The Week In REview September 15, 2018.

The Federalist Pages Week in Review, September 15, 2018.
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This was another tumultuous week for the nation as it grappled with hurricanes present and past and wrestled with continued attacks on President Trump.
 
The political news week began in the most unforeseeable of places, the tennis courts of the U.S. Open with Serena Williams engaging in a series of unprofessional behaviors when umpire, Carlos Ramos, cited her for a coaching violation.  Never mind that Serena's coach admitted he had broken the United States Tennis Association rules, Serena, later in the match, went on to throw her racquet and verbally abuse the umpire for what she called an unfounded accusation of her cheating. Ramos had no choice but to dock her a point, eventually leading to Serena's loss against the young, Japanese player, Naomi Osaka.  Amazingly, the sporting event aroused a firestorm of baseless accusations regarding sexism within the USTA and Ramos himself.  
 
In an unexpected twist, Martina Navratilova took to the defense of Ramos and joined the growing admonishment of Serena by writing an op ed published in the The New York Times.  Unfortunately for NYT, this level of insightful writing did not frequently grace its pages this week.  Thefederalistpages.com covered the story in its own opinion piece observing the parallels between the wacky behavior displayed on the court by players, fans, and the media alike, except in the case of Naomi Oaska who graced us with her professionalism and humility.

Thankfully, Tuesday was a relatively quiet day with countless, somber observances of the seventeenth anniversary of the tragic and cowardly, September 11, terrorist attacks.  
 
But the news cycle was only to intensify amidst the news of political and climatologic cyclones.  The news cycle came alive when one-time Trump Presidential Campaign Chairman and all- around-shady-guy, Paul Manafort, agreed to a plea deal regarding his dealings as a lobbyist for certain pro-Russian, Ukrainian, government officials.  Although the activities for which Manafort pled guilty dealt with events preceding his involvement with the Trump Campaign by nearly a decade, the plea arrangement with the Bob Mueller investigation team led many to wonder what Manafort knew that was so attractive to Mueller; a question that attracted a great deal of attention during Thefederalistpages.com's Dr. Gonzalez's appearance on ABC7 Friday.
 
By Friday, the nation's eyes had turned back to the climatological cyclone, as Florence, a category 5 hurricane, crawled its way towards the Carolina coast.  The slowdown was enough to weaken the hurricane prior to landfall on Friday, but nevertheless, its slow pace and high rain production guaranteed that the nation would have another major disaster with which to deal in the coming week. Our thoughts and prayers here at the Thefederalistpages.com are with our breathren in the Carolinas as they deal with the tempest that is befalling them.
 
President Trump's Tweetstorm was not to be left behind this week. A new death toll from Hurricane Maria that had ransacked Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, was published by George Washington University estimating that 2,975 people had died from the monster storm, not the originally reported number of 18.  President Trump called the results to question in a dismissive tweet causing some to attack him for his comment.  One thing is certain, and still to be formally analyzed in this blog, the study is horribly flawed and terribly unscientific.
 
Finally, as the news cycle accelerated towards the end of the week, Michael Avenatti who Therevolutionaryact.com Founder, Rod Thomson, called "a slimy porn lawyer" made sure to counter the week's shining moment for The New York Times editorial staff by submitting his meritless analysis of why President Trump should be indicted.  The fallaciousness of his argument was covered by Thefederalistpages.com and on Right Talk America with Julio and Rod.  
 
Finally, Thefederalistpages.com covered the stupidity of Nike's decision to name disgraced quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, to head their new, "Just Do It," campaign.
 
As Hurricane Florence and the nation barrel into the upcoming week, you can rest assured that we will be around to provide you with insight and analysis of the week's events, so please visit our website frequently and follow us on Facebook at The Federalist Pages and on Twitter at @thefederalistpages.