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
Test of the world’s first nuclear weapon; President Richard Nixon’s White House taping system revealed; John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife and her sister die in a plane crash; Apollo 11 lifts off for Moon
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor’s throat without having his neighbor notice it.
Breakfast News
Confirmed US virus cases rise amid new global restrictions
The Latest: PA gov sets tougher rules for bars, restaurants
Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries
Congress eyes new virus aid as school, health crisis deepens
Walmart latest retailer to require customers to wear masks
Arizona ban on evictions set to end as heat, infections soar
Mail delays likely as new postal boss pushes cost-cutting
American Airlines warns 25,000 workers they could lose jobs
Maine to use ranked voting for president after repeal fails
Berkeley moves toward removing police from traffic stops
New peak of 71K US overdose deaths in 2019 dashes hopes
23 AGs sue DeVos over student loan forgiveness policy
Trump reins in major environmental law to speed big projects
2021 Rose Parade canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
More than 150 countries sign up for global vaccine plan
Lockdowns reimposed in India as virus cases near 1 million
Statue of Black protester replaces toppled UK slave trader
Pro-Western party claims victory in North Macedonia election
Tanker off UAE sought by US over Iran sanctions ‘hijacked’
Breakfast Blogs
These Monuments to American Eccentricity Give Me Hope Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Roger Stone Invented a New Cover Story Rather than Defend Himself at Trial emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Wonkish Myth of Crowding Out Ed walker, emptywheel
“Malignantly dysfunctional” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Walmart mandates masks nationwide, now all retailers should too Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
If It Works, Sure. tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
He’s not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed Rom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Black Security and the Conundrum of Policing Monica Bell, Just Security
Trump Files Court Documents to Drag Out Fight Against Manhattan DA’s Subpoena for His Tax Returns Jerry Lambe, Law & crime
The John Roberts Death Machine Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Real Confederacy Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A Weary Nation Watches Trump and Asks, “What the Hell Was That?” The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Wrongthink Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Hey Kris Kobach, Found Yr Voter Fraud! It’s This Kansas GOP Idiot Congressman, Allegedly! Stephen Robinson, Wokette
Joe Biden Gonna Ban Windows, And Other Highlights From Trump’s Rose Garden Derp Manifesto Of Blarp Liz Dye, Wokette
Corona Recession Leaves 5.4 Million Americans Without Healthcare. MAGA MAGA MAGA! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Trump: RUN FOR YOUR LIVES, WHITE PEOPLE, RUN! AIYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Evan Hurst, Wonkette