It takes more than camo hats, hotdishes and a hunting license to get the votes of America’s rural residents.

Does Tim Walz understand the grievances and anxieties felt by many rural residents living across the country?
https://theconversation.com/rural-voters-dont-necessarily-love-walz-despite-the-camo-hat-and-small-town-upbringing-236973
#USPolitics #Politics #Election2024 #TimWalz

Rural voters don’t necessarily love Walz, despite the camo hat and small-town upbringing

It takes more than camo hats, hot dish and a rural-friendly image to get the votes of America’s rural residents.

^{The Conversation}

BREAKING:
New evidence shows Tim Walz informing his students that he "got a haircut" when in fact he got ALL of them cut. When will the liberal lies end??

#TimWalz

Across #socialmedia content targeting boys and young men is a noxious stew of toxic masculinity.

It's why the Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz feels like a gift for many parents raising sons.

#election2024 #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #IndependentJournalism

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/08/21/tim-walz-is-the-role-model-kids-need/

#TimWalz will be in #Maryland and #Virginia this Friday!

https://createsend.com/t/y-319DC1E457EBBD172540EF23F30FEDED

let’s check in and see how #twitter is doing.

oh… okay… #TimWalz

"While I understand and agree with those who say that no child should be mocked for being proud of their dad, I also think that Gus Walz’s neurodivergence does matter here. Republican partisanship, hate, and misogyny in this instance were also linked to, and I think triggered by, ableism."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#GusWalz #TimWalz #Republicans #cruelty #neurodivergent #ableism
/1

https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/gus-walz-was-bullied-at-the-dnc-because

Gus Walz Was Bullied at the DNC Because He’s Neurodivergent

Republicans are horrible…and neurodivergent people are often targets.

^{Noah Berlatsky (Everything Is Horrible)}

It was actually the Nebraska *Junior* Chamber of Commerce. Impeach!

This is an Axios reporter promoting and lending legitimacy to a moronic gotcha from The Washington Free Bacon.

#media #Election2024 #TimWalz #HarrisWalz2024

It’s so telling that #TimWalz is “redefining” American masculinity. The guy’s a stereotypical macho man—veteran, hunter and football coach—but the fact that he’s also a nice dude makes it a paradigm shift.

He isn’t known for his baking or knitting skills. We’ve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick. #Election2024

And Tim!

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

#Harris #HarrisWalz #Walz #TimWalz #HarrisWalz2024

"To no one’s surprise, many on the right, who have lost the ability to recognize or feel this kind of love and devotion, took immediately to mocking this family, and Gus Walz in particular. …

The Blaze, a conservative rag, apparently deleted its tweet, as did Crispi and Coulter, after receiving widespread criticism and seeing the hate pile up in the comments. But they showed us who they are."

~ Jay Kuo

#DNC #TimWalz #GusWalz #FamilyValues #Republicans
/27

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/freedoms-feels-and-fight

Freedoms, Feels and Fight

Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention packed a wallop.

^{Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)}

I'd say this behavior doesn't so much give us a troubling glimpse into the state of political discourse, as into the who these folks are: they're truly bottom-of-the-barrel human beings.

And if we let them game the political system and impose their cruel minoritarian views on the rest of us, then God help us — and shame on us.

#DNC #TimWalz #GusWalz #FamilyValues #Republicans #Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism
/24

She writes,

"The contrast between Gus Walz’s sincere emotion and the derision it provoked from the right offers a troubling glimpse into the state of political discourse and the depths to which partisan attacks have sunk. This not only highlights the lack of basic human decency in certain right-wing corners of our politics but also raises important questions about how conservatives view emotional expression, particularly from young men, in the public sphere."

#DNC #TimWalz #GusWalz
/23

I don't want to publicize these cruel low-life human beings. But, at the same time, we need to know they're out there, and we need to expose the cynical hollowness of their claims that they stand for "God" and "family values" and "morality."

As Parker Molloy says, Trump supporters are now openly mocking Tim Walz's neurodivergent son Gus Walz and his touching display of pride and love at last night's DNC.

#DNC #TimWalz #GusWalz #FamilyValues #Republicans
/22

https://www.readtpa.com/p/right-wing-cruelty-targets-tim-walzs

.

Right-Wing Cruelty Targets Tim Walz's Son Gus After Heartwarming DNC Moment

Right-wing figures mock neurodivergent teen for showing emotion at DNC.

^{Parker Molloy (The Present Age)}

For understandable reasons — you cannot fake this kind of adolescent emotional response to a parent who is loved and admired — this moment of Tim Walz's son Gus Walz saying "That's my dad!" as he points with pride to his father on stage at the DNC has taken social media by storm today.

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #GusWalz #FamilyValues
/21

https://youtu.be/xY97_C2-b6M?si=K-VlNE1Q1gnHmgHr&t=13

'It’s Tim Walz night!

And Mayor Pete might!

And Bill Clinton night no exclamation point."

~ Evan Hurst

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/12

https://www.wonkette.com/p/live-tim-walz-steals-nomination-from

LIVE: Tim Walz Steals Nomination From Harris, Gives It Right Back, He Was Just Foolin'

Night 3 of the DNC!

^{Evan Hurst (Wonkette)}

"Black women know more than anyone what it’s like to be dehumanized and reduced to parts of our whole. We have long been seen as mammies, mules, aesthetics, tokens, and superheroes, oftentimes simultaneously. If we are not in service to someone or something, our value is debated, our competence challenged."

~ Anna Gifty Opaku-Agyeman

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy #MichelleObama
/9

https://time.com/7013415/michelle-obama-dnc-speech-black-womanhood/

Michelle Obama’s DNC Speech Was a Reclamation and Proclamation of Black Womanhood

In her DNC speech Michelle Obama reminded America that Black womanhood matters.

^{Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman (Time)}

"THE BEST ARGUMENTS made for Kamala Harris’s election at the Democratic convention so far have come from the two biggest speakers who’ve never held political office. ...

Both did something that the first night’s speakers failed to truly accomplish: they painted a human portrait of Harris for an electorate still learning about her, then laid out the game plan for the sprint ahead."

~ Sam Stein

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy #MichelleObama #DougEmhoff
/8

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic-convention-2024-night-2-doug-emhoff-michelle-obama

Dem Convention Night Two: The Non-Pros Steal the Show

Michelle Obama and Doug Emhoff introduce Kamala Harris to the country.

^{Sam Stein (The Bulwark)}

"Well, I’ll take this over that Hulk Hogan freakshow.

Democrats have gathered in Chicago this week, a joyful, exuberant bear hug embrace of American political identity, patriotism, and above all, optimism. It has been a stark contrast with the American Carnage-style anger simmering at the Republican National Convention."

~ Brian Klaas

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/7

https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/kamala-harris-and-the-perils-of-primaries

Kamala Harris and Democrats in Array

Over two pivotal weeks, Harris completely reset the presidential race. The DNC has now been masterful. What lessons can we learn from the trailblazing, joyful candidate who didn't win any primaries?

^{Brian Klaas (The Garden of Forking Paths)}

"My overarching impression of the third night of the convention is that the future of the Democratic Party was on display, and it was beautiful sight! ...

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are speaking directly to the American people at a pivot point in American history. The press may not like that fact, but there is nothing they can do to stop it."

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy #media
/6

~ Robert B. Hubbell

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/the-future-of-the-democratic-part

“Here is how we do it. Strategize on Sunday, meet the moment on Monday, take it to ‘em on Tuesday, work it out on Wednesday, thank the Lord on Thursday, fight the power on Friday, set it off on Saturday, get a few hours of sleep, wake up the next day and do it all over again until joy, joy, joy comes in the morning."

~ Hakeem Jeffries, quoted by Emine Yücel, Kate Riga and Nicole Lafond

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/5

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/walz-shows-his-real-guy-roots-as-he-skewers-republicans-definition-of-freedom

Walz Shows His Real Guy Roots As He Skewers Republicans’ Definition Of Freedom

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was given a euphoric reception as he walked...

