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
he first men to walk on the Moon; Viking One lands on Mars; Nazi Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler wounded in an assassination attempt; Mountaineer Edmund Hillary and musician Carlos Santana born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
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Breakfast News
Facing uncertain fall, schools make flexible reopening plans
Kentucky announces single-day high of new coronavirus cases
As pandemic surges, election officials seek poll workers
House leaders ‘alarmed’ federal officers policing protests
Applications taken for 1 day to replace Rep Lewis on ballot
Colleges win immigration battle but fear for US reputation
Its $11M makeover complete, the Mayflower II is sailing home
EU summit leader appeals for unity on virus fund
In French Guiana, virus exposes inequality, colonial legacy
Netanyahu’s graft trial resumes amid Israeli virus anger
UK ratchets up criticism of China over Uighurs, Hong Kong
China blasts dam to release floodwaters as death toll rises
UAE’s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st
Breakfast Blogs
John Lewis Was a Mighty American Soul Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, Esquire Politics
https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/07/18/task-and-countertask-the-interview-of-christopher-steeles-primary-subsource/ emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Yes, we will need a Trump Crime Commission” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
United States of denial Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism Has Increased By More Than 300% Since Trump Took Office: Report Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
What Does a “Terrorist” Designation Mean? Anna Meier, Lawfare
At Least We Can No Longer Pretend That There Is No Crisis Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Too orange to fail Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
So, Four Years Later, How’s That Whole “Disrupt The K’rupt Duopoly!” Thing Working Out? driftglass, at his blog
Hi It’s Stupid: The FBI Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF TRUMP IS REELECTED, HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog