Via Dylan Byers:

New: ~6 million people watched the Kamala #Harris & Tim #Walz interview on CNN, per Nielsen Fast National data. (Final # will be slightly higher).

This was CNN's best performance at 9 p.m. since the presidential debate, beating Fox & MSNBC combined.

👠💪🏼🩷Oh HELL yeah

Via Kyle Griffin:

Gwen #Walz knocks #JDVance for his comments on teachers having children and fertility treatments: "We do not take kindly to folks like JD Vance telling us when or how to start our families."

"So let me use my teacher voice … Mr. Vance, how about you mind your own business?"

💪🏼Via Griffin:

The #Harris-#Walz campaign is launching a "reproductive freedom" bus tour next week — with a kick off event in #Trump's backyard: Palm Beach, #Florida.

The first stop will feature Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Harris-Walz campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, and Ana Navarro.

#WompWomp

Via Rupar, who has vid:

!!!! #JDVance just got booed in Boston by a firefighters group when he claims he and #Trump are the most "pro-worker Republican ticket in history"

Tim #Walz spoke to this same group yesterday and received a very positive reception. Jarring contrast.

Via Kyle Griffin:

Team #Harris-#Walz is launching a new paid media campaign focused on the dangers of #Trump's #Project2025.

The campaign says "battleground voters will hear every single day about the existential danger Trump's Project 2025 agenda poses to American democracy, freedom, and the middle class."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkuOOfpDyWg

📌📌With Dana Bash, 9pm ET Thursday. 📌📌

“Vice President Kamala #Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim #Walz will sit with CNN for their first joint interview on Thursday as Democrats work to broaden their base’s excitement from last week’s Democratic National Convention.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/politics/kamala-harris-cnn-interview?cid=ios_app

👏🏻🤞🏼

“#Walz's effort to resolve a major obstacle to the clean energy transition nationwide is getting new attention since he was tapped as Kamala #Harris' running mate. His experience enacting such laws in Minnesota could position him as a leader on climate issues if Harris wins in November.” #ClimateCrisis https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/boosting-clean-energy-minnesota-walz-lays-foundation-climate-113132812

In boosting clean energy in Minnesota, Walz lays foundation for climate influence if Harris wins

Minnesota had a half-century-old process for permitting clean energy projects that could keep developers waiting over a year for approval

^{JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press (ABC News)}

👠💪🏼

Via Kyle Griffin:

BREAKING:

According to a new memo, the #Harris-#Walz campaign has raised $540 million just since Harris took over — a record for any campaign in history.

Since the start of the DNC, volunteers have signed up for nearly 200,000 shifts — including 90,000 shift sign-ups just from Thursday and Friday alone.

Goodbye, Chicago!

One last post from last night. Thank you, Joe. Thank you, Barack & Michelle & AOC. Thank you Coach #Walz, and everyone. And most of all, thank you Kamala.

Speaking for the whole crowd, we know the assignment. ✊

#KamalaHarris cc: @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

And Tim!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1774368557/madam-president-kamala-harris-and-tim

#Harris #HarrisWalz #Walz #TimWalz #HarrisWalz2024

from #CommonDreams
Major #Union Backing #Harris-#Walz Joins Call for #Palestinian American to Speak at #DNC

"If we want peace, if we want real democracy, and if we want to win this election," the #UAW said, "the #DemocraticParty must allow a Palestinian American speaker to be heard from the DNC stage tonight."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/dnc-palestine-protest

#Uncommitted #UnitedAutoWorkers
#ShawnFain
#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics #USElection #KamalaHarris
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

Major Union Backing Harris-Walz Joins Call for Palestinian American to Speak at DNC

"If we want peace, if we want real democracy, and if we want to win this election," the UAW said, "the Democratic Party must allow a Palestinian American speaker to be heard from the DNC stage tonight."

^{jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)}

I could barely get myself to finish this article. MAGAts are beyond despicable. I’m livid:

MAGA Mocks Tim #Walz's Son For Crying During DNC Speech - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/maga-mocks-tim-walz-son-crying-dnc-nomination-speech-1942889

MAGA Mocks Tim Walz's Son For Crying During DNC Speech

Gus Walz, who has ADHD and a non-verbal learning disorder, cried during his father Tim Walz's speech at the DNC.

^{Flynn Nicholls (Newsweek)}

#Wrong & #offensive on so many levels

#JDVance said he thinks the #DNC is being held in #Chicago so #Walz can say he visited a combat zone.

1. US Army non-commissioned officer command sergeant major #TimWalz served in the #military for 24 years. He was deployed to Italy during the #War in #Afghanistan / War on #Terrorism. All military #service members know they don’t have a choice as to where they are deployed.

