tampa Free Press

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A federal complaint unsealed on Tuesday in Brooklyn has charged Asif Merchant, also known as “Asif Raza Merchant,” a 46-year-old Pakistani national, with murder-for-hire in connection with a foiled assassination plot targeting a politician or U.S. government officials on American soil.

The plot was thwarted by law enforcement before any attack could be executed. Merchant is currently in federal custody in New York, according to the press release.

FBI investigators believe that the intended targets of the plot included Trump and other current and former U.S. government officials, according to a U.S. official briefed on the matter, per CNN.

According to court documents, Merchant orchestrated a plot to assassinate a politician or U.S. government officials on U.S. soil. In approximately April 2024, after spending time in Iran, Merchant arrived in the United States from Pakistan and contacted a person he believed could assist him with the scheme. This individual reported Merchant’s intentions to law enforcement and became a confidential source (CS).

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The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that a Pakistani national has been charged in connection with a plot to assassinate a politician or US government official on US soil.

Asif Merchant, also known as Asif Raza Merchant, 46, arrived in the US in April of 2024 after spending some time in Iran. When he arrived in the US, he contacted a person who he believed could assist him in the plot, with that person reporting Merchant to law enforcement and becoming a confidential source (CS).

While the Department of Justice press release did not name the potential targets of the plot, a US official briefed on the matter told CNN that FBI investigators believed 2024 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and other current and former US officials were the intended targets.

The DOJ stated that Merchant explained the assassination plot to the CS in a New York meeting, telling the CS “that the opportunity he had for the CS was not a one-time opportunity and would be ongoing.” Merchant made a “finger gun” gesture with his hand, “indicating that the opportunity was related to a killing.”

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Federal authorities have charged Asif Merchant, a Pakistani national, in a plot to potentially assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York has unveiled a detailed complaint that reads like a script from a Hollywood movie, outlining Merchant’s elaborate plan to kill Trump and other high-profile U.S. officials.

Merchant, also known as Asif Raza Merchant, stands accused of conspiring to commit murder for hire. The 46-year-old, who has ties to Pakistan, Iran, and Iraq, reportedly masterminded the plot from overseas, traveling to the U.S. to recruit hitmen for the job.

According to the FBI, the plot began to take shape in April 2024, when Merchant flew from Pakistan to Houston, Texas. Under the guise of discussing business opportunities, he reached out to a confidential source who eventually alerted law enforcement to the nefarious scheme. This source then introduced Merchant to two undercover law enforcement officers posing as hitmen.

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Columbia University is considering taking harsher measures against the pro-Hamas crowd on campus as classes are set to begin again in the fall.

University President Minouche Shafik has proposed beefing up security with more officers who are granted arrest powers to deploy against rowdy protesters supposedly advocating for the Palestinians, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive. We reported earlier that the pro-Hamas crowd is already gearing up for another round of protests at campuses across the country.

In a proposal currently under discussion among administrators, the school would add “peace officers” to its security personnel, according to people briefed on the proposal. Columbia currently has about 290 campus security personnel.

The people say it is still in early stages but could lead to peace officers with the authority to arrest and physically contact a student; current campus officers can do neither except under exceptional circumstances including self-defense. The cost, quantity of officers and even uniforms are under debate, as is whether Shafik needs approval from faculty or the university’s board.

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US personnel have been injured in a suspected rocket attack against Al Asad airbase in Iraq, according to three US officials who spoke to Reuters. The outlet reported that several US personnel were injured during the attack.

The outlet reported that the sources were citing preliminary information about the attack which could change. Security sources told the outlet that two Katyusha rockets were fired at the base in western Iraq, on Monday.

“Base personnel are conducting a post-attack damage assessment,” one of the officials commented. The attack comes as concerns over tensions in the region have mounted with the killings of Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist group leaders.

Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec reported that five to six Americans were injured and that there were several getting surgery.

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How Venezuela’s communist government is using tech surveillance to cling to power

Protests and upheaval have roiled Venezuela following a contested election on July 28. Incumbent leader Nicolas Maduro claims victory by a margin of 51% to 44%, while his opponent leader, Edmundo Gonzalez, says his coalition garnered 66% of the vote. It’s worth noting that Gonzalez was 25 points up in polls through most of July.

The United States has officially recognized Gonzalez as the victor, joining a chorus of international criticism of the election’s lack of transparency.

Reports detail at least 15 protesters killed so far by Venezuelan authorities, including a teenager who stopped to watch the protests on the way back from a party. There have been at least 39 injuries reported, and over 1,000 protesters have been arrested.

The internet has led to significant democratization in many ways simultaneously, as it has allowed the rise of technocracy and autocratic governments to clamp down even farther on popular discontent they dislike.

Prior to the election, Maduro emphasized there would be a “bloodbath” if he didn’t win this time around. He has the wherewithal to make good on his threat, given that he’s in charge of the nation’s army, cops, courts, and most of its lethal paramilitary gangs. Even leftist-led Brazil and Colombia have expressed concerns over the situation and the transparency of Venezuela’s July 28 election, urging Maduro to reveal the vote tallies that prove his claims publicly.

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The New York State Supreme Court has knocked down an effort by New York City Mayor Eric Adams to ban buses from dropping off illegal aliens in the Big Apple.

The Mayor had filed for a preliminary injunction banning Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from sending busloads of illegals to New York City. Bu the New York Civil Liberties Union argued that his idea was illegal and his ban should be vacated. Ultimately, the state’s highest court agreed with the activists and denied Adams his bus ban.

As Jazz Shaw noted:

The mayor’s lawsuit had targeted 17 bus companies. He demanded that they either stop dropping off migrants in the city or pay the city a staggering sum of $700 million to pay for their shelter, food, and health care. The bus companies refused and the ACLU took up their cause, eventually emerging victorious.

Without even diving into the underlying constitutional questions, the rules that the mayor was attempting to impose simply sounded crazy from the beginning. The bus companies work in the transportation sector and they carry people from point A to point B. That’s the entire reason they exist. People are free to travel around the country, including interstate travel. Someone pays for a ticket (in this case Governor Abbott) and the person is free to board the bus. Adams wasn’t forbidding all travel from Texas. He was specifically trying to target the migrants. If the bus companies started trying to pick and choose who they transport, they would be the ones getting sued by the passengers.

Then there is the basis for Adams’ claim that the bus companies needed to pay for the cost of the migrants. Adams accused the companies of “violating New York’s Social Services Law by dropping off thousands of people without providing a means of support.” That is also a bizarre and unsupportable accusation. Millions of people ride buses every day and it is not the bus line’s obligation to check their financial status before they board provided they have enough money for a ticket. If Greyhound picks up a homeless citizen in Atlanta (who has a ticket) and drops them off in Manhattan, it isn’t the bus line’s obligation to find them a place to stay.