Bloomberg News was forced to edit a glaring mistake in what was apparently intended to be a glowing profile of Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) — a mistake that only fanned the social media flames surrounding already-existing claims that Walz was guilty of stolen valor.

Kamala Harris, who only rose to the top of the ticket two weeks earlier after President Joe Biden announced that he could not continue his campaign, announced on Tuesday that Walz would be her running mate, and the article in question — headlined “Walz’s Holy Trinity of Normal: Coach, Teacher, Veteran” — was published just hours later.

In the piece, Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent Joshua Green referenced Walz’s military career — just over 24 years in the Minnesota National Guard — but flubbed a couple of key details when he claimed that Walz had deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Marine Corps veteran and editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller Geoff Ingersoll pointed out the fact that OEF was Afghanistan. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) was the campaign that put boots on the ground in Iraq. Additionally, Walz never deployed to Iraq at all — and numerous reports state that he took a conditional promotion to the rank of Command Sergeant Major only to back out and abruptly retire altogether shortly after being informed that his unit was scheduled to deploy to Iraq. Prior to that, he was briefly assigned to a post in Italy — in support of OEF — but never served in a combat zone.

Ingersoll also pointed out that it mattered whether Green had simply gotten his report wrong or had been “misled” by Walz.

“Wow, this is wild. (Also OEF was Afghanistan, NOT Iraq.) Walz should be forced to confirm or deny whether he misled Bloomberg’s @JoshuaGreen, who is still reporting to this day that Walz did a tour in Iraq. And Green should come out and say whether he was misled. This is false then and it’s false now.”

Wow, this is wild. (Also OEF was Afghanistan, NOT Iraq.)

Walz should be forced to confirm or deny whether he misled Bloomberg’s @JoshuaGreen, who is still reporting to this day that Walz did a tour in Iraq.

And Green should come out and say whether he was misled.

This is false… https://t.co/CmDrwyJBxR pic.twitter.com/30MpUhpCut

— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) August 7, 2024

At some point on Wednesday, Bloomberg updated the article — noting at the top of the page that the piece was “corrected August 7, 2024 at 3:46 PM CDT” — to correctly state that Walz had served in Italy rather than Iraq.

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Green also posted the correction on X himself, taking responsibility for the error and saying, “My Walz newsletter yesterday wrongly stated he’d served in Iraq — he didn’t. He served in Italy. My error. Story has been corrected online and on the terminal.”

My Walz newsletter yesterday wrongly stated he’d served in Iraq — he didn’t. He served in Italy. My error. Story has been corrected online and on the terminal: https://t.co/H7ct8Rj7Yp https://t.co/r581UO90oc pic.twitter.com/yD3b8udiiR

— Joshua Green (JoshuaGreen.bsky.social on 🟦) (@JoshuaGreen) August 7, 2024

But the reason the story grew legs so quickly is that Walz has, in the past, been accused of embellishing his military career and using those embellishments to push a political agenda. In order to push for an “assault weapons” ban, for example, Walz has suggested that his experience carrying such weapons “in war” makes him qualified to tell civilians what they should not carry anywhere else.

“I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt,” Walz said at a campaign event. “I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks. We can do CDC … We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are carried.”

Gov. @Tim_Walz: I spent 25 years in the Army and I hunt. I’ve been voting for common sense legislation that protects the Second Amendment, but we can do background checks. We can research the impacts of gun violence. We can make sure those weapons of war, that I carried in war,… pic.twitter.com/3IVaXi2RP2

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 6, 2024

Even CNN was forced to fact-check Walz on that comment, saying that “there is a difference between being in a combat area, being involved in a time of war, and actually being in a position where people are shooting at you. There is no evidence that any time that Governor Walz was in the position of being shot at and some of his language could easily be seen to suggest that he was.”

“Star Wars” actress Daisy Ridley revealed that she’s been diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Speaking to Women’s Health magazine, the 32-year-old actress shared for the first time that she’d been diagnosed in September 2023 with the disease after suffering from major bouts of fatigue, hot flashes, and weight loss.

The Cleveland Clinic’s definition reads, “the thyroid hormones regulate body temperature, heart rate and metabolism. An overactive thyroid causes problems with organs like the heart, as well as bones and muscles.”

“I thought, ‘Well, I’ve just played a really stressful role; presumably that’s why I feel poorly,'” Ridley said after shooting her film “Magpie.”

Daisy Ridley Reveals Graves’ Disease Diagnosis https://t.co/ABYxeF5DAY

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 6, 2024

She said when she told her doctor how she was feeling, she was encouraged to visit an endocrinologist. Ridley said when the physician described the symptoms of people with Graves’ disease as “tired but wired,” it hit home.

“It was funny, I was like, ‘Oh, I just thought I was annoyed at the world,’ but turns out everything is functioning so quickly, you can’t chill out,” the actress said.

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According to the Mayo Clinic, Graves’ disease is described as an “immune system condition that affects the thyroid gland. It causes the body to make too much thyroid hormone,” leading to hyperthyroidism, which can affect multiple organs, The Hollywood Reporter noted. It also noted that Graves’ disease is more commonly found in women, and people over 30.

The “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” star said following her diagnosis, she made some changes to her diet, after previously going vegan.

“I am not super strict about it, but generally cutting down on gluten makes me feel better,” she said, noting that doing so helps with inflammation for those predisposed to it.

“I’ve always been health conscious, and now I’m trying to be more well-being conscious,” she added. “I do a fair amount of the holistic stuff, but I also understand that it is a privilege to be able to do those things.”

“We all read the stats about women being undiagnosed or underdiagnosed and sort of coming to terms with saying, ‘I really, actually don’t feel good’ and not going, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine,’” Ridley continued. “It’s just normalized to not feel good.”

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