Kamala Harris’s Detroit Rally Turns into a Chaotic Mess (VIDEO)

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Kamala Harris’s rally in Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday has been widely reported as a disaster, with thousands of attendees left stranded and chaos reigning supreme. The event, which was supposed to showcase Harris’s campaign energy and organization, instead ended in confusion and disarray.

Political scientist Josiah Lippincott, who was on the scene, described the aftermath as a scene of utter chaos. “Complete chaos after the Detroit Kamala rally. It has been 2.5 hours and people are still unable to find shuttles back to their cars. Campaign staff has no idea what is happening,” Lippincott tweeted. The rally was held near a UPS delivery center, leading to a mix-up with dozens of trucks complicating the shuttle service.

According to Lippincott, the situation was further exacerbated by confusion among campaign staff and a growing sense of frustration among rally-goers. “Tempers are high,” he added, highlighting the mounting frustration of those stuck without transportation.

The disorganization was so severe that a staff member reportedly broke down in tears. One of the distressed staffers even shared a troubling image on social media, illustrating the dangerous conditions faced during the debacle. “My bus was nearly in an accident,” the staffer posted, reflecting the chaotic state of the event.

Additional details reveal that the rally’s location was a major factor in the mess. Situated on a spur off the main road and surrounded by a jumble of freight trucks, the rally site proved challenging for buses and shuttles to navigate. “Add a bunch of freight trucks from UPS, confused campaign staff, and tired and hungry rally-goers, and you get complete chaos,” Lippincott explained in another tweet.

(Read more from “Report: Pakistani Charged With Murder Plot Against Trump Was Allowed Into U.S. on ‘Public Benefit Parole’” HERE)

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Report: Tim Walz Faced ‘Stolen Valor’ Accusations in 2006 That He Denied

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the current vice president pick for 2024 Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris, has been aware of stolen valor accusations going back to 2006, according to a report from CNN.

While Walz’s service in the U.S. National Guard remains undisputed, his use of the rank “retired Command Sergeant Major” has sparked accusations of stolen valor as well as his claims to have carried weapons “in war,” even though he never served in war or a combat zone. As Breitbart News reported, Walz “listed on his official biography a higher military rank than the one he ultimately retired with, drawing criticism from some veterans”:

Walz served in the Minnesota Army National Guard and retired at the rank of master sergeant, or an E-8. However, on his official website bio, he lists a higher rank that he served at for a short period that ultimately was rescinded, as he did not complete all the requirements to serve at that rank. However, his bio implies that he retired at the rank of command sergeant major, or an E-9.

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According to CNN, Walz encountered criticisms of his service characterizations going all the way back to 2006 during his run for U.S. Congress, which he denied at the time. Per the report:

That year, multiple letters to his local paper in Mankato, Minnesota, accused him of making misleading statements about his service, including whether he had served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

(Read more from “Report: Tim Walz Faced ‘Stolen Valor’ Accusations in 2006 That He Denied” HERE)

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WATCH: Harris Dodges Trump’s Debate Challenges

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Vice President Kamala Harris has made headlines this week for her conspicuous refusal to address former President Donald Trump’s invitation for multiple debates. Trump’s challenge, which proposed three separate debate dates across major networks—Fox News on September 4, NBC News on September 10, and ABC News on September 25—was met with Harris’s reluctance to commit beyond the September 10 date.

In a statement made in Wayne, Michigan, Harris confirmed her participation in the September 10 debate on NBC News, expressing eagerness to engage with Trump. “I am looking forward to debating Donald Trump and we have a date of September 10. I hear he’s finally committed to it and I’m looking forward to it,” she said. However, when pressed about the remaining debate invitations, Harris remained non-committal, avoiding any clarification on her stance regarding the other two proposed dates.

This evasion has not gone unnoticed. Throughout the week, Republicans have seized the opportunity to criticize Harris for what they perceive as a lack of transparency and engagement with the media. Former President Trump, in particular, did not hold back in his critiques. During a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump took aim at Harris’s media handling skills. “Excuse me, what are we doing right now? She’s not doing any news conference … She doesn’t know how to do a news conference. She’s not smart enough to do a news conference,” Trump remarked, suggesting Harris’s reluctance to face unscripted media interactions reflects poorly on her readiness for public scrutiny.

