When Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Aug. 6, most Americans were only vaguely aware that he existed. In the days that followed, we’ve learned about his background in education and the National Guard; his enthusiasm for flannel shirts, camo hats, and hunting; his …
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J.D. Vance came to Trump’s defense when confronted with the fact that the presidential candidate had dinner in 2022 with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who recently attacked Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, a child of Indian immigrants. Fuentes said last month he doesn’t expect Vance — “the guy who has an …
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Donald Trump kept his Montana rally crowd waiting for nearly 90 minutes Friday night and then immediately insulted the state. Scheduled to speak at 8 p.m., he didn’t emerge until around 9:30 p.m., and then he said, “I’ve gotta like Tim Sheehy a lot to be here,” mentioning the GOP …
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Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz made their political debut to throngs of screaming supporters in Philadelphia on Tuesday night. The next day, they hopscotched over to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for a casual meet up with 12,000 Bon Iver-heads, before touching down in Detroit, where some 15,000 people …
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As Donald Trump‘s allies are desperately trying to dig up dirt on Kamala Harris’ newly-named running mate, Tim Walz, many have criticized Walz’s handling of the 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd — while Trump himself praised the Minnesota Democrat at time. On Tuesday, Trump’s vice presidential pick, …
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Kamala Harris didn’t have a whole lot of time to get to know Tim Walz before asking him to join her on the Democrats’ 2024 presidential ticket. The pair met for an in-person interview over the weekend, but Harris also had at least one recent experience with the Minnesota governor …
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It’s been less than a day since Vice President Kamala Harris officially rolled out progressive darling Tim Walz as her 2024 running mate, and he already has a specific mandate from his boss: drive Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and the right as crazy as he possibly can. According to multiple …
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Last night, Bob Mould posted a snippet of a new song on his social media accounts: “The toddler and the sycophants/Time to say goodbye,” he sang. The inspiration for the song was evident enough. Although Mould was born in New York State, he attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, …
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Tim Walz has made his debut as Kamala Harris’s running mate, and Republicans are struggling to apply their standard villainization playbook to the Minnesota governor. Walz has been making waves for weeks now as a good-natured, relatable politician with a particular aptitude for dressing down the Republican agenda in terms …
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Thisarticlewas produced by Capital & Main. It is co-published by Rolling Stone with permission. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz,who has just been tapped as Kamala Harris’ running mate, has quietly become one of the country’s most aggressive advocates for taking action on climate change. Under his leadership, Minnesota has adopted some …
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