Pelosi Praised Walz for Serving ‘On the Battlefield’ in Resurfaced Video

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Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota failed to correct then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she praised him for his service “on the battlefield” in a resurfaced video from 2007.

Walz’s claims about his military service and the timing of his 2005 retirement from the Minnesota National Guard have come under scrutiny since Vice President Kamala Harris announced him as her running mate Tuesday. In the video, Pelosi and other House Democrats were discussing a congressional resolution regarding the Iraq War while she introduced Walz, remarking on his military service.

“We’ll hear from Congressman — Command Sergeant Major — Tim Walz,” Pelosi said during the event in the CSPAN video while introducing Walz, then a first-term Minnesota Congressman. “And I was so moved by what Tim has said. He said he has taught these young people in high school, and then he had to lead them in the armed services. So he has, he knows, the potential of our young people and what we put at risk when we send them into harm’s way without the equipment that they need. He will speak for himself, but I want him to know how much we all appreciate his service to our country, whether it’s in the classroom or on the battlefield.”

Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, the GOP nominee for vice-president, accused Walz of “dishonesty” while speaking at a campaign event in Wisconsin Wednesday, citing remarks Walz made in a video posted to X by the Harris campaign in which he called for a ban on so-called “assault weapons,” labeling them “weapons of war, that I carried in war.” (Read more from “Pelosi Praised Walz for Serving ‘On the Battlefield’ in Resurfaced Video” HERE)

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Olympic Committee President Suggests There’s No Scientific ‘Way’ to Differentiate Between Men and Women

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach suggested there is no scientific way to differentiate between men and women during a press conference on Friday.

Sex eligibility rules have been a point of contention at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Italian boxer Angela Carini withdrawing just 46 seconds into her fight with Algerian fighter Imane Khelif. Perhaps as a result, Bach was asked Friday if the committee would perform a review of its sex change guidelines, in response to which he stated there was no concrete, scientific way to differentiate men from women.

“We have said from the very beginning, if somebody presented us [a] scientifically solid system how to identify men and women we [the IOC] are the first ones to do it,” Bach told reporters. “It is not as easy as some in this cultural world may want to portray it — that the XX or the XY [chromosome] is the clear distinction between men and women.”

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Report: Police Arrest 14-Year-Old Boy Wanted for 24 Different Felonies

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A 14-year-old Milwaukee boy with an extensive criminal history is reportedly facing 25 charges, including 24 felonies, after a series of alleged violent crimes that culminated in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

He was fleeing police when he ran a stop sign, striking a man on a motorcycle, a complaint alleged, according to CBS 58. The victim, 31-year-old Marc Jones had reportedly been visiting the city for the annual Harley-Davidson Homecoming. Jones was hospitalized and later declared deceased, the outlet reported.

Authorities said in the complaint that the boy committed a series of crimes, including 13 armed robberies and four car thefts, according to the outlet. He also allegedly participated in a shooting, the outlet reported.

The boy started a crime spree in June before he turned 14, the complaint read, according to the outlet. He and another teen allegedly stole a vehicle from two women while reportedly threatening to shoot them. Another minor alleged that the suspect had robbed him at gunpoint the following week, the outlet reported.

Another series of crimes began in July, the complaint said, according to the outlet. He allegedly confessed to having shot a girl in the jaw near McGovern Park on July 19, the outlet reported. The suspect and another minor held up a man a a gas station three days late and stole from him, authorities wrote, according to the outlet. (Read more from “Report: Police Arrest 14-Year-Old Boy Wanted for 24 Different Felonies” HERE)

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Kamala Harris Fails to Distance Herself From Left-Wing 2020 Campaign, Despite Aides’ Best Efforts

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Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t personally disavowed her 2020 campaign positions, instead opting to avoid the press and leave her staff to issue anonymous statements on her policy reversals.

Harris briefly spoke to reporters on Thursday for the first time since launching her campaign for president, answering questions about her debate plans and future interview requests — but she didn’t touch on her current policy stances. Instead of explaining her platform, Harris has left her current positions up to her campaign, which has issued anonymous statements walking back several of her previous statements.

Her aides’ latest policy switch-up came after the Uncommitted National Movement, a Palestinian activist group that has been vocally critical of Israel’s war in Gaza, said it had met with the vice president, who told them she was open to discussing an arms embargo on Israel. The vice president’s national security adviser, Phil Gordon, responded saying Harris has been “clear” about the issue, and that she “does not support an arms embargo on Israel.” Harris has not spoken on the issue herself.

Other reversals from Harris aides came within the first ten days of her campaign. When running for president four years ago, the now-vice president came out in favor of a ban on fracking, mandatory federal gun buybacks and the abolition of private health insurance.

An anonymous Harris campaign official first walked back Harris’ fracking stance on July 26, according to the Hill. (Read more from “Kamala Harris Fails to Distance Herself From Left-Wing 2020 Campaign, Despite Aides’ Best Efforts” HERE)

Trump Charges That Dems Stole Presidential Campaign From Biden

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GOP presidential nominee President Donald Trump is seeking the White House in the November election and has made clear his intention is to win the race.

