The Dog

wonder when he's going to play the "fake polls" card?

I've seen reports that this was the case - the people who heckled her weren't part of the conversations she had prior to the event. Hoping for her sake that is true.

oh good lord:

These motherfuckers are the ONLY thing I worry about wrt the convention. They need to slow their roll.

Just seems to have more legs than I would like. I'm not that bothered just annoyed.

They need to put this "stolen valor" shit to bed. Vance won't shut up about it and MAGA is having a field day with it even though it's been thoroughly debunked.

Was it the one with Sarah Longwell? That was taped like right after Walz was named IIRC. The Bulwark found out that Trump's campaign helped to fuel an anti-Shapiro whisper campaign so that's likely why Tim and Sarah are bent because they believe the Trump campaign didn't want Kamala to pick him: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-world-fueled-anti-shapiro-whisper-campaign. They are looking at it from the perspective of purely "this locks down Pennsylvania" rather than a bigger picture.

yes: NAFO version:

NAFO founder couldn't help himself (NAFO is having a field day with what's happening in Kursk btw):

Yup and it didn't get the attention it should have when that occurred. Everyone was still focusing on Biden's age. This is what they should be asking his campaign right now: A lot of us have been saying it was going to his astronomical legal bills. On another topic - apparently after Trump's interview with the black journalists association there was a mutiny in his campaign according to Rick Wilson: It may have been on another thread, but the question why Trump isn't having more rallies could be related to the campaign's finances. However, I think it's more that he can't handle the grind but also that he's embarrassed by the small crowds he is drawing. Trump HATES that and the optics of seeing Kamala's enormous crowds compared to his pitiful audiences of old white people:

and they have no ideas other than Project 2025 which they are trying to bury because it's so unpopular.

ThreeYearLetterman is gonna have a field day with this: Oh yeah:

The latest MAGA line is that Walz is guilty of "stolen valor" since he didn't retire as a Command Sargent Major - even though he did attain the rank and serve in that role. He retired as a Master Sargent since there was additional coursework he didn't complete as part of being a CSM. This was purely for administrative purposes and has nothing to do with his service. This Xitter account verifies stolen valor claims and has been researching it. So far nothing of consequence - just MAGA being idiots.

agreed but I think they rate goals too high. Girma was 8.1 fwiw.

LOL Sophia Smith's FOTMOB rating went from 6.3 at the half to 8.5 and MOTM.

gop has lost ALLLLL of the people good at this. it's nothing but MAGA grifters who have no idea what they are doing.

Phenomenal finish. Smith had been horrible until that point.

Many followers not familiar with the military are asking me “so what’s the big deal about a command sergeant major?” Walz joined at 18 as a private. Rose through the NCO (sergeant) ranks, each requiring extreme competence at increasingly demanding jobs with more people & responsibility at every rank. When you reach “Master Sergeant” you are selected to serve as a First Sergeant (1SG) of a unit…if you’re good enough. Then, those 1SGTs compete for selection to Sergeant Major. Only the best Sergeant Majors are selected for Command Sergeant Major (CSM) billets. CSMs serve as the senior enlisted person in the unit and the advisor to Commanders at battalion and above. Having served with dozens of CSMs as my unit & command “battle buddy” I will attest they were all awesome. They know what they’re doing. They uphold standards. They speak their minds to all ranks (private to generals). They’re not afraid of getting bad news because they know how to fix things when they go wrong. And they serve the command (their commander and their soldiers) with a selfless integrity and a complete dedication. During social events and informal occasions, they’re usually a whole bunch of fun. And they always have great stories. But they’re always professional. So, those are my thoughts on Command Sergeants Major. While I don’t know the details of @GovTimWalz career wearing the cloth of our country, just the fact that he volunteered to serve and wore the CSM rank tells me a lot about him.