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
America normalizes diplomatic ties with Vietnam; Aaron Burr mortally wounds Alexander Hamilton in a duel; Skylab makes a fiery return to Earth; Babe Ruth’s major league debut; Laurence Olivier dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
Breakfast News
Judge tosses Trump rule on billing for abortion coverage
The Latest: Texas governor warns ‘things will get worse’
Florida’s curve no longer flat amid new surge of virus cases
US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine
Trump undercuts health experts — again — in schools debate
Border authorities use pandemic powers to expel immigrants
Foreign students weigh studying in person vs. losing visas
Lawyer: Over 150 Minneapolis officers seeking disability
Comet streaking past Earth, providing spectacular show
Tailgating tradition takes on new form as opera goes virtual
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
WHO experts to visit China to plan COVID-19 investigation
Oxygen already runs low as COVID-19 surges in South Africa
Hundreds try to storm Serbian parliament as protests heat up
Brazil LGBTQ group hides from virus in Copacabana building
Russia skeptical about nuclear pact extension prospects
Serbia, Kosovo to resume talks but won’t budge on key issues
Turkey’s president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque
Breakfast Blogs
Running Out the Clock Is This Administration*’s Primary Legal Strategy These Days Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump Prepares to Do Something Even Billy Barr Has Said Might Be Obstruction emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Crisis management for dummies digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Reasonable Republicans tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Maybe we’ll actually see an “Infrastructure Week” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
‘Wasting No Time,’ Judge in Trump Tax Return Case Orders Parties to Submit Argument Summaries Next Week Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Trump Commutes Sentence of Convicted Felon Who ‘Lied’ Because the ‘Truth Looked Bad’ for the President Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Neil Gorsuch Cancels Andrew Jackson Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Kicks just keep getting harder to find Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Voice of America First? Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the Record: Stupid or Wicked? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP ADVISERS WHO ARE SUGGESTING A COURSE CORRECTION ARE AS TONE-DEAF AS TRUMP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
RNC Offers Convention Delegates A Side Of Heatstroke With Their COVID-19 Liz Dye, Wonkette
ICE Unveils New Deportation Cop Fantasy Camp For Wannabe Brownshirts Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Trump Administration Making Documented Immigrants Undocumented Again Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette