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 U.S. Supreme Court effectively voids state death penalty laws; Jerusalem reunified under Israeli control after the Six-Day War; Singer Rosemary Clooney and actress Katharine Hepburn die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.
Breakfast News
Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race
Businesses weigh reopening – or close again – as cases rise
Courts straining to balance public health with public access
Apple, AT&T, Jack Daniel’s: Fed issues details on bond buys
Suspect in killing at Louisville protest in custody
Trump, statehood, police funding fight up DC mayor’s profile
Mississippi takes step toward dropping rebel image from flag
In NYC, marking 50th anniversary of Pride, no matter what
New knotholes: Good MLB views, if fans know where to look
World hits coronavirus milestones amid fears worse to come
Exit poll: Polish presidential vote headed for runoff
Lebanon’s FM to summon US envoy over comments on Hezbollah
Russian nickel producer admits pollution in Arctic tundra
Paris mayor reelected, green wave in France local elections
Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over using their songs
Taiwan parade celebrates LGBT Pride, island’s virus success
Breakfast Blogs
Republicans Have Set Up Shop at the Crossroads of Suicidal Politics and Homicidal Neglect Charles P.Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Government Argues that Edward Snowden Is a Recruiting Tool emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Three Things: Bounties, Bounties, Bounce Rayne, emptywheel
The Chicks Are Owed An Apology bmaz, emptywheel
Using their powers for good Part II digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Vote safe, vote smart Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Federal Privacy Legislation Should Protect Civil Rights Cameron Kerry Lawfare
WaPo Editor Squashed 2018 Woodward Article That Would’ve Unmasked Kavanaugh As Backstabbing Source: Report Alberto Luperon, Law & Crime
The Trump delusion Papul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Bill Kristol: His Life and Times driftglass, at his blog
And How They GRU Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE TRUMP JUST HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ON THAT “WHITE POWER” VIDEO Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Anti-Woman, Anti-Voting Rights Judge Confirmed As Trump’s 200th Federal Judge Jamie Lynn Crofts, Womkette
All Fun And Games Until The My Pillow Guy Says The Antichrist Is Coming Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Bill Barr Wonders Why Anyone Even Cares About Cops Killing Black People Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
What The Hell Do These Anti-Mask People Think Our Endgame Is Here? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette