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
An armistice ends the Korean War; A House panel votes to impeach President Richard Nixon; A pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics; The deposed Shah of Iran and comedian Bob Hope die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.
Breakfast News
South Texas drenched by cyclone amid surge in virus cases
Amid virus, uncertainty, parents decide how to school kids
Police and protesters clash in violent weekend across the US
Portland protesters breach fence around federal courthouse
Oakland protesters set fire to courthouse, smash windows
ProPublica posts NYPD records, bypassing judge’s blockade
Hurricane Douglas swirls ‘uncomfortably close’ to Hawaii
Crush of boat buyers seek recreation, safety during pandemic
Asia Today: Australian outbreak attributed to sick workers
Virus spike in Spain prompts UK, France to warn off tourists
The Latest: S. Korea reports 25 new coronavirus cases
Cease-fire in war-torn eastern Ukraine to begin at midnight
India’s PM to attend temple groundbreaking at disputed site
Mountain rescuers heft ailing St. Bernard off English peak
Breakfast Blogs
The Trump Administrations’ Action on Alaska’s Pebble Mine Screams Obama Retribution Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
He made the wrong move digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
A public service message Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
‘Wall of Veterans’ Arrives in Portland to Protect Black Lives Matter Protesters from Trump’s DHS Troops Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
He seems nice Paul Campos, Lawyers Guns and Money
Never get high on your own supply Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Oh Brave New World That Has Such Centrists In It driftglass, at his blog
Crossing of the Barr (Also, Jonathan Turley Is Still a Hack) Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE POST-TRUMP GOP IS LIKELY TO BE EVEN WORSE (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog