The Breakfast Club (Weirdness)

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

The Spanish Civil War begins; Sen. Ted Kennedy’s passenger dies when he drives his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island; South Africa’s Nelson Mandela and musician Ricky Skaggs born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Yesterday’s weirdness is tomorrow’s reason why.

Hunter S. Thompson

Breakfast News

Millions of kids told full return to school in fall unlikely

Republicans eye sweeping shield from coronavirus liability

Texas deaths hit record, schools get OK for virtual classes

Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city

Court backs Trump expansion of cheap health insurance plans

Trump tax ruling a new front in defamation suits against him

Pentagon bans Confederate flag in way to avoid Trump’s wrath

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

The Latest: Australia’s PM cancels next parliament sitting

Struggling India crosses 1 million coronavirus cases

Review into England’s coronavirus death total amid questions

EU leaders far from deal on budget and virus recovery fund

Video of Black man’s arrest puts London police in spotlight

1 quest for justice helps fuel Black rights fight in France

Warning: Italy’s Mafias eye EU’s billions in recovery funds

China’s mighty Yangtze nears crest again, new floods feared

Israel supporter’s dramatic shift shocks establishment

Breakfast Blogs

It’s Not Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Fault. It’s Ours. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Lindsey Graham Provides Yet More Proof that Peter Strzok Didn’t Have It In for Trump emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Trump promised he was going to take over cities … digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Dysfunction junction Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Manhattan DA’s Case for President Trump’s Tax Returns Matt Naham, Law & Crime

Republican Joni Ernst Says Senate Should Absolutely Confirm a Lame Duck Supreme Court Nominee While Trump Is President Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

What the Heck Are Federal Law Enforcement Officers Doing in Portland? Steve Vladack, Lawfare

Thomas Jefferson’s Constitutional Hardball Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The absurdity of the Supreme Court Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Noted Internet Quitter Andrew Sullivan… driftglass, at his blog

Brooks on Biden’s Green New Deal (Spoiler: He doesn’t know it’s there) Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

Portland Becomes the Testing Ground for the Next Level of Trump Fuckery The Rude Pundit, at his blog

THEY THINK EVERYONE IS AS DIVISIVE — AND AS CYNICAL — AS THEY ARE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Ask Wonkette: Is It LEGAL To Disappear People Off American Streets, Or The OPPOSITE Of That? Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette

Idiots Unmasked: Your Coronavirus Roundup

Poll Porn: GOP Plan To Win Suburbs By Pissing Off Suburban Women Is Going GREAT Liz Dye, Wonkette

Trump’s Best Boy Johnny Doing Loyalty Tests For Daddy, Because That’s What’s Important Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Trump Invades Portland Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette