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Tim Walz, the leftist Minnesota governor who already has been caught in a long list of statements that have been documented to be untrue, now has been caught in another.

This time it's for an award he claimed during a previous campaign that he got, but he didn't.

The report comes from the Minnesota Sun, which explained "Walz's pattern of misrepresenting his record continues to come under scrutiny as he steps onto the national stage as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate."

The latest controversy uncovered developed when Walz was running for the U.S. House back in 2006.

"His campaign website stated that he had received an award from the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce for his contributions to the business community," the report said.

But not so, said Barry L. Kennedy, then president of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, in a letter to Walz, Kennedy confirmed, "We researched this matter and can confirm that you have not been the recipient of any award from the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce."

A copy of that letter was obtained by Alpha News.

The letter pointedly explained, "I am not going to draw a conclusion about your intentions by including this line in your biography. However, we respectfully request that you remove any reference to our organization as it could be considered an endorsement of your candidacy. It should be pointed out, however, that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed your opponent, Congressman Gil Gutknecht, for his support of small business issues."

Walz later had his website changed, to reference the "Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce," and his campaign manager blamed the falsehood on a "typographical error."

Other issues of truthfulness that Walz already has needed to address including his multiple claims to have retired from the Army National Guard with the rank Command Sergeant Major. While he was in that rank at his retirement, he had not completed the requirements to keep it in retirement, so was downgraded at that point.

He also is on video stating he handled assault weapons "in war," during an anti-Second Amendment campaign.

"We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is [sic] the only place that those weapons are at," he said, triggering charges of "stolen valor" since he was deployed to Italy as a lawyer at the time.

Further, the report said, "CNN recently acknowledged that Walz's 2006 congressional campaign 'falsely described' important details regarding his September 1995 drunk driving arrest in Nebraska."

CNN reported that the 2006 Walz campaign "repeatedly told the press that [Walz] had not been drinking that night, claiming that his failed field sobriety test was due to a misunderstanding related to hearing loss from his time in the National Guard. The campaign also claimed that Walz was allowed to drive himself to jail that night.'"

But, said CNN, "None of that was true."

And, the report said, "Additionally, Walz has repeatedly implied he and his wife used IVF procedures in order to conceive their children," which was not true.

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Those people who have sustained brain injuries and are hospitalized in an unresponsive state sometimes provide the biggest puzzles in health care.

Sometimes their condition is a result of an accident, or injury, and sometimes it may come about because of a heart attack or stroke.

There are no strict rules for such cases as some patients live for years and then die without returning to consciousness, while others spring suddenly awake after weeks or even months in what appears to be a coma.

Stunningly, there are those who die from deliberate actions, starvation and the deprivation of fluids, as doctors and family give up on them.

But those suffering those conditions may be more cognizant that many realize.

A report from the Christian Institute in the United Kingdom explains, "Researchers have demonstrated that a quarter of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) can follow simple commands cognitively. In an international study of 241 brain injury patients, 60 performed 'a cognitive task' as detected on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) scans."

There are an estimated 25,000 such patients in U.K. hospitals and homes, the report said.

"Some patients with severe brain injury do not appear to be processing their external world. However, when they are assessed with advanced techniques such as task-based fMRI and EEG, we can detect brain activity that suggests otherwise," said study author Yelena Bodien.

She continued, "These results bring up critical ethical, clinical, and scientific questions, such as how can we harness that unseen cognitive capacity to establish a system of communication and promote further recovery?"

The report warns of horrific consequences, such as withholding food and water or withdrawal of life support, and cited the case of U.K. teenager Jack Dolan, left in an apparent vegetative state following an accident, who rallied after his life support was removed.

Jack's stepfather, David Dolan, explained in the report, "Jack is blowing everything doctors said out the water. He is moving his arms, wiggling his toes, holding eye contact and, while in pain with belly ache, looked his mum in the eye and said 'help.'"

A report at the Independent explains the study monitored brain activity while patients were told to imagine opening and closing your hand or imagine playing tennis.

The report said experts believe now there is "an ethical obligation to engage with these patients, to try to help them connect to the world."

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In the wake of his own running mate publicly saying he was considering quitting the presidential race and joining forces with former President Donald Trump, Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will address the nation on Friday.

His campaign press secretary Stefanie Spear said the announcement will be "about the present historical moment and his path forward."

The event, slated for 2 p.m. Eastern in Phoenix, Arizona, will be live-streamed on X and other social channels.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seriously considering quitting the 2024 race and endorsing former President Donald Trump, according to RFK's running mate Nicole Shanahan.

"There's two options that we're looking at and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency because we draw votes from Trump, or we draw somehow more votes from Trump," Shanahan said on the "Impact Theory" podcast.

"Or we walk away right now and join forces with Donald Trump and you know, we walk away from that and explain to our base why we're making this decision," she told interviewer Tom Bilyeu.

"Not easy, not an easy decision," she added.

"I did not put in tens of millions of dollars to be a spoiler candidate," the attorney and entrepreneur said earlier in the interview."I put in tens of millions of dollars to win, to fix this country, to do the right thing," she said.

We don't want to be a spoiler."

"We wanted to win. We wanted a fair shot."

Regarding Kennedy, Trump told CNN on Tuesday: "I didn't know he was thinking about getting out, but if he is thinking about getting out, certainly I'd be open to it."

Trump said he'd "love that endorsement, because I've always liked" Kennedy.

Asked if he would consider appointing RFK Jr. to a role in his future administration, Trump said he "probably would."

"I like him a lot. I respect him a lot," Trump said. "I probably would, if something like that would happen. He's a very different kind of a guy, a very smart guy. And, yeah, I would be honored by that endorsement, certainly."

Meanwhile, Bilyeu asked Shanahan if she would run for governor of California if she and Kennedy drop out of the White House hunt, and she responded, "I would consider running as well."

"I want to be involved in California."

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For Christians who have not given in to the ultra-liberal, progressive moves some organizations that call themselves churches have adopted, this will not be a surprise.

It's that the "Church" of England apparently has decided it no longer is a church.

Some of those leftist entities, while originally established by Bible-believing individuals, have strayed. They have LGBT-promoting ceremonies, advocate for abortion and more.

The British institute, while not as far down the progressive road as some entities, still has made it clear that its future is liberal and progressive.

It is Fox News that is reporting it is dropping the word "church," "in the hopes of drawing in more crowds."

That's based on a study, "New Things: A theological investigation into the work of starting new churches across 11 dioceses in the Church of England," which was done by the Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research in Durham.

It looked at 11 dioceses and how they described the new organizations they started.

The study found even though more than 900 new churches were established by 11 dioceses in the past 10 years, none of them used the word "church plant" or "church."

"Not one diocese used the term 'church' in their main descriptor. 'Church plant' is not used by any of the 11 dioceses. Only one diocese used 'fresh expressions' of 'pioneering' in its descriptor," the study found.

The study continued, "That the term 'church' is not used, in favor of other terms (community, congregation etc.) is worthy of theological reflection. We explore whether the question, 'what is church?' is worth asking."

Besides, "community" and "congregation," churches also were referred to as "worship."

A report at PJMedia noted, "The Church of England has apparently joined the pronoun movement. Of course, none of this should come as a surprise to anyone, but it is still a shame. According to a report in the Telegraph, the Church has decided to stop using the word 'church' in order to be more modern. I don't know what word they will use. Lodge? Club? Association? The Loyal Order of Water Buffalos?"

The report said that the word "church" was not comprehensive enough "to describe what it is that these dioceses have been starting," adding that the phrase "new things" might be more appropriate.

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty has announced it is pursuing a federal civil rights complaint against the Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic because of racism that is embedded in its programs.

WILL explains the case focuses on its Minority Stroke Program and the Minority Men's Health Center.

"Both programs provide education, prevention, treatment, and other assistance and resources to patients for addressing stroke, diabetes, and other stroke risk factors, men's health conditions, and mental health issues," the organization explains.

"Unfortunately, the programs are apparently not for everyone. As Cleveland Clinic explains it, these special programs are specifically purposed for 'preventing and treating [health conditions] in racial and ethnic minorities.' According to the clinic, under these programs, the 'overall components' for patient appointments 'resemble those offered to all patients [except that] they are tailored to minorities.'"

The issue cited by the legal team is that "under Title VI and the Affordable Care Act" healthcare providers like the clinic are barred from trying to segregate or otherwise offer separate services based on race.

"Cleveland Clinic may not implement racial preferences, or programs that are racially motivated, to provide services or benefits in a different manner from those provided to others," the organization said.

WILL lawyer Cara Tolliver pointed out, "The problem with Cleveland Clinic's racial persona grata / persona non grata model is that it engages the dangerous practice of using race as a proxy for legitimate health risks. Whether a particular patient should be prioritized, promoted, pursued, and included for medical assistance and care does not change simply because a patient is the wrong color. Cleveland Clinic's endeavor to create a dichotomy of care that assumes what individuals need based on their race is both inappropriate and illegal."

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Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan prosecutor who took years-old misdemeanor business records charges for which the statute of limitations had expired, and made them felonies against President Donald Trump because he claimed they were done in furtherance of some other unspecified crime, now is facing a lawsuit for his actions.

It is America First Legal that has sued Bragg for refusing to turn over records of how he developed his case, whether he consulted with the Joe Biden administration in the case, and whether it was a "partisan prosecution" against the GOP presidential nominee.

At the time Trump was opposing Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race. Since then, the elites of the Democrat party essentially tossed Biden under the bus and named Kamala Harris as his replacement.

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A British government official has threatened to arrest anyone, anywhere in the world, if they violate his interpretation of what speech is allowed in the public – or not.

And he's getting a vicious scolding from Americans who have reminded him that there was a revolution, and he's not in charge.

But a constitutional expert, Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University and a popular commentator on constitutional issues who has testified before Congress on its impact, is warning that a Democrat administration in the United States actually could collude with such extremists.

The dispute is over the recent comment from a police commissioner in the United Kingdom, Mark Rowley, who issued the threat.

"We will throw the full force of the law at people. And whether you're in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield, we will come after you."

He envisions even extraditing people from other nations to face his courtroom antics on issues such as what has happened in the U.K.

Turley explained, "The decline of free speech in the United Kingdom has long been a concern for free speech advocates. A man was convicted for sending a tweet while drunk referring to dead soldiers. Another was arrested for an anti-police t-shirt. Another was arrested for calling the Irish boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend a 'leprechaun.' Yet another was arrested for singing 'Kung Fu Fighting.' A teenager was arrested for protesting outside of a Scientology center with a sign calling the religion a 'cult.'"

Now police there are "moving to arrest those who are repeating false claims or engaging in inflammatory speech," he reported.

Rowley expanded his comment: "Being a keyboard warrior does not make you safe from the law. You can be guilty of offenses of incitement, of stirring up racial hatred, there are numerous terrorist offenses regarding the publishing of material. All of those offenses are in play if people are provoking hatred and violence on the streets, and we will come after those individuals just as we will physically confront on the streets the thugs and the yobs who are taking — who are causing the problems for communities."

Turley noted, "The message is chilling because free speech has been in a free fall in the United Kingdom as well as other Western countries."

He noted the U.K. has adopted many laws criminalizing speech, using vague terms that allow for police to arrest anyone they want. All the behavior has to be is considered by police to be "threatening, abusive, or insulting."

He pointed out, "Ordinarily, one would expect the U.S. government to push back on the suggestion that these laws could be used to arrest and extradite its citizens for the use of free speech. However, the Biden-Harris administration has been a proponent of censorship and blacklisting for years. At the same time, leading Democrats have called for European-type laws to be adopted or enforced against U.S. citizens for their views on social media."

He noted that in the past, "Democratic leaders like Hillary Clinton called on foreign countries to use or pass censorship laws to prevent Elon Musk from restoring free speech protections on Twitter. The effort of these politicians would allow free speech to be reduced to the lowest common denominator as countries export their anti-free speech laws. When Clinton called upon Europeans to censor Americans, this is precisely what such actions would look like. These foreign countries could force Americans to curtail their speech under the threat of ruinous financial penalties or even arrest."

A report at BizPacReview pointed out the insults actually being hurled at Rowley over his agenda.

Unleashed were many comments, many of them using harsh language, to scold Rowley.

"He's not going to do a f****** thing about other people expressing themselves freely in other countries, especially Americans," said one, describing Rowley and his agenda as "the rest of the racists."

Another pointed out that "you British f***s lost the war!! We AmeriCANS speak freely!! We are sovereign!! We are FREE!!"

Yet another scolded, "Thanks to our revolution, we have free speech, and remember we started that revolution over a tax on tea…"

Another offered a lesson in American government, specifically the 2nd Amendment, if Rowley would "try to do something to us…"

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The records of a police department scheme to stop travelers and seize whatever cash they might be carrying with them have been uncovered by the work of the Institute for Justice.

The organization confirmed it has obtained records about cash seizures, drug seizures not involving cash, and other cases.

The fight, a "prolonged" dispute the organization, said involves an annual search-and-seizure blitz on Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

The institute said it requested records from the series of seizures just days after the 2022 campaign, but it took until now, and a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, to get them.

The lawsuit over the 2022 events were filed by lawyers Adrianne Turner and Jake Erwin.

Spartanburg County responded to the lawsuit by releasing 262 pages of records it had previously attempted to withhold, the institute explained. "The documents, which include all available incident reports from Oct. 2-6, 2022, show a systemic program of pretextual traffic stops. Since these operations began in 2006, the search-and-seizure machine has ensnared potentially thousands of innocent drivers."

"Operation Rolling Thunder turns traffic enforcement into a ruse," explained institute lawyer Rob Johnson said. "The primary goal is not road safety, but to pull over and search as many vehicles as possible to find drugs and cash. When law enforcement found cash, they seized it – whether they had evidence of wrongdoing or not."

