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
Wiley Post completes first solo flight around the world; Robber John Dillinger shot dead; Saddam Hussein’s sons killed in Iraq; The September 11th Commission releases its report; Birth of the Frisbee.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.
Breakfast News
Virus hits frontline workers in taxed public health system
Transgender official takes abuse while leading virus efforts
Virus antibodies fade fast but not necessarily protection
Facing federal agents, Portland protests find new momentum
Trump’s show of federal force sparking alarm in cities
21 state attorneys general sue over new Trump water rule
EPA finds plastic trash contaminates 2 remote Hawaii beaches
Trump’s new immigration fight: how to redraw House districts
Dems push universal health care, police overhaul in platform
The Latest: Mexico passes 40,000 coronavirus death mark
Stimulus package breaks new ground in European unity
Report: UK officials ‘avoided’ looking into Russian meddling
Ethiopia, Egypt reach ‘major common understanding’ on dam
Myanmar leader Suu Kyi to run again in November election
Pandemic poses challenges for Argentines seeking therapy
WHO warns new Ebola outbreak in Congo faces funding gap
Breakfast Blogs
Are We Supposed to Pretend We Aren’t in the Hands of a Madman? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
DOJ Claims Some Ongoing Investigation Mueller Report Redactions Pertain to the the Assange Prosecution emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Impoverished Teachers Or The Rich Bitches Of Professional Sports? bmaz, emptywheeel
The dumbest Senator of all digby aka Marcy Wheeler, Digby’s Hullabaloo
‘Friendliest’ is the fittest Digby’s Hullabaloo
Bill Barr’s Playbook: His False Claims About Prior Military Force on U.S. Soil Ryan Goodman and Danielle Schulkin, Just Security
Experts: Trump’s ‘Insultingly Unconstitutional’ Census Order is Only Meant to ‘Stoke Anti-Immigrant Fervor’ Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Philadelphia DA Promises to Criminally Charge Trump’s DHS Troops if They ‘Kidnap’ Protesters Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Trump Destroying the Desert Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
American Idol Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It was farcical, but it wasn’t comical Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Since Saying “The Left was Right All Along” Would Burn Their Tongues With Fire… driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Good Reviews Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IT HAS ALL THE ATTRIBUTES OF FASCISM EXCEPT EFFECTIVENESS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Men’s Rights Activist Lawyer Moves From Suing ‘Ladies Nights’ To Murder Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
GOP Platform ‘B****es Be Crazy’ Sure To Keep Women From Leaving Party In Droves Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Fox’s Newest Sexual Harassment Suit Somehow Even Worse Than You Thought Liz Dye, Wonkette
Portland Has Own WALL — Of Moms! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Is Russia Using Senate’s Dumbest Republican To F*ck With Election, ALLEGEDLY? Evan Hurst, Wonkette