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 Six-Day War ends in the Mideast; Yugoslav troops leave Kosovo after NATO’s campaign of airstrikes; Alcoholics Anonymous founded; Actress and singer Judy Garland born; Singer Ray Charles dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn’t even get out of committee.
Breakfast News
Heat, rain, long lines: Georgia election plagued by problems
New York passes bill to unveil police discipline records
Video evidence increasingly disproves police narratives
Video appears to show police punch, tase black man who died
Black Lives Matter sues over violent Seattle police tactics
DC Guard members test positive for COVID after protests
Officials back off removing temporary fencing at White House
IBM quits facial recognition, joins call for police reforms
U.S. Navy to ban all public displays of the Confederate flag
Ban the Confederate flag? NASCAR could see the end of an era
AP sources: MLB players cut to 89 games, want prorated money
Brazil obeys court order to resume providing full virus data
UK drops plan to get all young children in school by summer
Moscow lifts lockdown restrictions amid virus concerns
Sudan militia leader in custody on Darfur war crimes charges
Siberian governor says leaked oil spilled into Arctic lake
Hundreds march in Hong Kong as leader urges stability
Anger, activism grow over police abuse amid French lockdown
London may remove statues as Floyd’s death sparks change
EU urged to act against pesticides to fight insect decline
Breakfast Blogs
Georgia Is Screaming Out for U.N. Election Monitors Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Judge Reggie Walton Has Questions about the Non-Stone Redactions in the Mueller Report emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Stephen Miller is writing the big race speech? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Meanwhile, back at the pandemic Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Untold Power of Bill Barr to Direct US Military Forces in Case of “Civil Unrest” Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck, Just Security
Why Were Out-of-State National Guard Units in Washington, D.C.? The Justice Department’s Troubling Explanation Steve Vladeck, Lawfare
The Small Town Protests Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Meanwhile, Over in The Hughniverse… driftglass, at his blog
Stupid Economist Tricks: Pattern or Practice Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
One White Guy’s Understanding of George Floyd’s Murder The Rude Pundit, at his blog
SO I GUESS WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT TRUMP RACE SPEECH AFTER ALL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Ben Shapiro Says His ‘Space Of Comfort’ Has Been Destroyed By Politics In Sports Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Rudy Giuliani, Bernard Kerik Gonna Teach Black Folks How To Stay Calm, Enjoy The Police Brutality Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Trump Gets His Glorious Recession In Just One Term. USA! USA! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Donald Trump Explains Old Man Needed Head-Cracking For Being Antifa SPY Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
You Know That Thing When The Baby Won’t Stop Screaming Unless You Put The TV On A Certain Channel? Evan Hurst, Wonkette