It’s Girl Scout Cookie season again.
This would be a good time for these girls not only to make money, but also learn something about the country they’re growing up in.
Category Archives: Commentary
Finally, an impeachable offense the GOP can get behind!
During the national anthem at his own Super Bowl watch party Sunday night, Trump raises both of his hands in the air, and twirls them around as if conducting the music.
Zei gezunt*, Alan Dershowitz
In a stunning argument, Alan Dershowitz, the once-revered Harvard Constitutional law professor and current hack TV lawyer/Trump (I) apologist, said that that any action taken by the president to help his own re-election is, by definition, in the public interest.
So Trump really can shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it if he decides it’s in the “public interest.”
The Impeachment of Hunter Biden
Around the Block is the place to go to get the most in-depth coverage of the Hunter Biden impeachment trial.
Wait, what? Whose impeachment trial?
Mike Pompeo accuses NPR reporter of lying
The Washington Post reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says an NPR host lied in setting up an interview with him on Friday.
But emails indicate that Pompeo’s staff was aware that Kelly would ask Pompeo about several topics in the interview and raised no objections.
Countdown to Trump’s Last Day
Today, my treasured desk clock reached it’s final lap.
And, if Mitch McConnell and his GOP “ToTs” (Toadies of Trump) would actually honor their oath, it should be a quicker final lap!
Truth, Justice and the GOP Way
After watching two days of Lev Parnas’ stunning Ukraine scandal revelations, a good friend asked me, “But do any influential Republicans care about truth and upholding their vows???”
That got me thinking and thinking and thinking…are there any?
Lev saves America!
After watching Lev Parnas’ inteview on Rachel Maddow’s show, I couldn’t help thinking back to an Around the Block I wrote in September 2019 called, “Impeachment Smoking Gun: Tapes, then; Whistleblower complaint now?”
Read on to see the parallels.
Dem Primaries: Debates, “meh;” Process, “AWFUL”
I watched the Democratic presidential debate from Des Moines last night. I’m not going to comment on who won and who lost; that’s the job of the score-keeping pundits and talking heads. But I am going to comment on the process the Democratic National Committee is using to pick a candidate.
While it’s still not funny, maybe we can have a little fun
While it’s still not funny, with Trump and his toadies, you can’t help but make fun.
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