Hysterical Headlines (Funny or Absurd) for March 9th
Bottom Line: These are the daily doses of nonsense in the media and my hot takes on them...
Hot Take: Recently I did a break out on the ICE arrest record for the first year of the Trump administration. It showed that only 11% of arrests were made involving illegal immigrants who didn't have arrest records previously. So, let's start the conversation there for a moment. The President said that the focus of ICE arrests would be to detain known perpetrators and all evidence suggests that's exactly what's been happening (Which should be hailed by media and society alike btw, not feared, but I digress) ... Aside from the important facts that are ignored in lieu of media spin and hype here's a question for you. Rather than undertaking efforts to become "untraceable", what about attempting to become a legal citizen?
Without a doubt major immigration reforms are badly needed. The system is backlogged, inefficient and likely should allow for more new citizens per year than the policy currently allows. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be attempted or followed. South Florida's media seems to generally skip right by that notion. We're a country of laws or we're not. It's not acceptable to simply commit illegal acts because we don't like some of the laws. If everyone did that it's chaos. So, here's my message... Time and energy is best spent trying to do the right thing rather than the wrong things and that shouldn't be even remotely controversial.
The Coming Trump Landslide Wayne Allyn Root, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Excerpt: Donny was asked about Donald Trump’s re-election chances. For once, I agree with Donny. Deutsch said Trump will be re-elected in 2020 by a landslide because the economy is booming and Americans have more money in their pockets. Most Americans vote on pocketbook issues, he explained. Then Donny spoke more raw truth. He said, “That’s why Trump must be removed from office now.”
Hot Take: Despite conventional wisdom, as of now this is correct. Let's start with this nugget. The incumbent President starts with a 15% advantage. In other words, historically all other factors being equal, an incumbent President will win 65% of the time. If the incumbent President's approval rating is 47% or higher on Election Day - they win. Among likely voters his rating averaged 49% as of last Friday's weekly update. That's #1. Number is what Deutsch is talking about. If the economy is good Trump likely wins. The economy is already considerably better than it was and that's part of the notion about the need to take him out. Btw, it's still way too early to be talking about 2020 but since it's already happening I felt the need to add some factual context to the conversation.