This story was originally published in www.around-the-block.com A Fable The story of one ambitious man’s rise to power, influence and breathtaking lack of irony. Once upon a time there was a land where almost no one visited. The land was unblessed, except for one thing. Black, dusty stuff that came out of the ground. No one in this land knew what to do with this black, dusty…

Federal judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons Commentary Ruling leads to the first annual Around the Block “One of these things is not like the others” contest Before we get deep into the headlined story, I thought it might be fun if we’d first take a break and warm up with the first annual Around the Block “One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others” contest. The rules are simple: look at the images below and…

With GOP-led voter suppression bills spreading around Red States like wild-fire, Around the Block asks, are they really going as far as they should? Well, it’s official — my adopted state of Florida has joined a growing list of Republican-led states in making it more difficult to vote. The Florida law, signed by the current heart throb of the right, Governor Ron DeSantis, is particularly egregious. During a bill-signing ceremony in West Palm Beach…

This: Mike Pence; That: Trader Joe’s; The Other Thing: ‘YO-se-MIGHT,’ er, ‘YO-se-min-NIGHT.’ Busy times, with so much to report and so little time. Today, Around the Block will focus on three things that caught our attention and deserve comment. THIS — Mike Pence

Kommentar Das Department of Homeland Security hat “Geheimdienstberichte” über die Arbeit amerikanischer Journalisten zusammengestellt, die über Proteste in Portland, Oregon, berichten. Aktuelle und ehemalige Beamte nannten einen alarmierenden Einsatz eines Regierungssystems, um Informationen über mutmaßliche Terroristen und gewalttätige Akteure auszutauschen. Oops, sorry. For a second I lost my head and imagined…

Commentary You knew it was coming. Trump calls for delaying the November vote. With all the talk about whether Trump will accept the results of the November election, the issue was finally addressed by the Attorney General of the United States, William ‘No Bar is Too Low’ Barr who equivocated when asked by Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), “Mr. …

The day that Attorney General William ‘Lower the Bar’ Barr and President Donald John Trump (I) out did themselves This story was originally published in Around the Block (https://around-the-block.com/2020/07/29/july-28-2020-a-day-that-will-live-in-ignominy/) Yesterday, July 28, 2020, will go down in history as one of the most consequential and ignominious days in the history…

News with a Twist The game show that’s taped live, in-person, with no masks and no social distancing! All right folks, it’s time for another edition of “Who’s the Dumbest Republican Governor?” As usual, we will limit the number of contestants to four, recognizing that if we opened this up to all the dumb Republican governors, we’d have a rent a much larger studio. And, yes I do…

In combative interview, president blasts ‘fake polls,’ calls Fauci ‘alarmist,’ vows to veto base renaming In a wide-ranging, and frankly scary, interview with Fox’s Chris Wallace (tell me again how Wallace keeps his job with Fox), Donald Trump called polls showing him increasingly losing ground to his presumptive presidential opponent (no, I’m not talking talking about Kanye West), Joe Biden, “fake;” he called Dr. Anthony…