Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing  — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger as we stumble into Fall), and sit down with this 21st Century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication!

#1 - Tim Walz's Self-Implosion Continues During Press Gaggle, and John Fetterman's Reaction Is Priceless — by Bonchie

To be clear, this was not about mixing up dates. If I tell you I was at the World Trade Center on 9/11 but it turns out I was just in New York three months later, that would be an inexcusable lie. The event is the point in a situation like this, not the date. A person doesn't accidentally say they were in Hong Kong for the Tiananmen Square protests when they weren't. Walz has long lied about his background for personal gain, and this is just another example of that. 

Past that, this idea that he was taking trips to China to teach students about democracy is absurd. That would be the last place one would take students if they wanted to learn about the topic. Whatever affinity Walz had for China, learning about democracy had nothing to do with it.

#2 - Kamala's Attempted Troll of Trump at Alabama Game Fails Miserably, While Trump Is Cheered Wildly — by Nick Arama

So much for "any time, any place." Apparently that doesn't mean any network that she thinks might not have helpful moderators for her. Looks like Kamala was doing a lot of projection there and was the "loser" of whom she spoke. She was the one ducking debates. 

Harris just made herself look silly and desperate. She probably couldn't get all of her ridiculous word salad on a banner. If you're winning, you don't have to play such games to try to get attention. 

Then too, she failed to understand the people to whom she was trying to appeal, much as she fails to understand most Americans.  

#3 - HOT TAKES: People Notice Something Peculiar About a Staged Kamala Harris 'Briefed by FEMA' Photo — by Sister Toldjah

There are a couple of things that I find super-annoying about the photo. First, if she indeed really wasn't on the phone (and FWIW she's been known to play games with her earbuds before), it's just more fakery on top of fakery from a candidate and team who try reinventing her as a "great leader" just about every single day.

The other thing and more importantly is that not one person in this country who is heartbroken and praying for western North Carolina families should be impressed with the photo and caption considering it was posted two days after the region got hammered by Helene and after Harris had other priorities that didn't include expressing anything beyond the bare minimum concern for the hundreds of thousands who have been negatively impacted in my state.

#4 - Biden, Harris Comments in Hurricane-Affected Area Raise Questions and Anger; Elon Wrecks Them in Tweet — by Nick Arama

If you lost your home, that would barely pay for a few days in a hotel and food for a family. And you can apply for it online, she said. Assuming you had power. 

Many sounded off on this statement from Harris, raising questions like how much money has been given to Ukraine? Or to all kinds of services and assistance for illegal aliens? $750 is a pittance by comparison. 

Meanwhile, Biden, the generally absent leader, was in North Carolina. Watch how slow he is taking his seat, while all around him are moving at normal speed.

#5 - WATCH: The Look on Kamala's Face When the Teleprompter Goes Out at Labor Event in Flint, MI — by Nick Arama

But perhaps the funniest -- and most revealing moment -- during her remarks in Flint was this one when the teleprompter went out. She started talking about Magic Johnson's number being 32 and then said there are 32 days until the election. Check out the look on her face -- you can see the moment that it happened, and then the desperate "filler" words as she waited for it to come back: 

Kamala's teleprompter briefly went out at the beginning of her speech — you can tell the exact moment it happened.

She had absolutely no idea what to do or say.

Humiliating. pic.twitter.com/287bSswwgS

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 4, 2024

She was completely unsure what to do next. How can you ever put someone like that in charge, in such an important position? How would she deal with foreign leaders?