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
Alabama Gov. George Wallace makes a symbolic stand against racial integration; A Buddhist monk immolates himself in South Vietnam; Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh executed; Actor John Wayne dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Breakfast News
Minneapolis police chief takes on union, promises change
‘I can’t breathe,’ Oklahoma man tells police before dying. ‘I don’t care,’ officer responds.
2 more Atlanta police officers fired over use of force during protest
Federal judge rules ICE courthouse arrests in New York state are illegal
New Trump admin proposal would make it harder for immigrants to claim asylum in U.S.
‘We need help’: Small cities face fiscal calamity from virus
Hawaii extends 14-day quarantine for all incoming travelers
Buffalo adopts policing changes after protester is hurt
California Assembly backs repealing affirmative action ban
Walmart will stop putting ‘multicultural’ products in locked cases
Pandemic hampers raising rare whooping cranes for the wild
Europe reopens borders amid worst global recession in memory
Busy shops, packed buses as Sao Paulo reopens amid pandemic
Mexico City to increase virus testing in break from feds
UK scientist: Week earlier lockdown could have halved deaths
The Latest: SKorea reports 45 new COVID cases, most in Seoul
Thousands attend Black Lives Matter demo in Amsterdam
London may remove statues as Floyd’s death sparks change
Breakfast Blogs
It Would Probably Help to Have a President Who Is Sane Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Appointed Amicus John Gleeson Argues DOJ Engaged in Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct in Moving to Dismiss Flynn Prosecution emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The MAGA rallies are back. They won’t help… digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Let’s use police brutality civil lawsuits to fund police reform Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Road testing suppression in GA Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
A Constitutional Response to Trump’s Firings of Inspectors General Jack Goldsmith, Lawfare
Police Were Called on Predominantly Black Voters Waiting to Cast Ballots After Midnight in Georgia Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
President Reanimated Corpse of Andrew Johnson Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The art of war Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Dude-itors Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
REPUBLICANS: WE WANT POLICE REFORM TOO — WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
NY Police Union Warns That Beatings Will Continue Until Their Morale Improves Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Judge Reviewing Michael Flynn Case Says Sentence The Motherf*cker Already Liz Dye, Wonkette
Is This Post About Sex? Or Is It About MADE YOU LOOK? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Black Georgians Get Special Preview Of ‘2020 Voter Suppression: The Movie’ Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Let’s All Stare At This Completely Bananapants New QAnon Map Until Our Eyeballs Bleed! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette