According to local media reports, people were lined up as early as 6:30am this morning. Thousands couldn’t even get in to the filled venue.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Donald Trump took the stage to a cheering, capacity crowd at the Mohegan Sun Arena around 7:30 p.m. Monday.
“We love Wilkes-Barre,” Trump said, opening his remarks. “This place is unbelievable.”

Wow.
Helluva entrance!@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/aggBlGPMpW

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Trump immediately said his son reminded him to immediately tell the crowd he supports the area natural gas and coal industries.  “This is my last stop. Tomorrow is the election,” Trump said.  A win in Pennsylvania will help him get closer to the Republican nomination.
“We’re going to make American great again,” he said.  Trump was quick to quick praise local congressmen Lou Barletta and Tom Marino.  “Lou and Tom, Lou and Tom. Get them up here (on stage). If you could get them down here. What great guys, from the beginning,” Trump said. (more…)

It was inevitable because it is strategically brilliant, and no-one knows how to position leverage better than the current republican frontrunner Donald Trump. Megyn Kelly will interview Donald Trump on May 17th for a special Fox event.

However, before reviewing the upcoming interview dynamics, and the strategic timing therein, it’s helpful to consider the entire political landscape as it relates to the uprising of common sense Americans and the abject disconnect from the professional political class.
Many readers have shared and discussed an issue that will now become of greater visibility. The “anti-Trump” media coalition (group 3 from previous discussion) were so caught up in the rapture and blood-lust to tear down Donald Trump they failed to pause and consider the extreme position they were taking.
If their efforts failed, and if Donald Trump -with the larger electorate behind him- succeeded in his quest, how could anti-Trump professional punditry ever walk back their most vitriolic and hate-filled statements?  The short answer is, they can’t. (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump is holding a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at the Mohegan Sun Arena (Casey Plaza). The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

“Ceilings”?  Well, firstly, if there was any doubt to the motive of the wunderkinds joining forcers in their vain effort to thwart the will of the electorate, that answer is now transparent.  Candidate Trump is simply thumping them both in the polling for the Northeast States tomorrow:

According to the latest PPP Polling released today (full pdf below), candidate Donald Trump is not only beating the Wunderkinds individually; he’s also beating them collectively.
Additionally interesting is some of the polling internal data which shows Senator Ted Cruz continuing to implode when the electorate is asked if they like him.  Cruz’s unfavorable rating continues to skyrocket.  (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump travels to West Chester Pennsylvania for a campaign rally at West Chester University. The event is scheduled to begin at 4:00pm EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

As previously stated, Tom Donohue is the Wall Street influence agent who pays off DC legislators to carry out the priorities of the global financial interests. ~Backstory~
(Via Washington Examiner) U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue indicated Monday that he’s now scheduled to go to the Republican convention in July, the latest sign of the uncertainty surrounding the convention, and the importance the business group puts on making sure it turns out the right way.
Donohue was in Germany Monday with President Obama, and was asked to give his assessment of how the GOP race is shaping up now that Ted Cruz and John Kasich are working together to deny Donald Trump the nomination.
Donohue replied that nobody knows how it will turn out, and indicated that the uncertainty makes it more and more important to be there. (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump is holding a campaign rally in Warwick, Rhode Island at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The event is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm EDT:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1

After the complete Trump New York victory, both Ted Cruz and John Kasich were mathematically eliminated from any possibility of winning through voters.  The #NeverTrump campaign shifted and rebranded itself #NeverVoters.

Last night, facing the looming probability of complete defeat on April 26th in the North East primary states of: Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland and Delaware, the Ted Cruz and John Kasich campaigns announced publicly their intents to draw their last-hope firewalls in Indiana, New Mexico and Oregon.
The most current polling of Pennsylvania looks like this:

(full pdf of results here)… and the Trump campaign has also ramped up the voter information for the unbound PA delegates (SEE HERE) turning the tide of in favor of Team Donald Trump in the Keystone State.
As a direct consequence of the growing support for candidate Trump, and with looming electoral defeat on the horizon, the Ted Cruz campaign now places all its “never voter” efforts on stopping Donald Trump from winning Indiana.  However, Donald Trump is also polling ahead of Cruz in Indiana – so the Cruz campaign approach throws a Hail-Mary.
In an effort to improve fleeting chances, Team Cruz has struck a deal with the Kasich campaign.   Team Kasich is to pull out of Indiana, and Team Cruz will give them free reign in New Mexico and Oregon. (more…)

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