Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
This Day in History
Krakatoa erupts in South Pacific; President Lyndon Johnson and Mother Teresa born; America’s first successful oil well; Britain’s Lord Louis Mountbatten killed; Beatles manager Brian Epstein dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.
Breakfast News
Judge expected to rule Tuesday on injunction of abortion law
Oklahoma judge rules against drugmaker, orders $572M payment
Administration ends protection for migrant medical care
Lawsuit filed over rollback of child immigrant protections
Newark to speed replacing of pipes blamed for lead in water
North Carolina high court hears case on race, death penalty
Court asked to reconsider ruling tossing Trump hotel lawsuit
Judge: Ex-coal CEO Blankenship’s conviction should be tossed
Maryland pet stores sue to block state ban on dog, cat sales
Iran says oil on tanker pursued by US sold; buyer unnamed
Brazilian firefighters toil in Amazon region hazy with smoke
Young Afghan women barely remember Taliban but fear a return
Hong Kong leader open to dialogue but won’t budge on demands
Indonesia to move capital from sinking Jakarta to Borneo
Breakfast Blogs
Joe Biden Promises Not to Rock the Boat. It Might Make Him President. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Judge Crotty Should Let Joshua Schulte Test His Theory of Defense Forensically emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
On Incels. A Summary. Echidne, at her blog
We’re in a world of missiles folks digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Makes Sense To Me triatero, Hullabaloo
#DebateFAIL Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Blame Trump, Not the U.S. Code, for His Abuse of Emergency Authority Joshua Geltzer, Just Security
The Myth of Consumer Security Bruce Schneier, Lawfare
Mitch McConnell Will Fill Any Supreme Court Vacancy That Occurs Before 2021 Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
World’s worst deliberative body continues to produce horrible politics from clueless geriatrics Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
AT&T Strike Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sunday Morning Comin’ Down driftglass, at his blog
The Empire Strikes Out Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP ALLIES: CANCEL CULTURE IS FINE IF WE’RE THE ONES DOING THE CANCELING Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog