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
Clean-up ends at New York’s Ground Zero, months after the Sept. 11th attacks; France’s Joan of Arc burned at the stake; Baseball’s Cal Ripken, Jr. begins his games streak; Bandleader Benny Goodman born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.
Breakfast News
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Ruling means Missouri’s last abortion clinic stays open
‘I can’t breathe’ a rally cry anew for police protests in US
Virus taking hold in rural, old plantation region of Alabama
Slaughterhouses reopen but farmers still euthanizing pigs
Minnesota governor apologizes for arrest of CNN crew
Transcripts released of Flynn’s calls with Russian diplomat
NCAA offers guidance for bringing athletes back to campus
Hong Kong on borrowed time as China pushes for more control
South Africa has virus testing backlog of nearly 100,000
Europe prepares post-corona, socially-distanced culture-fest
Australian court rules queen’s letters can be made public
Stranded in paradise: Hundreds of sailors stuck in Pacific
Punching through turmoil: Pro boxer helps medical staff cope
Breakfast Blogs
This Is as American as a Model-T Ford Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
This CNN Crew’s Arrest in Minneapolis Is More Than a Mistake Jack Holmes, Esquire Politics
From before Day One Mike Flynn Made It Russia and Trump Versus Democrats emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler,, emptywheel
In Dire Need of Creative Extremists Peterr, emptywheel
Playing the refs 2.0 digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
True Christianity tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Subjects, not citizens Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
[UPDATED with Link to Flynn/Kislyak Transcripts] Understanding the Michael Flynn Case: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff, and the Proper from the Improper Marty Lederman, Just Security
The Specter of FISA Reform Haunts Capitol Hill Margaret Taylor, Lawfare
‘This is Exactly What Collusion Looks Like’: Attorneys Say Declassified Flynn-Kislyak Docs Confirm Flynn’s Guilt Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
By an amazing coincidence, George Floyd had a fatal heart attack while Derek Chauvin was “kneeling” on (or very near!) his neck Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Outflanked XVII: A $2400 Fistful of Outflankening Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The President Is the Enemy The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Great Brooks of the Western World Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
AT THIS MOMENT, TRUMP IS NOT OUR MOST DANGEROUS AUTHORITARIAN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Ex-Navy Chaplain/Wingnut Suggests Black People Protest Other Black People Instead Of Racist Cops Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Hero Minnesota Cops Arrest Black CNN Reporter For Reporting Blackly Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Roger Stone Is Headed To The Hoosegow. Unless Trump Pardoned Him In The Last Five Minutes. Liz Dye, Wonkette
Perfect Christian ‘Ex-Lesbian’ Says Coronavirus A Blessing From Jesus, Because Here’s Why