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Some Quick Thoughts On The News

As information on the terrorist in NYC emerges you can see the President reacting, unlike most past office holders who remained quiet. Trump views himself as the everyman, on saying what he feels. The MSM loves it because it gives them a chance to go after him. We could be wrong but we think most Americans like it when he goes after the evil doers.

Now watch the MSM and Democrat politicians like Cuomo, Deblasio, and Schumer turn on him, as they did yesterday. All three in their press conference said Trump’s words were harmful, and they defended the “diversity lottery”.

Before this is over the MSM and Dems will be arguing this is Trump’s fault. After all it was him that went after ISIS and they have to fight back. Think about that logic. What would they propose we do with people that want to kill us?

On Taxes: Today we’ll see the details on the plan the press and liberals have said is a tax cut for the rich. Think about this. The MSM has been so negative on the plan (without details) that the WSJ had this poll result:
“35% think the tax proposal that Republicans plan to release this week is a bad idea, and 40% had no opinion or were unsure”. When do people think tax cuts are bad? When the MSM tells you it is without details.

We’ll see but here’s some thoughts:
We think there will be a 39.5% bracket.
If there is a deduction for 401ks we think it will be replaced by no income limits on Roths. That is a replacement that we would sign up for in a second, but the media will make a negative.
On State and Local Taxes look for some compromise to try and win votes.
We think the mortgage deduction will stay in place.

Did You See?

The senate grilling tech officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter Tuesday on missed signals of Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 presidential race? They said the Russians ran some false ads on these medium and it could have influenced the election.
It’s a good thing we have a fair and non biased MSM that ran it’s reporting 50/50 or who knows what could have happened.

North Korea

Did you notice this quieted down some? Why do you think? Here’s some information from the WSJ that will shed some light on the continued pressure from this administration. The MSM wouldn’t want to share too much:

Trump administration officials eager to choke off North Korea’s global networks, have in recent days urged Persian Gulf countries to clamp down harder on the nuclear-armed state’s ties to the region. The Trump administration and Japanese officials have urged Gulf states in recent weeks to stop using North Korean labor and comply with U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang to tighten the screws on North Korea.

In addition three U.S. aircraft carriers are scheduled to be traveling near the Korean Peninsula soon, and the military may decide to keep them in the area for maneuvers that would coincide with President Trump’s upcoming visit to Asia, U.S. defense officials said. Mr. Trump leaves at the end of the week for a two-week trip that will take him to Japan, South Korea.

You think Kim Jung Un knows this President means business? You think maybe China is reacting with pressure on N.Korea for the same reason?

The Ratings

Lots of news here. Check the new Fox schedule on Monday and Tuesday. Good news for them. Then check the ten cable shows for October and Fox has eight of them. Plus the morning cable news ranking. Who do you think wins that? Is it media favorite Morning Joe or someone else?

Total Viewers: Tuesday. Ingraham at 10 and Bream at 11 win. Fox sweep.

• Total day: FNC: 2.041 | CNN: 1.017 | MSNBC: 1.320 | HLN: 187
• Primetime: FNC: 2.811 | CNN: 1.104 | MSNBC: 2.021 | HLN: 220

	4p:	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Cavuto: 2.236	Shep: 3.178	Baier: 3.095	MacCallum: 2.993	Carlson: 2.861	Hannity: 2.984	Ingraham: 2.586	Bream: 1.583
CNN	Tapper: 1401	Blitzer: 1782	Blitzer: 1436	Burnett: 1395	Cooper: 1267	Cooper: 1054	Lemon: 987	Lemon: 704
MSNBC	Wallace: 1.306	MTPDaily: 1.521	Melber: 1.351	Matthews: 1.580	Hayes: 1.492	Maddow: 2.602	O’Donnell: 1.970	Wlms: 1.265
HLN	MichaeLA: 48	Hunt: 70	Hunt: 103	S.E.Cupp: 95	Banfield: 140	Hunt: 212	Files: 309	Files: 362

Total Viewers: Monday. Fox Wins. Ingraham wins 10 and MSNBC 11.

• Total day: FNC: 2.172 | CNN: 1.174 | MSNBC: 1.636 | HLN: 179
• Primetime: FNC: 3.353 | CNN: 1.364 | MSNBC: 2.678 | HLN: 193

	4p:	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Cavuto: 1.858	Five: 2.688	Baier: 2.753	MacCallum: 2.445	Carlson: 3.275	Hannity: 3.508	Ingraham: 3.274	Bream: 1.865
CNN	Tapper: 1.451	Blitzer: 1.545	Blitzer: 1.353	Burnett: 1.395	Cooper: 1.412	Cooper: 1.341	Lemon: 1.336	Tapper: 1.106
MSNBC	Wallace: 1.655	MTPDaily: 1.570	Melber: 1.687	Matthews: 2.185	Hayes: 2.203	Maddow: 3.218	O’Donnell: 2.598	Wlms: 1.980
HLN	Michaela: 74	RllyHpnd: 85	RllyHpnd: 101	S.E.Cupp: 74	Banfield: 165	RllyHpnd: 170	Files: 244	Files: 378

Here’s a look at the top 10 cable news programs for October: Total Viewers

1. Hannity (3,198,000)
2. Tucker Carlson Tonight (2,824,000)
3. The Rachel Maddow Show (2,503,000)
4. Special Report With Bret Baier (2,339,000)
5. The Five (2,308,000)
6. The Story With Martha MacCallum (2,158,000)
7. Fox News Tonight – 10 p.m. (2,003,000)
8. Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell (1,906,000)
9. America’s Newsroom (1,905,000)
10. Outnumbered (1,793,000)

Anderson Cooper 360 was CNN’s top show for October (No. 25 in total viewers).

Lou Dobbs Tonight was Fox Business’s top show for October (No. 48 in total viewers).

Morning Cable News Shows:

Total Viewers:

1. Fox & Friends (1,647,000)
2. Morning Joe (1,019,000)
3. New Day (656,000)

Fox News defeat its cable news rivals, but it finished as basic cable’s most-watched network for the 16th consecutive month in total day. FNC finished No.2 in total prime time viewers across basic cable, falling short only to ESPN.

October ’17 Basic Cable Top 5 – Prime Time (total viewers)

1. ESPN (2,829,000)
2. Fox News (2,258,000)
3. TBS (2,125,000)
4. Fox Sports 1 (1,798,000)
5. MSNBC (1,582,000)

October ’17 Basic Cable Top 5 – Total Day (total viewers)

1. Fox News (1,451,000)
2. ESPN (1,001,000)
3. Nickelodeon (991,000)
4. MSNBC (899,000)
5. Adult Swim (761,000)