The Events: September 2018

In the initial The Events article, I described the relevant events as examples of “corruption, insults, ineptitude, the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and certain astonishing actions and/or policy decisions enacted,” specifically relating “to the President, his family, his Cabinet, his spokespeople, his lawyers, and all other people he has chosen to work with both past and present.”

But there are some events highlighted by the media, which I consider unworthy of notice. For instance, while I don't believe even a bit that Melania Trump is “the most bullied person in world,” there are a number of people assaulting her, online and on Twitter, in ways which would have provoked vitriolic outrage from the same people if similar behavior was directed at Michelle Obama. Family members, unless they engage in outright political behavior (such as Don Jr. and Ivanka) should to be granted immunity from political attacks. What Melania thinks about whether her husband has committed one or multiple infidelities is a private matter, while implying she's a captive of her husband and a secret member of the Resistance is disrespectful (even if the Late Show can construct some hilarious sketches with this theory), and the only particular instances of her actions which rightfully deserve attention were the two examples of plagiarism and the “I really don't care, do U?” fiasco. What the First Lady wore on a foreign trip, even if it was in poor taste, does not deserve the outrage and hate it has generated.

Reviewing the goal for The Events articles, it's important to clarify another issue. While I disagree with many of the actions the President has taken, there are a few I'm uncertain about, and one or two I may even like. And these actions I like could be on the Events, because the list isn't composed of choices I dislike, but those I find astonishing, and everyone can agree this President makes a remarkable number of outrageous actions and policies. Voters, who disagree strongly with the President could be surprised to discover one or two of his astounding actions in line with their opinion.

Trump's ability to confound, to choose the irrational, is in direct contradiction to Obama, who mostly did many reasonable things which Republicans strongly criticized him for, and also a significant number of politically acceptable, but terrible actions, which neither political party cared to complain about.

On a final note. For the month of September, my computer was non-functional, and I had to collect the articles on a different machine. Even though the final, readable form is in Google Sheets, the list is normally compiled in OpenOffice Spreadsheets. Google doesn't accept cutting and pasting of titles from new sites. So, for the month of September, the titles a reader sees in the Google Sheets were created by me, and are not the titles as composed by the news sites.

With this revelation, follow this link to The Events of September.

Next week, Awkward Mixture returns to other political fare.

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