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
Novelist Ian Fleming is born. Baseball’s National League approves moving the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. Duke fo Windsor dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Texas court: Virus fear alone not enough for mail balloting
History in the making as House casts proxy votes in pandemic
Biden says nation grieves for 100,000 US coronavirus victims
Tennessee to halt sharing COVID-19 patient data
Appeals court sides with tech giants in activists’ lawsuit
Boeing cuts 12,000 jobs, resumes production of grounded jet
Navy admiral submits results of probe on virus-infected ship
Man who hanged effigy of Kentucky governor fired from job
General Electric’s light bulb business, with roots dating to the late 19th century, is sold
Companies unveil plans to resume river cruises on US waters
Canada judge rules Huawei CFO’s extradition case can proceed
Protesters mass in Hong Kong as anthem law is debated
Denmark residents sue over laws for dismantling ‘ghettos’
A stunning tirade highlights Israeli divide over Netanyahu
French lawmakers endorse the country’s virus tracing app
Thunberg criticizes Danes for dumping wastewater into strait
Anti-Semitic crime rises in Germany, most from far right
Cyprus pledges to cover costs for virus-hit tourists
Activists raise alarms over virus litter along French coast
Breakfast Blogs
No Bad Conservative Idea Ever Dies Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Adam Schiff Makes Clear FBI Is Using Section 215 Like the 2014 Exception emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Is COVID-19 Why Florida Has About 1300 More Pneumonia Deaths This Season Than Average Over Previous Five? Jim White, emptywheel
Setting up the loss digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Counterfeit threat, real consequences Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Eli Lake’s Omissions and Misleading Facts in Defense of Michael Flynn Barbara McQuade, Just Security
What Hard National Security Choices Would a Biden Administration Face? David Kris, Lawfare
Reminder: Trump Signed into Law the Warrantless FISA Surveillance That He’s Railing Against Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Which side are you on? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Because he’s an asshole Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Douthat: Q Is Right! Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
HOW IT MUST PAIN TRUMP’S FOLLOWERS TO OBSERVE HIS CRUELTY! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Florida Felon Poll Tax Struck Down! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
When We Say ‘Black Lives Matter’ We Mean Cops Shouldn’t Crush Our Necks With Their Knee. Was That Unclear? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Court Reminds Conservatives For 9,278,428th Time The First Amendment DOES NOT APPLY To Businesses Liz Dye, Wonkette
If Twitter Is ‘Silencing’ Trump, WHY CAN WE STILL HEAR HIM WHINING? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Postman Who Changed Dem Ballot Applications To GOP Was Just Funnin’, Jeez Doktor Zoom, Wonkette