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
The Watergate scandal begins to unfold; The Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution; O.J. Simpson arrested in the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman; Singer Kate Smith dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Psychology is as important as substance. If you treat people with respect, they will go out of their way to accommodate you. If you treat them in a patronizing way, they will go out of their way to make your life difficult.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Increasing number of Georgians being infected
Businesses ask patrons to waive right to sue if they get ill
Calls for de-escalation training grow after Atlanta shooting
US expects insurers to cover COVID vaccine without copays
Cheap drug is first shown to improve COVID-19 survival
Senate GOP seeks policing changes, Democrats push for more
PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire
Trump administration takes Keystone dispute to Supreme Court
Army Reserve commander suspended amid investigation
Virginia governor to propose Juneteenth as state holiday
Warner Bros to hold massive virtual event for DC Comics fans
Oh snap! Police capture 65-pound turtle from Virginia suburb
African nations seek scrutiny of US, others over racism
France sends police reinforcements to Dijon to quell unrest
Turkey makes masks compulsory in 42 provinces after uptick
India: 20 troops killed in Himalayas clash with Chinese army
North Korea destroys empty liaison office with South
UK begins coronavirus vaccine trial; France pledges funding
Austria: man fined for farting ‘with full intent’ at police
Breakfast Blogs
What Is This Bullsh*t, Anyway? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Other Things the Press Missed by Ignoring the Details Revealed in the Joshua Schulte Prosecution emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Debunking The Deficit Myth Ed Walker, emptywheel
Democrats do some oversight digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How to enrage Trump’s base after the Tulsa rally Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Looks Like They Can Arrest Even Armed Suspects When the (Far) Right Conditions Are Met tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Policing America’s caste system Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Justice Department Charges Two Individuals in Connection with Shooting of Law Enforcement Officers Mikhaila Fogel, Lawfare
Trump’s Reform Executive Order Does Nothing to Limit the Power of Police Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Federal Judge Blocks Alabama’s Attempt to Make Absentee Voting More Difficult During Coronavirus Pandemic Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
The U.S. Embassy in Seoul did something smart; the Trump administration was having none of it Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Bostock and the majoritarian difficulty Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Radio Rwanda Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Rick Wilson Forgot Lesson Number Two driftglass, at his blog
Hi It’s Stupid: Horse Race Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TEXAS GOVERNOR: AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH HOSPITAL BEDS, WE DON’T CARE HOW MANY PEOPLE GET INFECTED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
FDA Says OOOPSIE, Pulls Emergency Hydroxychloroquine, And Fox News Is PISSED Liz Dye, Wonkette
White New Mexico Militia Just Very Concerned For Barbaric Spanish Despot’s Heritage, Not Hate Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Tulsa To Trump: Stay Home Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
You Can Still Be Fired For Discriminatory Reasons, As Long As Your Boss Doesn’t Tell You Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Laura Ingraham BIG MAD At Dr. Fauci, Scoff Scoff Snort Snort Dramatic Eye-Rolls PFFFFFT! Evan Hurst, Wonkette