But his opponent now apparently is Kamala Harris, instead of incumbent Joe Biden, who had promised for years that he would seek another term. And he had been doing that actively until he wasn’t. . .

According to a report by the Daily Signal, he said, “I’m no Biden fan, but I’ll tell you what, from a constitutional standpoint, from any standpoint, they took the presidency away.”

He charged that powerful Democrats literally decided to throw Biden out, and he was pushed out of the race.

“People were saying he lost the debate. I don’t know that that is true necessarily. But whether he could win or he couldn’t win, he had the right to run. And they took it away. They said they were going to use the 25th Amendment. They were going to hit him hard. Either we can do it the nice way or do it the hard way. And he said alright. What they’ve done is pretty incredible.” (Read more from “Trump Charges That Dems Stole Presidential Campaign From Biden” HERE)

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Court Rules CDC Was Breaking the Law by Deleting Info That Should Be Saved

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The U.S. government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been involved in some of the biggest health scandals in years.

It’s been involved in recommending the controversial HPV shots, as well as promoting LGBT ideology. And then it was caught up in the maelstrom of the COVID shots, which actually injured tens of thousands of Americans.

And now its reputation has taken another major hit, with a judge’s determination it was breaking the law by deleting information that should have been kept for government records.

Politico reported the ruling from U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras found that the agency probably has been violating the law for years by deleting employees’ emails after they quit their jobs.

The decision came in a lawsuit brought by America First Legal Foundation, which pursued a Freedom of Information Act request for records about an LGBT-promoting publication by the CDC. (Read more from “Court Rules CDC Was Breaking the Law by Deleting Info That Should Be Saved” HERE)

WATCH: Algerian Fighter Who Failed IBA Gender Test Wins Gold Medal

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Imane Khelif, the Algerian Olympic fighter alleged to have male chromosomes, defeated China’s Yang Liu on Friday by unanimous decision to clinch the gold medal in the women’s welterweight division.

The convincing and comprehensive victory marked the fourth consecutive victory for Khelif over a female opponent in Paris.

Both Khelif and Taiwanese fighter Lin Yu-ting have been the subject of much controversy in Paris after the pair were excluded from the Women’s World Championships in 2023 for failed gender tests.

In 2023, the IBA President Umar Kremlev explained his organization’s decision to disqualify Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting and Algeria’s Imane Khelif from competing in the IBA’s 2023 Women’s World Boxing Championships, according to Russia’s Tass News Agency. “Based on DNA tests, we identified a number of athletes who tried to trick their colleagues into posing as women. According to the results of the tests, it was proved that they have XY chromosomes. Such athletes were excluded from competition,” Kremlev said.

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U.S. Military Base Attacked in Syria

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A U.S. Military base was attacked in Syria late Friday at the Kharab al-Jir Airport. It is unclear what provoked the attack, but several Iranian-backed drones have hit the base.

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Detransitioner, 20, is Suing Planned Parenthood for ‘Rushing Her Into Transgender Hormones and Surgery’ That She Says Distorted Her Genitals and Left Her Covered With Hair

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A 20-year-old woman has accused Planned Parenthood of rushing her into a gender transition when she was 18, leaving her with lifelong side effects.

Cristina Hineman has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest single provider of abortion, contraception, reproductive care, and sex education.

The organization has in recent years also become a leading provider of gender transition hormones for young adults, offering the service at more than 400 locations. At least 40,000 patients have gone to Planned Parenthood for hormone treatment this year.

Hineman claims she was given a prescription for testosterone following a 30-minute consultation with a nurse practitioner after she was ‘brainwashed’ by YouTubers, The Free Press reported.

She said she was left with permanent effects from the testosterone, including hair on the backs of her hands and face. Her clitoris has become permanently enlarged and constantly feels ‘uncomfortable.’ (Read more from “Detransitioner, 20, is Suing Planned Parenthood for ‘Rushing Her Into Transgender Hormones and Surgery’ That She Says Distorted Her Genitals and Left Her Covered With Hair” HERE)

Report: Mother of Soldier Killed in Iraq Says Tim Walz Took the ‘Coward’s Way Out’

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The mother of a 19-year-old soldier who was killed on the Iraq deployment that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) was supposed to lead in 2006 expressed anger at Walz for taking the “coward’s way out.”

In an interview with the DailyMail.com on Thursday, Kathy Miller, mother of Kyle Miller, who was killed in Iraq on June 29, 2006 by a roadside bomb, said she will never trust him again, after he retired two months before the unit deployed.

“My son stepped up to the plate. All our sons stepped up,” she told the outlet. “My son wasn’t even 21 years old. He couldn’t even buy alcohol. Yet he took the step to serve our country, while Walz found the best way to run away.”

She added, “It was the coward’s way out.”

At the time, Walz was serving as the battalion’s top senior enlisted leader, which is a position in charge of the welfare of the enlisted troops under his command. It was an important role, as the unit prepared to head into war. Then, Iraq was an active battlefield, with troops facing the worst combat casualties since the Vietnam War. (Read more from “Report: Mother of Soldier Killed in Iraq Says Tim Walz Took the ‘Coward’s Way Out’” HERE)