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
Ranger 7 beams lunar pictures; France’s Marquis de Lafayette makes his name in the American Revolution; Thomas Eagleton withdraws as George McGovern’s running mate; Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
No longer is there a quest for the truth so much as there is this apparent need to present both sides of an issue even if one is nothing but lies and distortions.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Masks to be mandatory in 8 more Miss. counties
Wisconsin governor orders masks statewide amid virus surge
2nd US virus surge hits plateau, but few experts celebrate
Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll
Prosecutor: No charges for officer in Michael Brown’s death
Portland prepares for US agents to step back from protests
Election results may be delayed — but not because of fraud
Full appeals court agrees to wade into Michael Flynn case
FBI: Review of surveillance applications found minor errors
TS Isaias causes floods, slides; likely to become hurricane
Players, coaches kneel before NBA’s re-opening night
Students, alumni clamor to take care of university’s cows
UN leaders to meet virtually; Trump might attend in person
After 99 days of success, virus returns to haunt Vietnam
A virus cluster in France splits generations, raises fears
Stats: England had Europe’s highest extra deaths in pandemic
German economy plunged 10% during 2nd quarter amid pandemic
First-ever EU cyber sanctions hit Russian, Chinese, NKoreans
Pilgrims pray on peak day of hajj in shadow of coronavirus
Breakfast Blogs
Cops Can Go On Strike If Their Feelings Are Hurt, Apparently Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Full DC Circuit Shifts Mike Flynn Analysis Back to What It Should Be: Unusual Remedy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Just as bad as predicted digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Who needs Russian help? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Why We Oppose the Pompeo Commission on Unalienable Rights’ Draft Report Rob Berschinski and Reece Pelley, Just Security
Sotomayor Slams Supreme Court’s Conservatives for Increasingly Granting Stays to Like-Minded Petitioners Colin Kalmacher, Law & Crime
The filibuster will be killed by the next Dem trifecta Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 661 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Barack Obama Reminds Us That We Are a Nation The Rude Pundit, at his blog
The End is Nearer Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THAT JOKE ISN’T FUNNY ANYMORE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Sorry To Interrupt, But The Economy Seems To Be ON FIRE Liz Dye, Wonkette
BREAKING: Sh*tmouthed Authoritarian Wannabe Say Whaaaaaaat? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Will The Deaths Of Herman Cain And Turning Point Co-Founder End The Anti-Mask Nonsense? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Joe Biden Can Win Georgia Datga Goon, Wonkette
Trump Could Probably Kill DACA Legally But It’s Just More Fun The Other Way Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Republicans’ COVID-19 ‘Liability Shield’ Is So Much Worse Than You Thought Doktor Zoom, Wonkette