1/

#FactCheck #VanceLies #Trumpaganda #gaslighting

#HarrisWalz2024

Cool! Bet she and #Walz fills this up! 62,000 seats! #DemConvention
Boost this to any friends in the #Chicago area!

cc: @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

"If you’re going to Chicago next week for the Democratic Convention but are not a delegate/don’t have floor passes, you can register to watch the acceptance speech Thursday night at Soldier Field for free. This is a watch party. Sounds like fun! "

https://www.threads.net/@laurapackardactivist/post/C-x2Rc-RgBd

Laura Packard (@laurapackardactivist) on Threads

^Threads

Via Emptywheel:

I think it is hasty to say "this can only be good for Walz."

Virtually everyone targeted by Comer like this is ALSO targeted by serious threats.

Tom Nichols:

1. They're scared. Really scared.
2. With Comer in charge, this can only be good for #Walz :)
3. This is "weaponizing the government" and it's what authoritarians do.

House GOP sets its sights on Walz https://politi.co/3WRK31c via politico

More than 1,000 veterans and military family members have signed an open letter in support of Tim #Walz, saying they're "appalled" at #Trump and #JDVance's "politically motivated attacks" accusing him of lying about his decades of military service.

"Given Donald Trump's long record of expressing disdain for service members, veterans, and their families, it's unsurprising that his running mate has stooped to such lows." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/13/veterans-defend-tim-walz-military-service/74780851007/

'Appalled': Veterans slam Trump campaign's attacks on Tim Walz's military background

More than 1,000 veterans and family members signed a letter saying they are "appalled" by the Trump campaign's attack's on Tim Walz's service.

^{, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)}

Will the attacks on #Walz’s #military #service stick like they did to #Kerry 20 yrs ago?

The party’s VP nom’s military record is under assault from [douchey] #Republicans — attacks reminiscent of those leveled 2 decades earlier on Sen #JohnKerry during his run for the WH.

Democratic strategists who lived through the Kerry onslaught, however, say the political landscape has changed so much since 2004 that they do not believe the attacks will land with the same resonance.
https://apnews.com/article/walz-swiftboating-kerry-trump-harris-national-guard-293e178ca9fe079e879787ee2269899e

Will the attacks on Walz's military service stick like they did to Kerry 20 years ago?

To some Democratic Party strategists, last week felt like déjà vu. Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was aggressively questioning aspects of the Democratic vice presidential nominee’s military service — attacks that were reminiscent of charges lev…

^{DAN MERICA (AP News)}

"You don't win elections to bank political capital. You win
elections to burn the political capital to improve lives."
MN Gov. Tim Walz

#Minnesota #Walz #HarrisWalz2024

🧵 Thread by journalist Magdi Jacobs following the #KamalaHarris shut-down of protesters at her 8/7 rally, via ThreadReaderApp. I suspect a lot of normie Dems are of this mindset. Worth your time for a read.

#HarrisWalz2024 #Walz @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1822001327460716546.html

Thread by @magi_jay on Thread Reader App

@magi_jay: I have never felt anything so deeply in my bones as I do this. We're done. That doesn't mean we're done caring about issues, whether it's universal healthcare or M.E. conflict; rather, we're done being bu...…

^{threadreaderapp.com}

@BassRck50 @Ralph058 @StrangeNoises @DemocracyMattersALot
I went and looked it up:

tonic /tŏn′ĭk/
noun

1. An agent, such as a medication, that is supposed to restore or improve health or well-being.
2. A liquid preparation for the scalp or hair.
3. An invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence.
"Laughter was a tonic for the dispirited team."

Yep, #TonicMasculinity is definitely what I'll be calling the #Walz brand of masculine energy from here on out.

❤️

Via Kyle Griffin:

George Floyd's brother, Philonise, just endorsed the #Harris-#Walz campaign.

Floyd says of Gov. Walz: "He's built for this. He's built for this fight that he's going to go through and I think he can do it."

"If it wasn't for Gov. Walz, we would not be able to walk around and say that we got some accountability." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/george-floyds-brother-endorses-harris-walz-says-minnesota-governor-bui-rcna166023

#HarrisWalz

George Floyd's brother endorses Harris-Walz, says Minnesota governor is 'built for this'

Philonise Floyd described Tim Walz, who was governor when his brother was murdered in Minnesota in 2020, as a “family man with a good heart.”

^{Pilar Melendez (NBC News)}

It's time for this week's #News #quiz!
Democrat Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim #Walz as her running mate for 2024. Walz has been a congressman, a teacher and a command sergeant major in the National Guard. What other job has he also held?

Try the rest of the quiz (and the other, harder questions) here:

https://theconversation.com/the-conversation-u-s-weekly-news-quiz-189437

The Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz

Test your knowledge with a weekly quiz drawn from some of our favorite stories.

^{The Conversation}

• Puppeteer (1%, 2 votes)
• Smoke jumper (1%, 2 votes)
• HVAC installer (1%, 2 votes)
• Football coach (95%, 124 votes)

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.©

"Never heard of Chadron State? Me neither, but Tim #Walz of the GI Bill & that public U. truly gets the importance of a college education, while Yale's #JDVance wants to blow it all up

That's what this election is all about

November will decide the future of college. This is huge." 🎁https://inquirer.com/opinion/tim-walz-jd-vance-higher-education-policy-20240808.html?utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral

Can Chadron State grad Tim Walz save the American dream of college?

