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
Timothy McVeigh convicted in the Oklahoma City bombing; Coronation day for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II; Pope John Paul II visits Poland; Baseball’s Lou Gehrig dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Fire really means a certain kind of burning in the soul that one can no longer tolerate when one is pushed against a wall.
Breakfast News
Sobering US nursing home death report as lockdowns ease
Use of force criticized in protests about police brutality
Louisville police chief fired in aftermath of fatal shooting
Medical examiner: Floyd’s heart stopped while restrained
Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman
LA has seen racial uprisings, many not shocked by new round
Peaceful protesters get lost in action-packed coverage
Congress confronts dual crises of protests, virus outbreak
Judge: Justice Department reversal in Flynn case ‘unusual’
Brooms in hand, people patch up stores damaged in protests
Hong Kong blocks Tiananmen vigil; rush on for UK passports
South America ignores Europe and reopens as virus peak nears
Spain reports no virus deaths for first time since March
Finland in pain as border closure blocks Russian tourists
UN forced to cut aid to Yemen, even as virus increases need
Greece lifts its lockdown on hotels, pools, golf courses
Putin sets July 1 for vote to extend his rule for years
Turkey eases lockdown as restaurants reopen, flights resume
UK eases lockdown restrictions but many flout guidelines
Breakfast Blogs
The President* Is Right: He Has Nothing New to Say
In Opposing Mandamus, Judge Sullivan Notes Schrodinger’s Materiality emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump the cartoon alpha-male digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
he End of the Trump Presidency? You Wish… tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Lights out for the Trump presidency? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Far-Right Infiltrators and Agitators in George Floyd Protests: Indicators of White Supremacists Mia Bloom, Just Security
Riots, White Supremacy and Accelerationism
The Supreme Court Handed Down Rulings in 3 Big Cases — Here’s What You Need to Know Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Neck restraints are a routine practice of Minneapolis police Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Some questions about the Floyd case Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What To Do About Police Unions Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Only Thing That Got Overheated at the Springfield Black Lives Matter Procession Yesterday… driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Colloquy Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
YOU WANTED A REPUBLICAN DADDY. YOU GOT THE WRONG KIND. Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Chief Justice John Roberts Can’t Even Pretend To Be That Stupid Jamie Lyn Crofts, Wonkette
Is Tom Cotton A Fascist Or Just Really F*ckin’ Dumb? Yep. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Keith Ellison Prosecuting George Floyd’s Murderer, So That’s Your Good News For Today Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Turns Out Michael Flynn’s Perfect Transcript Is … Not So Perfect Liz Dye, Wonkette
The Lincoln Project Sets Fire To Confederate Flag In New Anti-Trump Ad Stephen Robinson Wonkette
Cops Seize Gun Nuts’ Guns, Ruin Perfectly Good Chance For Civil War Doktor Zoom, Wonkette