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
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles; The Six-Day War erupts in the Mideast; Birth of the Marshall Plan; First reported AIDS cases in the U.S.; Former President Ronald Reagan dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.
Breakfast News
Black activists, allies call Lee statue removal a big win
Mall owner sues Gap for rent on coronavirus-shuttered stores
Headlines, op-ed prompt staff protests at NY Times, Inquirer
States sue to block DeVos’ campus sexual assault overhaul
US public schools need major building repairs, report finds
Trump seeks to scale back environmental reviews for projects
ACLU sues over police force on protesters near White House
Raw feelings abound as Senate turns back to Russia probe
Congressman: No NCAA antitrust exemption in athlete pay bill
NBA owners approve 22-team season restart plan
NASCAR announces another wave of races through August
Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran as part of deal
Kindness spreads with volunteer links at corona connects
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide in air hits new record high
Asia Today: Australia to restart flights to New Zealand
UK vaccine summit calls for freely available virus vaccine
Hong Kong marks Tiananmen anniversary, defying a police ban
Killing of Palestinian man with autism draws Floyd parallel
Seoul vows to stop border protests after Pyongyang’s threat
South Africa’s hotspot limits most testing to above age 55
Face coverings to be mandated on public transport in England
European Central Bank nearly doubles pandemic support scheme
Germany’s Merkel dismisses talk she might seek 5th term
Breakfast Blogs
Lisa Murkowski Is ‘Struggling’ With Whether to Give This Threat to the Constitution Four More Years? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
If the Steele Dossier Is Disinformation, Republicans Have Become Willful Participants in the Operation emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
He’s acting like a fascist and his followers love him for it digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Teargaslighting Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How insecure is he? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The U.S. Constitution and Limits on Detention and Use of Force in Handling Civil Unrest John Dehn, Just Security
On Rod Rosenstein’s Peculiar Testimony Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Left-Libertarian Alliance Introduces House Bill to End Qualified Immunity for Police Officers Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Sam Alito is an accessory to murder of Breonna Taylor Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hard to believe that speech is free now Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
White Women and White Supremacy Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
COTTON: SEND IN THE MILITARY! THE MILITARY: UM… Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
New York Times HAD To Let Tom Cotton Write About The Joys Of Fascist Occupation, Because JOURNALISM Liz Dye, Wonkette
GOP-Led Senate Intel Committee Did Things While You Weren’t Looking. They Were … Good Things? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
How The World Sees The US Just Now Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Ahmaud Arbery’s Last Moments Filled With More Racism Than We Knew, But As Much As We Expected Stephen Robinson, Wonkette