In response to Trump’s comments, Harris indicated that she is working with her team to schedule an interview before the end of August, although the exact timing remains uncertain. “I’ve talked to my team. I want us to get an interview scheduled before the end of the month,” she said. Despite her commitment to addressing Trump’s challenge on September 10, Harris has yet to participate in an unscripted press conference since launching her presidential campaign 18 days ago.

(Read more from “WATCH: Harris Dodges Trump’s Debate Challenges” HERE)

Runway Standoff: Trump’s VP Pick Approaches Kamala Harris at Airport (VIDEO)

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By Breitbart. Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (OH), unlike establishment media reporters, is unafraid to question Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris about her radical record and coup-turned-campaign.

Vance approached Air Force Two, which Harris was onboard, during a tense standoff on Tuesday in which the current and perhaps future vice president occupied the same Wisconsin runway.

“I just wanted to check out my future plane,” Vance said, Semafor reported.

Vance did not speak to Harris but said he “wanted to go say hello to the vice president and ask her why does she refuse to answer questions.”

(Read more from “Runway Standoff: JD Vance Approaches Kamala Harris at Airport” HERE)

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Vance Trolls Harris at Air Force Two

By The Hill. Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) approached Air Force Two “to check out” the plane after both he and Vice President Harris landed at the same airport in Wisconsin.

When he told gathered press what he was doing, Vance also attacked Harris for not answering questions from the media.

“I figured that I would come by and get a good look at the plane because hopefully it’s going to be my plane in a few months,” Vance said in front of Air Force Two. “I also thought you guys may get lonely, because the VP doesn’t answer questions from reporters.”

Harris’s campaign responded to Vance approaching Air Force Two by calling it “weird.” (Read more from “Vance Trolls Harris at Air Force Two” HERE)

FBI Raids Home of Ex-UN Weapons Inspector & Anti-War Pundit Scott Ritter

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On Wednesday the upstate New York home of Scott Ritter was raided by the FBI and state police. The FBI has since confirmed in a statement that this is part of an ongoing federal investigation into Ritter.

Agents were seen entering his house in Delmar, NY in widely shared photographs and local media footage in the afternoon. It was unclear if Ritter was at home at the time and the allegations at the center of the investigation remain unknown.

“I can confirm FBI personnel are at a home on Dover [Drive] conducting law enforcement activity in connection with an ongoing federal investigation,” a statement from the FBI’s Albany office confirmed. “As the investigation is ongoing, [Department of Justice] policy prevents me from commenting further.”

Ritter became a prominent figure as the chief UN weapons inspector in the 1990s in Iraq and ex-intelligence official (Marine Corp intelligence) who publicly opposed the George W. Bush administration’s drive to take the United States into war with Iraq.

He subsequently became a popular anti-war pundit and leading critic of US foreign policy. For an example of his ongoing criticisms of the US government and foreign policy, he wrote in 2019, “I love my country, but the collective ignorance of the American people empowers so-called public servants who abuse their positions of trust to push policies that further individual agendas at the expense of the nation they ostensibly serve. Fact-based logic no longer matters.”

More recently he has been a fierce critic of US policy related to the war in Ukraine, having also made several trips to Russia during the course of the war which began in February 2022.

(Read more from “FBI Raids Home of Ex-UN Weapons Inspector & Anti-War Pundit Scott Ritter” HERE)

George Floyd Redux: 4 Hotel Employees Who Removed “Morbidly Obese” and Drugged-Out Man From Woman’s Restroom Charged With Murder

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According to a criminal complaint, the four employees dragged [decedent] Mitchell out of the Hyatt Hotel on June 30 after he entered a women’s bathroom and held him on his stomach for eight or nine minutes. . .

An autopsy showed that Mitchell suffered from morbid obesity and had ingested cocaine and methamphetamine, the complaint said.

Hyatt surveillance video shows Mitchell frantically running into the hotel’s lobby and then into the gift shop before entering the women’s bathroom, the complaint said.

A few seconds later, a woman emerges and Turner, who was off duty but happened to be visiting staff at that moment, drags Mitchell out of the bathroom into the lobby by his shirt.

