Tonight candidate Donald Trump appears in Grand Rapids Michigan at the Deltaplex Arena & Conference Center – Grand Rapids, MI –  The Rally is scheduled for 7:30 pm EST

Live Stream Link

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The last of several hundred emails pointing toward currently trending articles about arrests in Mississippi, surrounding the Jessica Lane Chambers murder case said:  “why have you never covered this case?”

This follows numerous emails saying (essentially): “why do you refuse to cover this case“? etc. and many more with similar sentiments….

It appears there are a considerable number of people, fly-by’s, who have no idea how far we took the research into that case and surrounding story.  So let me try to stop the nonsensical inbound efforts right now.

The current FBI/ATF etc. stories around the recent arrests in the Panola County area were indeed discussed – SEE HERE.  However, there is nothing more to them, as it specifically relates to the Jessica Chambers case, than a need by mostly federal and state authorities to justify the amount of money spent on the case. (more…)

Facing the reality of diminished usefulness as a South Carolina splitter, Senator Lindsey Graham has announced he is “suspending” (ie. dropping out) his campaign to run for President.  He is the fourth candidate to exit the race. (Perry, Walker and Jindal prior)

Unfortunately this disrupts our previously unblemished record of successfully naming the drop-outs before they occur, RATTS!! (We thought Rand Paul was going to be next). Here’s Senator Grahams’ announcement:

With Donald Trump and Ted Cruz/Marco Rubio holding such severe polling majority positions in South Carolina the usefulness of Lindsey was essentially nil. Lindsey quitting now allows candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush a little more space to gobble up some South Carolina voters. (more…)

The Baltimore prosecution team led by Marily Mosby have announced their intention to retry the case against William Porter on June 13th, 2016.  Oddly the trial against Caesar Goodson is still scheduled to begin on Jan 6th.

(Via Baltimore Sun) Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter will be retried in the death of Freddie Gray on June 13, according to court officials.

Porter’s first trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office ended last week with a hung jury on all four counts, leading Judge Barry G. Williams to declare a mistrial. (more…)

The driver who intentionally drove into a crowd on the Las Vegas strip has been identified as Lakeisha Holloway, age 24.  However, local law enforcement are “uncomfortable” discussing the motive of the attacker.  She has been charged with murder.

Current Mugshot left – Lakeisha Holloway in 2012 Right

There’s a brief profile from Lakeisha available here from April 2012 when she was given an community award in Portland Oregon –   Portland Opportunities Industrial Center (POIC) event April 2012: (more…)

A new poll from Illinois shows candidate Donald Trump retaining a sizable lead amid the top tier candidates.  2,104 voters polled (margin of error 2.5%):

(Chicago Sun Times) Trump, at 30 percent, is the top GOP presidential candidate in Illinois, according to a new poll, with double the points of Sens. Ted Cruz at 15 percent and Marco Rubio at 13 percent. (more…)

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

UPDATE 2:20am EST Police Update:  ♦ It was an intentional act. ♦ Driver is a black female in her 20’s who had 3-year-old toddler in vehicle. ♦ Vehicle registration Portland Oregon.  ♦ Vehicle was 1996 Oldsmobile

Update 12:10am ♦ The driver is in custody and is undergoing various tests, including one for alcohol ♦ Officials don’t yet know whether it was an accident or intentional. ♦ At least one dead, seven in critical condition. ♦ A total of 37 transported/injured patients.

(Via CNN ) A car mowed down more than 30 pedestrians when it went up on the sidewalk and into the entrance of the Paris Las Vegas hotel, authorities said.

At least one person was killed and 37 others injured, Clark County Fire Chief Greg Cassell said. Of the injured, seven are in critical condition.

Authorities don’t yet know whether the incident was an accident or intentional. The woman driving the car was in custody and was undergoing various tests, including one for alcohol, authorities said.  Rows of ambulances and police cars gathered at the scene, their lights flickering. A witness described a chaotic scene as people fled. (more…)

We previously pointed out the Immigration Scam angle on December 9th….

( Via Fox News ) The ever-widening investigation of the San Bernardino terrorist massacre has revealed at least two dubious marriages that experts say expose huge loopholes in the immigration system and continue to put national security at risk.

Federal authorities have charged Enrique Marquez with marriage fraud for his allegedly sham union with Mariya Chernykh, a Russian woman whose sister married the brother of terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook after first gaining residence through an earlier marriage. And of course, Farook’s own wife, Tashfeen Malik, who was killed along with him in a shootout with police following their Dec. 2 attack, married her way into the U.S. under suspicious circumstances. (more…)