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 †

♦ Today Hillary Clinton delivered a speech during a campaign event in Cleveland Ohio, the venue was Cuyahoga Community College.  Secretary Clinton held only one rally, and gave only one speech.  (pictured below left)

♦ Today Donald Trump delivered a speech in Fletcher North Carolina.  The venue was WNC Agricultural Center.  (pictured above right) Mr. Trump held three rallies, in two states (NC and PA), and gave three speeches.
All optics and data below are presented to be most liberally favorable to candidate Clinton and most conservatively restrained toward candidate Trump.  For the sake of this expository we compare the Fletcher (Trump Rally) engagement with the Cleveland (Clinton Rally) engagement.

• Both of these events were within 2 hours of each other.
• Hillary Clinton’s Ohio mid-day rally had approximately 500 supporters in attendance.
• Donald Trump’s North Carolina mid-day rally had approx. 3,000 in attendance.
• Both of these events were also live-streamed by multiple carriers.
• The first comparison is the highest viewed individual live-stream for each candidate.
• The second comparison is the total of the highest viewed live-streams for each candidate.
• All statistical captures took place at the same time 8:30pm 10/21/16.

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Donald Trump’s third high energy rally of the day takes place in Newtown Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia in Bucks County.  There are thousands of millennial voters in attendance.  The venue for the rally is the Newtown Athletic Club Sports Training Center, and the scheduled start time is 7:30pm:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

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On October 13th 2016, Presidential Candidate Donald Trump delivered a speech that defines this moment in our nation’s history. Part of that speech has been put to a video. The entire transcript of that speech is below. Enjoy:

[ Transcript ] […]  Our movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a new government controlled by you, the American People.  There is nothing the political establishment will not do, and no lie they will not tell, to hold on to their prestige and power at your expense.
The Washington establishment, and the financial and media corporations that fund it, exists for only one reason: to protect and enrich itself.
The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election. As an example, just one single trade deal they’d like to pass, involves trillions of dollars controlled by many countries, corporations and lobbyists.
For those who control the levers of power in Washington, and for the global special interests they partner with, our campaign represents an existential threat.
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On October 14th, Dinesh D’Souza spoke to the largest regular convocation of young people in the country at Liberty University.
During a portion of his speech he reminded the Christian audience what is at stake in the 2016 election.  His comments were specifically targeted toward those who are claiming a moral high ground and considering sitting out the election
When you contemplate what D’Souza has gone through -as a target of a weaponized government, incarceration, forced re-education counseling, and the loss of his ability to vote in any election- his words carry a more resounding tenor:

 

Today WikiLeaks released another batch of emails from the account of life-long Clinton ‘fixer’ John Podesta.   This is the fourteenth release of emails from the account bringing the total release to over 25,000 documents.

Searchable Emails AVAILABLE HERE

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The second Trump rally of the day takes place in Johnstown, Pennsylvania at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena.  Live stream coverage is scheduled to begins at 4:00pm EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

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Today candidate Donald Trump is heading to North Carolina and Pennsylvania for three separate events. The first rally begins in Fletcher, NC at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center. Live stream coverage begins at 12:00pm EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1

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No presidential candidate in our lifetime has ever had so much simultaneous opposition; yet worked so intensely hard to win the campaign. A stunning work ethic and drive.
LAS VEGAS, NV – [Wednesday] night, Donald Trump for President held a Facebook Live event from the third Presidential Debate in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Much like a Trump rally, the Facebook Live event brought in a massive crowd of viewers, and the campaign saw record-breaking engagement numbers, proving Mr. Trump’s message is resonating across the board.
24 million people were reached during the ground breaking Facebook Live event, which translated into 8.8 million video views, 91 percent of which were unique users. These viewers watched 11.8 million minutes of content, the equivalent to 22 years of view time, which illustrates the strength of the event’s reach. There were 1.3 million comments made about the event, which garnered over 8 million post engagements making it one of the largest debate discussions on the internet. (more…)

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