Imagine If GSS News Cared About You & A Pivotal Day – Top 3 Takeaways July 30th, 2025
Takeaway #1: Imagine if they cared as much about you as illegal immigrants
Here are two things you can take to the bank today. It’ll be hot. The news media at large will continue to express more concern about illegal immigrants than you. Here are headlines, often the top stories, based on the source, around the state and country yesterday: Miami Herald: Florida has no formal hurricane plan for Alligator Alcatraz. Sun Sentinel: Mexican tourist, brother detained in Alligator Alcatraz now back in Mexico. Associated Press: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees held without charges, barred from legal access. NBC: Immigration court hearings inexplicably canceled for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees. I could keep going but you get the idea. Now, first a little housekeeping for the GSS media because they’re disingenuous at best and are commonly outright lying to you. To the Miami Herald... Yes, there is a “formal” hurricane plan. Deport as many illegal aliens out of there as possible and send the rest to state prisons. Is that not “formal” enough for you? Should we have maps with evacuation routes distributed to the illegal immigrants too? To the Sun Sentinel... Umm this just in. The “Mexican tourist” was illegally driving, while illegally transporting his brother, an illegal immigrant on a VISA overstay. But they’re the real victims here, right? For the Associated Mess, you and the anti-American attorneys are just flat out lying. Side stepping the fact for a moment that scam artist illegal immigrants pretending to be asylum seekers, 88% of which processed in the legal system over the past year were found to be illegitimate, should not be entitled to “due process” rights – the same as legal citizens... There are rooms setup at Alligator Alcatraz for detainees to speak with legal representation...but now they’re demanding onsite access for attorneys. And as for NBC, the reason the court hearings in question were cancelled is because the court that scheduled them lacked jurisdiction. I’d say that’s explicable. But here’s the thing. I’m guessing you didn’t get up today worried about illegal immigrants in Alligator Alcatraz. There’s also a better than not chance that to the extent you hear or ever think about that facility, if anything you’re glad that there’s finally accountability for illegal immigration. But you’ve no doubt noticed that’s never the news angle that’s covered. Now here is something you probably do care about...
Takeaway #2: Not being a victim of a crime.
And guess what’s not being covered by the GSS news? How much less of it we have had since January 20th. Reporting across the state at this point in the year is sparse but where it’s available the results significant. In Miami Dade crime is 18% lower year over year. Ditto in Orlando – 18% less crime there too. In Tallahassee crime is approximately 40% lower year over year. We’ll likely see similar trends when crime stats are more broadly reported across the state. By why cover the significant decrease in crime, that coincidently coincides with the onset of the Trump administration's detention and deportation operation, when you can make illegal immigrants out to be the victims, right? Imagine if the GSS news cared as much about you as illegal immigrants.
Takeaway #3: A pivotal day
In the grand scheme of what’s an especially important week for the U.S. economy, there are two events happening at two different times of significant interest. At 8:30 this morning the 2nd quarter GDP report will be released, and the expectation is for a significant boost in the U.S. economy. As recently as Monday, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow estimate stood at 2.4%. Yesterday, in the final estimate before the actual report they raised expectations for growth to 2.9%. There’s a belief there is significant momentum in the U.S. economy. We’ll soon see what the impact was of Liberation Day and related policies. The second number to watch is what interest rates will be. The Federal Reserve will announce their decision on interest rate policy at 2 this afternoon. There’s currently a 98% chance priced into the financial markets that interest rates will be left unchanged at 4.25% to 4.5% - despite President Trump’s recent pressure campaign to lower interest rates. And that will be the other thing to watch beyond the reaction to all of this in the financial markets. President Trump’s reaction. Stand by for news...