A curious situation has presented itself within the FEC reports and required filings of 2016 election Super-PACS. A direct phone inquiry confirms a noted decrease in the number of required 24-hour expenditure reports from “some” Super-PAC’s currently active and engaged in the 2016 presidential election.
Perhaps the decrease in filing activity is just coincidental to several recent revelations which have been discovered and discussed relating to the payments to media groups and various media-created LLC’s who are beneficiaries of Super-PAC funding.
They could just be spending less, and being less involved in the last 10 days.  A key deadline for monthly summary filings is only five days away.
However, it could also be that THIS SUNLIGHT is expanding exponentially.
Super-PACS are required to file a detailed monthly list of donors (contributions) and expenditures (payments) for the preceding month on/before the 20th day of the current reporting period. Meaning contributions and expenditures for “March 2016” are due by April 20th.
It would appear that contact, from ordinary researchers who dig through the sometimes overwhelming reporting, with the FEC, can actually deliver results. Since our initial research into Katie Packer’s group “Our Principles”, the FEC has requested clarification of expenditures for media payments made in opposition to candidate Donald J Trump.
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Candidate Donald Trump is holding a campaign rally in Hartford, CT at The Connecticut Convention Center beginning at 7:00pm EDT today.
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

Candidate Donald Trump is holding a rally today in Plattsburgh, NY at the Crete Civic Center beginning at 3:00pm EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

Candidate Donald Trump has published the following Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal.  The accompanying images are mine… /SD

How has the ‘system’ been working out for you and your family? No wonder voters demand change.

Via Donald J Trump –  On Saturday, April 9, Colorado had an “election” without voters. Delegates were chosen on behalf of a presidential nominee, yet the people of Colorado were not able to cast their ballots to say which nominee they preferred.
A planned vote had been canceled. And one million Republicans in Colorado were sidelined.

In recent days, something all too predictable has happened: Politicians furiously defended the system. “These are the rules,” we were told over and over again. If the “rules” can be used to block Coloradans from voting on whether they want better trade deals, or stronger borders, or an end to special-interest vote-buying in Congress—well, that’s just the system and we should embrace it.
Let me ask America a question: How has the “system” been working out for you and your family? (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump was literally “at home” in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel last night as he spoke to the membership of the New York Republican Party.
Donald Trump actually built the room he, and all the remaining candidates, were speaking in.  The Grand Hyatt was his very first large-scale construction project in Manhattan during a time when New York City was in dire straits and most had given up on the Big Apple.
Trump gave a humorous speech outlining some of his history in the city and drew subtle, and not-so subtle, analogies/references to rebuilding government and remaining loyal.

“Have Tar, Bring Feathers”

Details HERE

Corey Lewandowski gives his opinion on the controversy involving reporter Michelle Fields, and also the GOP primary process on ‘SEAN Hannity’.

New York Post – Donald Trump is a rookie candidate — a potential superstar of vast promise, but making rookie mistakes. The nominee Republicans need for the fall campaign is often hard to make out amid his improvisations and too-harsh replies to his critics.
New Yorkers vote Tuesday. What to do?

Here’s how we see it.
Should he win the nomination, we expect Trump to pivot — not just on the issues, but in his manner. The post-pivot Trump needs to be more presidential: better informed on policy, more self-disciplined and less thin-skinned.
Yet the promise is clearly there in the rookie who is, after all, leading the field as the finals near. (more…)

CNN is hosting an important Democrat debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.   Hillary representing the voice of the Democrat machine; Bernie representing the voice of the clan folk.  It is being broadcast on CNN TV:

If you are watching – feel free to share your thoughts and opinions

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Bad Newz For Cruz

A series of brand new trend polls (three – full pdf’s below) highlight an ongoing discussion/trend. With increased visibility Senator Ted Cruz support decreases.
It would be inaccurate to say Cruz is collapsing, if it were not for multiple polls indicating the same trend line.  However, when you have three completely disparate polls, indicating an almost identical retraction, you cannot dismiss the reality.
Fox News and IPSOS Rueters both identify the issue on a national scale, and within the CBS polling of Pennsylvania voters you find the specifics as to why.  First, the Fox Trend Poll showing Donald Trump extending his lead over Cruz to 18 points, as Cruz support plummets by 11 points in a month:

(Via Fox News) Donald Trump jumps to an 18-point lead over Ted Cruz this week with record high support for the Republican nomination.
Trump tops Cruz by 45-27 percent among GOP primary voters in a new Fox News national poll on the 2016 election.  John Kasich comes in third with 25 percent. (more…)