^TPM

"The Democrats have made their points with the stories of individual Americans who have overcome dark hours in order to move forward. In that storytelling, individuals represent the nation itself."

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/4

"'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning,' speakers have quoted the Biblical psalm, and they have referred to the vision of the American flag still flying after a night of bombardment during the War of 1812, captured by Francis Scott Key in the national anthem, promising that after our time of national darkness, there will be light."

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/3

"The many stories in which ordinary Americans rise from adversity through hard work, decency, and service to others implicitly conflates those individual struggles with the struggles of the United States itself. Running through the stories told at the convention is the theme of working hard through a time of darkness to come out into the light."

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/2

Heather Cox Richardson puts her finger on a major theme running through commentary on the DNC this morning:

"After three days at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, I feel like I have seen the political future and its name is the Democratic Party."

#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/1

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-21-2024

August 21, 2024

In 1974, music writer Jon Landau saw a relatively unknown musician in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and wrote for an alternative paper: "Last Thursday, at the Harvard Square theater, I saw rock'n'roll past flash before my eyes.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

#VicePresident #KamalaHarris and #Governor #TimWalz’s #SecretWeapon Against the #Republicans.

There’s a #deadly #new #word on everyone’s lips at the #DemocraticNationalConvention this week. #Freedom

https://newrepublic.com/article/185164/kamala-harris-tim-walz-secret-weapon-republicans

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s Secret Weapon Against the Republicans

There’s a deadly new word on everyone’s lips at the Democratic convention this week.

^{The New Republic}

[Audio] All eyes at the #DNC turn to #VicePresident #KamalaHarris for her turn to #address #delegates.

#Democratic #VicePresident #nominee #TimWalz introduced himself to the nation in a #primetime #address at the #convention. Vice President #KamalaHarris will give the convention's keynote address on Thursday night.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/22/nx-s1-5084636/all-eyes-at-the-dnc-turn-to-harris-for-her-turn-to-address-delegates

#DNC in #Chicago Day 4: Timing, #schedule, list of #speakers, #streetclosures and more.

Day three of the DNC in Chicago was highlighted by big #speeches from Minnesota Gov. #TimWalz, #OprahWinfrey, #MindyKaling and #StevieWonder. #VicePresident and #Democratic #presidential #nominee #KamalaHarris will speak Tonight.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/dnc-chicago-2024/dnc-in-chicago-day-4-timing-schedule-list-of-speakers-street-closures-and-more/3529027/

DNC in Chicago Day 4: Timing, schedule, list of speakers, street closures and more

Day three of the DNC in Chicago was highlighted by big speeches from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling and Stevie Wonder. Vice President and…

^{NBC Chicago Staff (NBC Chicago)}

#PeteButtigieg, #OprahWinfrey & #TimWalz destroy #DonaldTrump & #ShadyVance (#JDVance) during #DNC’s third night.

#LGBTQ+ #speakers graced the stage, with one of them telling the #SupremeCourt, "You can pry this #weddingband from my #cold, #dead, #gay hand!"

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #Megathread

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/pete-buttigieg-oprah-winfrey-tim-walz-destroy-trump-vance-during-dncs-third-night/

Pete Buttigieg, Oprah Winfrey & Tim Walz destroy Trump & Vance during DNC's third night - LGBTQ Nation

Four LGBTQ+ speakers graced the stage, with one of them telling the Supreme Court, "You can pry this wedding band from my cold, dead, gay hand!"

^{Daniel Villarreal (LGBTQ Nation)}

The #DNC asks: What if #men led w/ #empathy?

#TimWalz talked #football, #fatherhood & #fertility at the convention, where a number of men have taken the stage to embrace empathy & #emotion.

#EndToxicMasculinity
#HarrisWalz2024
https://19thnews.org/2024/08/dnc-manhood-empathy-support-women-tim-walz/

The DNC asks: What if men led with empathy?