[One of those charged, a hotel guard,] told investigators that Mitchell was very strong and kept resisting them and tried to bite him. But the guard said he never did anything to intentionally hurt or harm Mitchell. [Another charged employee] told a detective that he heard women screaming in the bathroom after Mitchell entered it, and he thought Mitchell was on drugs. (Read more from “George Floyd Redux: 4 Hotel Employees Who Removed “Morbidly Obese” and Drugged-Out Man From Woman’s Restroom Charged With Murder” HERE)

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UK Riots: Police Admit ‘Two Tier Policing’ for Muslims

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A top police officer in Birmingham has seemingly admitted that there is a “two-tier” approach from law enforcement towards different ethnicities in Britain, undercutting denials from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Following the emergence of “Muslim people” mobs in England as apparent counter to what’s called “far right” riots, with reports stating some carrying weapons in the Bordesley Green area of Birmingham on Monday, the police appeared to admit they have different standards for different races while trying to explain their failure to prevent the anarchic scenes.

When pressed as to why there was such little police presence during the incident, West Midlands Police Superintendent Emlyn Richards said: “We have really strong business and community relations and because we were aware through intelligence that there was a potential protest because of misinformation we had the opportunity to meet with community leaders, business leaders, prior to that event to understand the style of policing we needed to deliver.

“We knew there was going to be a large amount of people out on that counterprotest, and we knew who the vast majority of those people were. We had conversations what that was likely to look like.”

(Read more from “UK Riots: Police Admit ‘Two Tier Policing’ for Muslims” HERE)

China Pulls Olympic Broadcast After Taiwanese Team Nabs Gold

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Chinese state television shut down a live broadcast of the 2024 Summer Olympics Sunday after the Taiwanese team beat China in the men’s doubles.

Taiwan took home the gold medal during the men’s doubles, who play under Chinese Taipei, on Sunday with Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin beating Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). China still took home silver in the event but state media CCTV cut the broadcast to omit the parts of the match where Taiwan were clearly winning.

The medal ceremony and audience celebrations were also axed from the airwaves, according to the report. In total, only 40 minutes of the 76-minute match were shown to Chinese state viewers.

Tensions have apparently been high during the Olympic games in Paris, with organizers allegedly targeting Taiwanese supporters who display symbols of the island’s independent statehood rather than being part of the Chinese Communist Party regime, RFA continued. (Read more from “China Pulls Olympic Broadcast After Taiwanese Team Nabs Gold” HERE)

VP Pick Walz’s Church Doesn’t Like to Call God ‘Him,’ Supports Reparations and Pride Parades

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz attends a church that preaches beliefs related to gender, race and sexuality that many Christian denominations strongly oppose.

Walz, who is the governor of Minnesota, identified Pilgrim Lutheran Church in St. Paul as his parish during a 2020 briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials published by Pilgrim Lutheran Church instruct parishioners not to refer to God using male pronouns, push congregants to support reparation funds, encourage them to celebrate Ramadan and include a modified gender-neutral version of the Lord’s Prayer, among other liberal practices.

Pilgrim Lutheran Church is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), a mainline protestant denomination that has been criticized by some conservative Christians for ordaining transgender and lesbian bishops as well as for its embrace of LGBT ideology.

“The ELCA is, broadly speaking, a liberal American mainline Protestant denomination,” Jonah Wendt, a policy adviser for Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom and a member of the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “They reject the inerrancy of scripture, ordain women to the pastoral office [and] hold what many would believe to be unbiblical views on abortion and homosexual behavior.”

Pilgrim Lutheran Church in 2015 approved “guidelines for language in worship” wherein the congregation asserted that “a patriarchal culture gave birth to the writing of scripture and the selection of the canon” and, to rectify the purported injustice, committed to using gender-neutral language to describe God. Members of the church, for instance, are encouraged to “choose non-anthropomorphic language” like “hen” or “baker” to refer to God, and urged “not to limit these by following them with male or female pronouns.” (Read more from “VP Pick Walz’s Church Doesn’t Like to Call God ‘Him,’ Supports Reparations and Pride Parades” HERE)

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Trump Leads Harris in North Carolina’s First Statewide Poll Since Switch

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Former President Donald Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris by 3 points in the newest statewide polling of North Carolinians.

The consensus battleground state, sending electoral college votes to Republicans in 12 of the last 14 cycles dating to a Lyndon B. Johnson win in 1964, has been a prime rally location since before Harris became the Democrats’ nominee.

Raleigh was the first site visited by President Joe Biden after his infamous June 27 debate against Trump.

A rally by Harris this week is getting reset due to Debby, the former hurricane that is slowly moving up the Atlantic Seaboard closing out the week. . .

Trump outpolled Harris 44%-41% among 714 likely voters sampled between July 31 and Aug. 3. (Read more from “Trump Leads Harris in North Carolina’s First Statewide Poll Since Switch” HERE)

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