Tim Walz, who went to an obscure Nebraska college on the GI Bill, wants to save higher ed. Ivy Leaguer JD Vance wants to wreck it.

^{Will Bunch (The Philadelphia Inquirer)}

#FactCheck

#Trump: “She wants to take away your guns.”

False.

MVP #KamalaHarris, in 2019, said she supports a gun buyback program for #AssaultWeapons, not all #guns. Her campaign recently said that she no longer supports a buyback program.

Her running mate, Gov #TimWalz, is a gun owner & a hunter.

When #Walz signed 2023 MN gun law he said, "This is NOT about the #SecondAmendment, This is about the #safety & #security of our communities. That's what's happening here today."

#TrumpLies

From what I can gather - I can’t watch TFG - we simply must make sure #Harris and #Walz win the swing states. The campaign is going to need plenty of funds to advertise and organize. I am determined to do all I can to make sure the money is there.

Got a few bucks? https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris #HarrisWalz #HarrisForPresident

I just gave to Kamala Harris!

Show your support with a contribution.

^ActBlue

"Everybody hates #TimWalz!"

Okay, sure, but:

> #Walz was reelected to the #House five times before being elected governor of #Minnesota in 2018. He was reelected in 2022, defeating Republican nominee #ScottJensen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Walz

So how hated is he really?

This doesn't legitimize his policies, just saying that it's hard for me to believe that he is *that* hated if he keeps getting reelected.

American politician, 2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

No, #JoshShapiro Wasn’t Snubbed for VP Because He’s #Jewish

#Republicans & some #journalists are pushing the cynical & false narrative that #antisemitism doomed Shapiro’s candidacy.

Firstly, by all accounts, the reason that #Harris chose #Walz over #Shapiro is that she thought Walz would be a better fit w/& for her.

#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/josh-shapiro-vp-antisemism-theory-debunked/

No, Josh Shapiro Wasn’t Snubbed for VP Because He's Jewish | The Nation

Republicans and some journalists are pushing the cynical and false narrative that antisemitism doomed Shapiro's candidacy.

^{The Nation}

#Walz was reportedly charming &, importantly, more deferential in his interview, whereas #Shapiro, per one account, seemed to be negotiating the parameters of the job. It is not difficult to understand why #Harris, a person who is running for president instead of her older boss, might take the person who says he has no greater ambitions over the obviously extremely ambitious person who is 10 yrs her junior.

#HarrisWalz2024

I woke up this morning thinking of the battleground states. The states whose votes are likely to decide the Presidential election and control of Congress. The states #Harris and #Walz are barnstorming this week. The states where the #HarrisWalz2024 campaign must advertise, organize, and fight like hell. The campaign is going to need extraordinary funds to do this. I am determined to do all I can to make sure the funds are there.

Got a few bucks?
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

#MFHW

I just gave to Kamala Harris!

Show your support with a contribution.

^ActBlue

Wait... are they calling children "unemployed minors" now?

jesus wtf?

*edit: I know this is satire, but it also kinda isn't, you know?

#republican #maga #fox #Politics #election2024 #walz #harris

An unheralded hero of the last 17 days has been #actblue… which was there, waiting, and ready to scale to catch the wave of tens to hundreds of million dollars of small dollar giving.

It was an incredible, scalable, ready vessel for the political wave of real people political voices and their hope. #Kamala and later #Walz really met the exact political moment.

So did ActBlue.

cc: @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

https://blog.actblue.com/2024/06/25/actblue-celebrates-20-year/

Thank you @scott for the wonderful updated graphics. I love both versions. Check out the “hashtag flag” one on the Mastodon for Harris Walz fundraiser page. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris 1/2

#Harris #Walz #HarrisWalz2024 #KamalaHarris

I just gave to Kamala Harris!

Show your support with a contribution.

^ActBlue

#Philadelphia, #US

The governor of Minnesota, Tim #Walz, joins Kamala #Harris at a campaign rally after he was announced as her running mate in the presidential elections

Photograph: Ricky Fitchett/ZUMA/Rex/Shutterstock

@photography

#Walz on #Trump

“He sows chaos and division, and that’s to say nothing of his record as president. He froze in the face of the Covid crisis. He drove our economy into the ground. And make no mistake, violent crime was up under Donald Trump,” Walz said.

“That’s not even counting the crimes he committed.”

Zowie.

#JoshShapiro delivers a full-throated #endorsement of #TimWalz as the #Democrats’ VP nominee. “Tim Walz is a great man,” #Shapiro said. “Tim #Walz is an outstanding governor. Tim Walz is a teacher. Tim Walz is a Guardsman. Tim Walz is a great patriot. And I tell you what else, Tim Walz is a dear friend.”

#HarrisWalz2024
#HarrisWalzPhillyRally
#HarrisWalzPhiladelphiaRally
#HumanRights #ReproductiveRights #WomensRights #LGBTQIA #BLM #Ally #Veterans #democracy #freedom #WeAreNotGoingBack