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Herding Cats

Well it seems that once-candidate Trump's strategy of throwing up anything he sees fit, factual or otherwise, just to pollute the air and make it harder to see what is being planned and/or done is finally causing a reassessment of means of combating said strategy.  Journalists that I have seen in the last few days seem to be trying new approaches including The New York Times implementing footnotes to present the factual version of the President's statement, and Rachel Maddow beginning, it seems, to sidestep the lies and look behind the cloud at what is being done on the ground.

It is a bit like herding cats, isn't it?  They run all over the place, are completely independently minded, become harder to catch the more they are chased, and continually take you further and further from what's most important.  It seems to me that these approaches are sound.  It seems to me that allowing the lies to run off on their own steam and not chase them, thus giving them more reason to pull eyeballs from the actions of the day, is a tactic that will allow sound-minded, ethical journalists to focus on the things that are most important.

Facts matter, and a focus by hardworking journalists to point out the facts, to bring our eyes to the actions that are taking place, to keep us centered around the construction that is going on within the foundation of this new form of presidency and new idea of foreign and domestic policy also matters.

The lies must be documented for posterity, if nothing else than for the next election cycle.

The truths must be shared, if for nothing else than the sanity of those of us who see the lies and are concerned about their proliferation.

The truths that are happening, confirmation of Rex Tillerson, moves to eradicate the Affordable Care Act, the possibility of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, tax cuts for wealthy Americans which will cause a crushing deficit, isolationist moves which will only weaken America's voice in the world, and aligning our interests with entities which do not have the country's best interest at heart, are true realities which we must focus on and deal with.

The cats will either take care of themselves, be eaten by larger prey, or starve due to a lack of ability to survive in the wild.  There's no need to chase each of them down and spay or neuter it.

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