Donald Trump has released the following statement regarding the latest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.  New York, New Jersey and Minnesota:

“In the past 48 hours, our law enforcement showed again that, without them, our country is neither safe nor secure. I am grateful for the quick action of law enforcement in capturing the terrorist responsible for Saturday’s bombings, and the off-duty police officer for stopping the terrorist in Minnesota. This weekend’s attacks, from Minnesota to Manhattan, are just the latest to be carried out on U.S. soil under President Obama. These should be a wake-up call for every American. (more…)

Today candidate Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Fort Myers, Florida .  Germain Arena was filled to capacity (approx. 9,k), and thousands more could not get in.

#TrumpSWFL Crowd goes wild for National Anthem. pic.twitter.com/Fti06QzPQl

— The News-Press (@TheNewsPress) September 19, 2016

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Mike Pence heads to Iowa today and candidate Donald Trump heads to Southwest Florida.  Within hours of announcing the Fort Myers event at the 8,000 seat Germain Arena, the tickets were sold out.  This rally will define the arena capacity.
The campaign attempted to find another, bigger, venue, but the area just didn’t have one available.  Over the weekend tickets were being sold on-line up to $200/each.  There is massive enthusiasm for Donald Trump in SW Florida.  The rally is scheduled for 3:00pm EDT with activity sure to go live much earlier:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

*Update* Several hours after posting this research, Paul Combetta began scrubbing all of his social media and comment sections.  However, everything is archived.  U.S News and World Report has picked up the story.  – SEE HERE– Sources also indicate DC congressional leadership and staffers are now fully aware.  This story is about to break wide open, thanks to the excellent work of the New Media, citizen journalists !…..
A rather stunning discovery has been made by a researcher named Katica who uncovered a July 24th 2014 Reddit thread started by Platte River Network executive Paul Combetta who -at the time- was requesting technical advice on how to strip a “VIP (VERY VIP)” email address from archives stored on a server he has “full access to“.

BACKSTORY – Last week Paul Combetta plead the fifth and refused to answer questions before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.  According to Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz, the following email exchange occurred between Combetta and another undisclosed Platte River Network staff member back on 8/19/15:

“Wondering how we can sneak an email in now, after the fact, asking them [the Clinton camp] when they told us to cut the backups and have them confirm it for our records.  Starting to think this whole thing is really covering up some shady shit.  I just think if we have it in writing that they told us to cut the backups then we can go public with our statement saying we’ve had the backup since day one when we were told to trim to 30 days would make us look a whole lot better.”

Platte River Network used BleachBit to remove all traces of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails. As mentioned Paul Combetta refused to answer any questions from the committee.
However, today a rather remarkable discovery adds additional intrique to this historical series of events.   A researcher named Katica, discovered the Reddit identity of Paul Combetta as “stonetear“.
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The supporters of Candidate Donald Trump have crushed all historic fundraising records for small (under $200/per) “grass roots” donations.  Over 2.1 million individual small donations in 3 months.
For perspective Hillary and Bill Clinton’s small donor base is 2.3 million, as accumulated over their political lifetimes.   Donald Trump has amassed a group of 2.1 million small donor contributors since July – 3 months ago – the date of his first email request.

Do you hear that rumble in the background?  Yeah, that’s the sound of the Monster Vote!

(Via Politico)  Donald Trump has unleashed an unprecedented deluge of small-dollar donations for the GOP, and one that Republican Party elders have dreamed about finding for much of the last decade as they’ve watched a succession of Democrats — Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders and, to a lesser extent, Hillary Clinton — develop formidable fundraising operations, $5, $10 and $20 at a time. (more…)

According to the collaborative work of researchers for Advertising Age, Hillary Clinton is spending over $145 million on TV and Radio Ads.  Donald Trump’s total is a little over 4 million.  Team Clinton is burning 36 times more money than Team Trump.

(Via AdAge) To put all this another way, of the $149,912,723 millon in booked TV and radio spending through election day for these three presidential candidates, $145,299,727 is being spent by the Clinton campaign combined with pro-Clinton PACs. (link)

(LINK)  Another reason for the media to hate Trump.  He’s not filling their bank accounts.

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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.
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UPDATE 1:30am – Explosion in New Jersey terminal while bomb squad robot was inspecting a backpack containing “numerous devices”. It was NOT a controlled detonation. Thankfully no-one was hurt, area previously evacuated.

#BREAKING video shows moment bomb robot accidentally detonated device found @ Elizabeth NJ train station. @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/xfO97F2ebm

— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) September 19, 2016

According to New York Senator Marty Golden, media and eye witnesses, five men dressed in Arab garb have been stopped, and detained, by the FBI.

FBI took several individuals into custody on the Belt Parkway in the area underneath the Verrazano Bridge, with a possible connection to the bombing last night in Chelsea (link)

Eyewitnesses report several NYPD officers in swat gear armed with rifles had a vehicle stopped on the Belt Parkway.
Five men were then taken in custody after the FBI called for NYPD backup. The men were believed to be headed to the airport, The New York Post reported.
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See kids, this is what happens….
Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson appeared on CNN at 11:30 this morning to discuss current events including last nights’ bombing in New York (Chelsea), and the Jihadist stabbing in Minnesota.
29 people were wounded in the New York bomb blast, and 9 people were injured in the stabbing attack.  However, apparently no-one told Gary Johnson – as he remarked:

…”well, first of all, just grateful that no-body, er, got hurt”…