The polls close in New Hampshire at 8:00pm – Results will be coming in throughout the night/evening. We will keep this thread at the top of the page for discussion as the results come in: WMUR Local Media Results
Mexico’s former president Felipe Calderon recently responded to Donald Trump’s border wall proposal by stating:
…The Mexican people, we are not going to pay any single cent for such a stupid wall! And it’s going to be completely useless… (link)
Why now?
Why would Calderon make such a claim at this specific moment in time? Well, here’s a report that will answer that question.
(Mexico) Remittances sent home by Mexicans working outside the country surpassed petroleum revenues in 2015 for the first time. There was a 4.75% increase in money sent from abroad, most of which comes from the U.S., to total US $24.8 billion last year, up from $23.6 billion in 2014, said the Bank of México.
The bank said it was the first time remittances had totaled more than petroleum revenues since it began tracking them in 1995. Oil revenues last year totaled $23.4 billion.
An important factor in the increase in remittances is the jobs created by economic recovery in the U.S. Some 11 million Mexicans are believed to be living in the U.S. and many work in construction. Remittances, 97% of which are sent electronically, averaged $292 last year. (link)
Yes, you read that correctly. Immigrant remittances received by Mexico have surpassed Mexico’s $23.4 billion in oil earnings. This means the government of Mexico is more dependent than ever on the earnings of maids and gardeners in the U.S. to keep itself afloat. This is the leverage Donald Trump talks about to pressure Mexico to pay for the border wall. (more…)
Tonight Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Manchester, NH at the Verizon Wireless Arena beginning at 7:00 PM EST.
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Former Governor Jeb Bush has a much more serious eminent domain problem to reconcile than current media reports are discussing.
During his tenure as Florida Governor Bush initiated the largest eminent domain private property confiscation in the history of the Sunshine State.
Bush’s action is now costing the State of Florida hundreds of millions in lawsuits and legal fees.
During a period from mid-2000 to January 2006 the Florida Department of Agriculture, at the direction of Governor Jeb Bush, began a program to seize and destroy citrus trees from Florida residents.
The action stemmed from an outbreak of citrus canker, a disease that weakens citrus trees and blemishes fruit. The fruit becomes less attractive and marketable.
[…] the department’s tree-cutting crews went through Florida’s residential neighborhoods, destroying orange, grapefruit and other citrus trees found within 1,900 feet of diseased trees. Delayed and hampered by lawsuits from homeowners, the campaign failed to stop the disease, which eventually made it to the state’s commercial groves. (link)
The program was essentially FLDA government authorized jackboots entering the yards and properties of Florida residents and destroying private property “without compensation” for their loss. Any homeowners who did not willingly comply were subject to arrest by law enforcement.
“They came with two sheriff’s deputies. They said if you don’t step aside we will handcuff you and take you to jail,” says John Haire, of Fort Lauderdale, one of several residents challenging the eradication program in court. (link)
Candidate Donald Trump Town Hall Event in Londonderry, NH at the Londonderry Lions Club beginning at 1:30 PM EST.
Candidate Donald Trump appears today in Salem, NH at the Derry-Salem Elks Lodge. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM EST.
The ever inconsistent Monmouth University pollster Patrick Murray presents yet another one of his grand political estimations (full pdf below). However, multiple notes of caution: #1) This is Patrick Murray, who hasn’t done an accurate poll in all of 2016 campaign season. #2) This poll was conducted prior to the GOP debate.
In addition to the prior notes of caution – a one day “private poll’ conducted on Sunday (post debate), shows Marco Rubio support has dropped significantly. This was reported in politico: (more…)
In a recent South Carolina GOP debate Jeb Bush talked about trade with China and showed how much he relies on briefings by his team to create his talking points. Bush did not realize Boeing was moving a manufacturing plant to China, and with it American Jobs – SEE HERE
Similarly, last night in New Hampshire, to bolster his propositions about eminent domain, Governor Jeb Bush made the gobsmacking assertion the Keystone Pipeline project was a “public use” project.
It isn’t.
While campaigning in New Hampshire, Candidate Donald Trump made the Sunday broadcast tv talk show circuit. ABC, NBC and CNN.
ABC This Week with George Stephanopolous – Eminent Domain:
