Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tm Walz, are gearing up for the Democratic National Convention with a joint bus tour. Harris, Walz and their spouses, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz, will start the tour in Pittsburgh on Sunday. That follows Harris introducing Walz as her running mate at a Philadelphia rally last week, underscoring just how important a swing sate Pennsylvania will be.
Quick Read
- Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will embark on a joint bus tour ahead of the Democratic National Convention, starting in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
- The tour follows Harris introducing Walz as her running mate at a rally in Philadelphia, emphasizing the importance of Pennsylvania as a swing state.
- The bus tour will begin a day after Walz makes a solo campaign stop in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was born, targeting the competitive electoral vote in Omaha’s district.
- Both Harris and Walz are scheduled to address the Democratic National Convention in Chicago later in the week.
The Associated Press has the story:
kamala Harris and Tim Walz will have a joint bus tour ahead of the DNC
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Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tm Walz, are gearing up for the Democratic National Convention with a joint bus tour. Harris, Walz and their spouses, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz, will start the tour in Pittsburgh on Sunday. That follows Harris introducing Walz as her running mate at a Philadelphia rally last week, underscoring just how important a swing sate Pennsylvania will be.
The bus tour will begin a day after Walz makes a solo campaign stop in Omaha, Nebraska, the state where he was born. Nebraska overall is reliably Republican, but awards its electoral votes by congressional district — meaning Omaha’s single delegate is competitive. Both Walz and Harris will later in the week address their party’s convention, which opens on Monday in Chicago.
Walz stumps at Colorado fundraiser
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz praised the economies of his home state and Colorado during a fundraiser in Denver on Wednesday, noting that Minnesota recently edged Texas out of CNBC’s top five state economies, drawing cheers.
Walz said the “libertarian westernism” found in both Colorado and Minnesota includes supporting reproductive rights, adding that Texas can’t make the same promise to protect the rights of women-leading companies.
“Come live in states that are free. Come live in states that let you make your own choices,” Walz said, speaking in the midday heat on the grounds of a historic mansion owned by Tim Gill, a former software entrepreneur and a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights credited with helping shift Colorado to Democratic control.
The former teacher and football coach criticized vouchers allowing students to attend private schools, saying that“cannibalizes the public schools,” and also spoke out against book bans, drawing more cheers.
“Don’t read it if you don’t want to,” Walz said.
Google reports an Iranian group targeted Biden and Trump affiliates in a cyberattack
An Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people linked to President Biden and former President Trump since May, according to Google. The company said the group is still targeting people associated with Biden, Trump and Vice President Harris. It said the recipients include current and former government officials, as well as presidential campaign affiliates.
The new report from Google’s threat-intelligence arm affirms and expands on a Microsoft report released Friday that revealed the suspected Iranian cyber intrusion in the U.S. election.
Google also said it observed the group gain access to one high-profile political consultant’s personal Gmail account and reported the incident to law enforcement in July. Microsoft’s report shared similar information, noting that the email account of a former senior adviser to a presidential campaign had been compromised.
The new report from Google notes that the same Iranian group targeted both the Biden and Trump campaigns with phishing attacks during the 2020 cycle, as early as June of that year.
The report also notes that the group is active in other cyber espionage activity, including email-phishing campaigns targeted at Israeli diplomats, academics, NGOs and military affiliates.
Senate intelligence committee leaders warn against meddling in US elections
The leaders of the Senate intelligence committee are warning Iran and other adversaries not to meddle in the election after former President Donald Trump’s campaign said it was hacked and blamed groups linked to Tehran.
Committee chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said the alleged infiltration of the campaign’s systems is a reminder that “our foreign adversaries are intently interested in disrupting our democratic process.”
The two lawmakers called on law enforcement and the intelligence community to investigate and deter attempts to influence the election. They said the U.S. would respond to any nation that tries to hack into campaigns or spread disinformation in an effort to meddle with the election.
“There will be consequences to interfering in the American democratic process, and the Administration and both political parties must make that clear,” Warner and Rubio wrote.
The Trump campaign said Saturday that someone illegally accessed its network and obtained access to internal documents. Trump has blamed Iran, citing a Microsoft report stating Iran had sought to hack into a presidential campaign. Iran has denied involvement.
The FBI on Monday confirmed that it’s investigating the intrusion of the Trump campaign. Two people familiar with the matter said the FBI also is investigating attempts to gain access to the Biden-Harris campaign.
