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The surprising reports come from whistleblower disclosures that point to a non-classified Microsoft Teams group chat among DHS employees—under the title “NST NFT Bi-Weekly Sync”—containing sensitive information about Governor Walz and his alleged connections to the CCP. Further intelligence reports, both classified and unclassified, are said to contain additional details on these troubling claims.

In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the Committee expressed its concerns about the long-term relationship between Governor Walz and the CCP, suggesting the Chinese regime has attempted to infiltrate subnational leadership in the U.S. through strategic relationships with prominent figures, including state governors. The letter indicates that the Committee has been investigating CCP influence on federal and state leadership for some time, but this new information regarding Governor Walz raises the stakes considerably.

BREAKING: Chairman Comer Is Subpoenaing DHS After Whistleblower Reveals Information on Governor Walz’s Ties to the CCP

— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) September 30, 2024

In the letter to Secretary Mayorkas, the Committee stated, “If a state governor and major political party’s nominee for Vice President of the United States has been a witting or unwitting participant in the CCP’s efforts to weaken our nation, this would strongly suggest that there are alarming weaknesses in the federal government’s effort to defend the United States from the CCP’s political warfare.”

The Committee argued that the CCP views the United States as its “main enemy” and has been engaged in a broad campaign to influence American policymakers, particularly at the state and local levels. The whistleblower disclosures, according to Chairman Comer, indicate that Walz may have been part of this effort, either knowingly or unwittingly. Comer issued a subpoena to DHS, demanding the release of all intelligence reports, documents, and communications related to Governor Walz’s alleged connections to the CCP. The Oversight Committee believes these documents will shed light on how successful the CCP has been in infiltrating U.S. political circles and what the federal government is doing to combat these efforts.

“We have learned of the emphasis the CCP has placed on influencing subnational government leaders, including state governors,” said the Committee in its letter. “The information required of DHS by the Committee’s subpoena will inform the Committee’s understanding of how successful the CCP has been in waging political warfare in and against the United States, how effectively federal agencies are addressing the communist regime’s campaign, and what reforms are necessary to counter this threat.”

While it’s still unclear how this investigation will play out, the political implications are enormous. Governor Walz has not yet commented publicly on the matter, but his potential connection to the CCP is likely to become a major talking point in the coming weeks as the 2024 election cycle heats up. If the allegations hold water, it could not only derail his political ambitions but also shake public confidence in the Democratic Party’s ability to fend off foreign influence.

Former Staffers Describe Harris As ‘Soul-Destroying Bully’ Who Left Them In Tears

 Jon DoughertyJuly 27, 2024

Several former staffers of Vice President Kamala Harris have unloaded on their one-time boss, describing her as a “bully” who often left people in tears after berating them in degrading tirades.

The staffers, who spoke to author Charlie Spiering for the UK’s Daily Mail, described her as a “soul-destroying bully,” which led to unprecedented levels of staff turnover.

“Only four of the initial 71 staffers hired by Harris during her first year in office still remain in a job. The rest either quit or were fired, according to analysis by non-partisan watchdog Open The Books,” Spiering reported. “That translates to a 92 percent staff turnover rate – and, say critics, is a likely sign that the issues on Team Harris have more to do with her than anyone else.”

He went on to note that, while researching his recently published Harris biography, “Amateur Hour,” which was released in January, his sources recounted “horror stories” of their treatment by Harris, several of which he said “shocked me.”

Dating back to 2010, when she served as California attorney general, she was known then as running a “toxic” work environment. One professor at the University of California-Sacramento, Barbara O’Connor, told the biographer that several of her students who interned for Harris “frequently came back to her crying and saying that they ‘felt they weren’t valued.'”

When Harris was elected in 2016 as a U.S. senator from the Golden State, apparently she took the same bad behaviors to Washington, D.C. “Analysis showed her office had the ninth-highest staff turnover rate out of the 114 senators who served between 2017 and 2020,” Spiering wrote. He added: “Congressional sources told the Mail that she would berate subordinates in expletive-laden tirades.”

Republican staffers would also, at times, get caught up in the verbal abuse. One source said she berated a room full of Senate staffers in 2018 amid the highly contentious confirmation hearings for now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was falsely accused of sexually assaulting several women during his college days.

During one episode, sources said Harris blew up in an angry tirade outside the main Senate Judiciary Committee room, yelling, “Anyone who’s staff, get the f*** out of here!” to all staffers, including those who worked for GOP senators.

Spiering added:

In a sensational resignation letter shared with the New York Times in November 2019, Harris’s then State Operations Director Kelly Mehlenbacher slammed her boss, saying: ‘I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly.’

She continued: ‘It is not acceptable to me that we encouraged people to move from Washington, DC to Baltimore only to lay them off with no notice.’

‘Morale has never been lower,’ she added, saying there was no ‘real plan’ for how Harris might win, but that she hoped her departure ‘might result in some serious consideration of […] our internal communications’.

Harris’ behavior toward her staff has apparently changed little since she became Joe Biden’s vice president, according to multiple reports.

The Washington Post interviewed current and former staffers, many on the condition of anonymity for a December 2021 story, and they gave some candid responses to what it is like working for Harris.

“It’s clear that you’re not working with somebody who is willing to do the prep and the work,” one former staffer said. “With Kamala you have to put up with a constant amount of soul-destroying criticism and also her own lack of confidence. So you’re constantly sort of propping up a bully, and it’s not really clear why.”

Earlier that year, Politico reported that some staffers believed her office was abusive.

“People are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses, and it’s an abusive environment,” a person that Politico claims knows how her office works said. “It’s not a healthy environment, and people often feel mistreated. It’s not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like s—.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump’s near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president’s ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president’s injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally.

“What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle,” the agency said in a statement.

The statement from the FBI marked the most definitive law enforcement account of Trump’s injuries and followed ambiguous comments earlier in the week from Director Christopher Wray that appeared to cast doubt on whether Trump had actually been hit by a bullet.

The comment drew fury from Trump and his allies and further stoked conspiracy theories that have flourished on both sides of the political aisle amid a dearth of information following the July 13 attack.