Well, it looks like two weeks of discussions surrounding a nuanced or specific policy about illegal immigration and illegal aliens will be settled on Wednesday in Arizona.

Suffice to say this is probably Donald Trump’s most anticipated, and perhaps most important, speech to date.  How to deal with the 11 to 70 million illegal aliens currently in the U.S. is one of the biggest aspects of contention amid the wider electorate.

This speech will determine -to a large extent- the scope, scale and viability of the Monster Vote.

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[…] We’re in unprecedented, unchartered territory,” said Florida Chamber president and CEO Mark Wilson. “Nobody’s been polling these people, nobody’s been marketing to these people.”….

The “Monster Vote“ is the name attributed to the largest voting bloc in U.S. history.  The voters who have/had given up on the political process because it seemed futile to vote for a rigged system where nothing ever changes.  –Outlined Here–

However, we first noted the surfacing of the Monster Vote in relation to the political outsider Donald Trump toward the end of 2015.  It was, and is, a rather controversial theorem because the voting bloc would make all media polling completely irrelevant.

Throughout the latter part of 2015 and into the first quarter of 2016 we put our research antenna on high alert to see if the indications were real.  We paid a statistician to model the data we collected. We made predictions which, if the bloc was accurate, would stun the professional political class. (more…)

A terrible bus crash in Louisiana today results in the death of two people and dozens more injured.  The local fire chief who was responding to an earlier accident was one of those killed when the out of control bus collided with the fire engine.

Louisiana – State Police told Fox 8 firefighters responding to the earlier crash were attempting to close Interstate 10 just west of New Orleans when the bus lost control for unknown reasons and struck a fire engine on scene.

The bus then struck three firefighters, throwing them from the elevated portion of the interstate over the guard rail and into the water below.

Among those killed Sunday morning included a local fire chief, District Chief Spencer Chauvin with the St. John the Baptist Fire Department, Matey said.

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The term “Taco Bowl” refers to the phrase used by the Democrat National Committee for Latino and Hispanics.  WikiLeaks released the documents showing Democrat party officials talking about how to use “taco bowls” to win elections.

The anti-DNC “Operation Taco Bowl” was spawned.

Latinos and Hispanics united for Trump are holding a campaign rally in Orange County California to emphasize the support the Latino and Hispanic community has for candidate Donald Trump.

A live stream of the event begins at approximately 2:00pm local, 5:00pm EDT Location: 200 South Aneheim Blvd, Aneheim California 92805

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Vice-Presidential nominee Governor Mike Pence sits down Sunday for an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper:

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Kellyanne Conway, Chris Christie, Reince Preibus, Ben Carson

Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway joins Chris Wallace for Fox News Sunday:

Transition team lead Chris Christie interview with Marth Raddatz for ABC:

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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 †

In an article appearing in The Daily Mail, Nigel Farage writes about his experience attending the Jackson Mississippi Trump rally.

Nigel Farage – Since I announced that I was going to stand aside as Ukip leader in the wake of the successful Brexit campaign, I’ve had more time to do other things.

This included a trip to Cleveland for the Republican Convention and the adoption of Donald J. Trump as their Presidential candidate.

I was astonished that everybody I met wanted to talk about Brexit – not just the delegates to the convention but ordinary people, including a group of US Navy veterans who told me we should have done it years ago. (more…)

This is a little bit funny and a little bit perplexing. Many might point to this as evidence of a deteriorating health condition.

Hillary Clinton is the first and only nominee for President who never held a press conference during the entire Democrat primary race. Yet, somehow she still won the Democrat presidential nomination. Quite a remarkable feat considering the lack of engagement. Then again, she appears to have multiple advocates in the media running cover.

Additionally interesting is that Secretary Clinton appears to be following the same strategy, and even, well, ‘stunningly‘, expanding the intentional lack of engagement, for the general election.  Check this out… (more…)