The report from the institute pointed out that the Supreme Court, in a 2000 ruling, said "mass enforcement schemes like this are impermissible under the Fourth Amendment."

"Although individual pretextual stops are permissible, the Supreme Court has held the opposite when it comes to a systematic program of roadside stops," Johnson said.

The records now reveal, the institute said, that "When claiming probable cause for a search, officers frequently guess wrong. More than 70% of vehicle searches produced nothing illegal."

Further, "Officers rely heavily on speculation and innuendo. If people look nervous or avoid eye contact, the police count this as evidence of guilt. One officer faulted a driver for simultaneously talking too much and not enough. 'While being vague about his trip, [the driver] would overexplain other things,' the officer wrote."

And the participating agencies refused to keep records of every search, confirmed by the fact that officers searched 144 vehicles but generated only 42 incident reports.

The institute confirmed, "Officers stopped and searched as many as 45 commercial buses. The precise number is unavailable due to the lack of recordkeeping. Officers found drugs on 11 buses and identified six criminal suspects. Yet the police treated all bus passengers—potentially hundreds—like criminals."

The fact is that carrying "any amount" of cash is actually legal, but officers treated any currency "as contraband," the report said. In every case officers found money, they confiscated it, and then pressured the owners to sign "roadside abandonment forms," in which they would give up their right to reclaim it.

"The police treat law enforcement like a competitive sport when they rush to pull over and search as many vehicles as possible within a set timeframe," Johnson said. "This is not how policing should work."

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America in late 2024 has become a surreal, almost phantasmagoric drama of shocks, horrors and wonders – including a widespread conviction that Almighty God Himself reached down and dramatically saved Donald Trump from an assassin's bullet that came within a fraction of an inch of blowing the former president's brains out.

All the surrounding chaos – Joe Biden being forced out of the 2024 presidential race, leaving radical leftist Kamala Harris as the Democrats' nominee; the ongoing full-scale invasion of America by millions of illegal aliens including myriad drug dealers, sex traffickers, mental patients, gang members, criminals and terrorists; skyrocketing crime, inflation, and every other societal horror, all shepherded, nurtured and funded by the Biden-Harris regime – continues to ravage the nation.

Thus, good Americans desperately, yet hopefully and prayerfully, look to November's election as their one doorway to national survival, sanity and restoration.

But there's a problem.

However unspeakably bad everything has gotten during the administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, one reality remains unchanged: Today's far-left Democratic Party is single-mindedly obsessed with retaining and expanding its power, no matter what. And that means Democrats, in close collaboration with the Deep State, the legacy news media, Big Tech and other corporate allies, will do absolutely anything and everything within their power to rig, corrupt and steal the 2024 election.

Understand: Today's leftist elites are not only perfectly comfortable with cheating in every way possible to retain power; they secretly believe they have a moral mandate to win – no matter what.

How can that possibly be? Rigging elections is not just illegal, immoral and unconstitutional. It's literally suicidal for any nation.

So how do today's leftist elites justify their obsession?

'Racist, fascist, terrorist, Nazi!'

As everyone knows, since 2016 Democrats and the major news media have relentlessly portrayed Donald J. Trump as the incarnation of evil. They claimed for years that he was essentially a traitor, colluding with America's mortal enemies to win the presidential election. And that he's also a "racist," "white supremacist," "Islamophobe," "fascist," "Nazi" and admirer of Adolf Hitler.

Not coincidentally, the same people likewise defame Trump's tens of millions of supporters – Republicans, conservatives, Christians and other regular, decent, law-abiding, traditional-values Americans – 74 million of whom voted for him in 2020 … as EVIL. "Deplorables" and "irredeemable," Hillary Clinton called them. "Semi-fascists," Biden famously labeled Trump's supporters. "Extremists" and "domestic terrorists," Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland branded parents standing up at a school board meeting to protest the Marxist brainwashing of their children; "racists" and "white supremacists," as virtually all conservatives are referred to daily.

Writing in the Washington Post, legendary columnist Charles Krauthammer once crystalized the whole issue this way: "To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil."

And the method of choice leftists have long employed for hammering home the supposed evils of conservatives has been to compare them to fascists and Nazis. Indeed, even after the July 13 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez couldn't resist attacking Trump as "a racist and a neo-Nazi."

So, what does endlessly slandering Trump and his supporters have to do with Democrats' multi-tiered strategy to rig the outcome of this November's election, regardless of the actual will of the American people?

Everything.

Consider that in response to the real Adolf Hitler, assassination attempts were the most moral response – indeed, there were 16 known plots to kill der Fuhrer. So obviously, any lesser action that would serve to reduce or neutralize the influence of such an evil, mass-murdering dictator – say, like rigging an election – would likewise be moral, desirable and righteous.