The Democratic vice presidential nominee and other men at this week’s DNC are embracing empathy and emotion on stage.

^{Amanda Becker (The 19th)}

#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

CNN:
Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a threat to democracy

Retired federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a prominent conservative legal scholar put on the bench by President George H.W. Bush, is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump, whose candidacy he describes as an existential threat to American democracy.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics/conservative-republican-endorses-harris-calls-trump-a-threat-to-democracy/index.html

#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #TimWalz

The #DemocraticNationalConvention will kick off Monday in #Chicago. Democratic organizers have had to rework programming for the #DNC after #POTUS #Biden dropped out & endorsed MVP #KamalaHarris to replace him.

But leaders within the DNC say they are harnessing that energy the #Harris & her running mate, MN Gov #TimWalz, have brought into the race, & that they hope to keep the momentum going at the convention & beyond.

Here’s what you need to know.

#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/18/nx-s1-5078651/dnc-convention-harris-walz-speakers-schedule

People are loving Tim Walz! Let's go, coach!

#TimWalz #HarrisWalz2024 #KamalaBringsUsJoy #GOPWeirdos #Project2025 #Agenda47 #NeverAgainTrump #VoteBlue #USPol

Catch VP Harris and Tim Walz as they chat about music, family, and their vision for America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkwZ_A49hb8

#USPol #HarrisWalz2024 #TimWalz #GOPWeirdos #KamalaBringsUsJoy #Project2025 #Agenda47 #NeverAgainTrump #VoteBlue

“describing Donald #Trump as an absolute existential #threat to #democracy is 100% accurate. His ability to rip away our allegiances that we formed, & the diplomats know this, that are so critical, not just to Europe, but for the entire planet.”

- #TimWalz Boston fundraiser where he raised more than $1.2M yesterday.
#ForeignPolicy #NATO #NationalSecurity #Security #geopolitics #USpol #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/08/15/walz-boston-campaign-fundraiser-harris

VP hopeful Tim Walz raises $1.2 million at Boston fundraiser | WBUR News

At a Back Bay fundraiser, Minnesota Gov. Walz hit Trump on climate, reproductive rights and the economy, calling the former president's claims of lowering prices by drilling oil "nonsense."

^{Zeninjor Enwemeka (WBUR)}

Minnesota National Guard defends Gov #TimWalz service and deny #JDVance's claims he abandoned his unit.

“Governor Tim Walz received his notification of eligibility for retirement on August 3, 2002,” Cochran said. “He retired from the Minnesota National Guard on May 16, 2005.” Further allegations Walz is misrepresenting his rank are also unfounded, according to the MNG.

#HarrisWalz2024 #elections2024 #uspol

https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/08/12/minnesota-national-guard-officials-weigh-in-on-walz-service/

Minnesota National Guard officials weigh in on Walz service

Walz has come under sustained fire over his decision to retire, following 24 years of service in various Guard units, while his battalion was allegedly under orders to deploy.

^{Matthew Medsger (Boston Herald)}

RS:
Conservative mom of 6 says Dems better on family policy

Even a former Heritage Foundation writer is now saying that Democrats are the better party when concerning policies that are most beneficial to parents.

In a recent op-ed for Newsweek, conservative activist Bethany Mandel... admitted that the Democratic Party has consistently been a better ally of working-class Americans... better for families...
https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-family-values/

#News #Politics #Democrats #Harris #KamalaHarris #TimWalz

'Hurt the Republican ticket': Conservative mom of 6 says Dems better on family policy

^{Carl Gibson, AlterNet (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}

Anyone spending a minute on any social network can easily find numerous articles, photos, and videos posted by attendees and journalists to verify that thousands of people show up for #KamalaHarris and #TimWalz campaign rallies.

But in a Sunday social media post, Trump made the false claim that a crowd at a Thursday event was AI generated.

His claim is pathetic and ridiculous, but it is also insidious.

There are many videos like the below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5VOHvij43k&t=7288s