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
Paris liberated during World War II; A first swim across the English Channel; Actor Sean Connery, composer Leonard Bernstein, and musician Elvis Costello born; Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ released.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
Breakfast News
As world grapples with pandemic, schools are the epicenter
Revved by Sturgis Rally, COVID-19 infections move fast, far
Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
Florida judge blocks state requirement that public schools open for in-class education
2 lawsuits challenge Trump’s drilling plan in Alaska refuge
Kenosha protesters clash with police after Black man shot
Redwoods survive wildfire at California’s oldest state park
Black and white tegu lizard sighted for the first time in South Carolina
Rock fall at Grand Canyon reveals ancient animal footprints
‘In the bullseye:’ Gulf preps for Laura to slam as hurricane
The Latest: As virus spikes, S. Korea tightens restrictions
Local virus cases in Gaza raise fears of a wider outbreak
UN cautions that virus plasma treatment still experimental
Police in Belarus detain opposition activists amid protests
Greece plans Mediterranean navy exercises; Turkey objects
Breakfast Blogs
The Theme of the RNC Is Already Clear: Any Election Where Trump Doesn’t Win Is Illegitimate Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
SSCI’s Asymmetric Interest in Partisan Use of Oppo Research emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Shadow Chief of Staff has a large portfolio digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Make Team Trump Pay For Holding Deadly Rallies, Including the RNC Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Order of the Coagula Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Manafort’s Reward: Sen. Ron Johnson and the Ukraine Conspiracy Investigation: Part II Asha Rangappa and Ryan Goodman, Just Security
New York AG Files Sealed Lawsuit Against Trump Family Businesses—and Eric Trump by Name—Over Alleged Asset Inflation Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Manhattan DA Will Delay Enforcement of Subpoena for Trump’s Tax Returns Until Appeals Court Ruling Jerry Lambe, Law & crime
This post is not about Jerry Falwell Jr. watching the pool boy have sex with his (Jerry’s) wife Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Blue States: Crack Down on ICE Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Half cocked excuses for bullet abuse regarding anything browner than tan Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Lifeboats as Far as the Eye Can See driftglass, at his blog
Agenda Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME GENERATION Z HAS SABOTAGED THE TRUMP SHOW Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
RNC Resolution On Hate Groups Has Nothing To Do With ‘Rejecting Hate Groups’ Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Police Shot Black Man In The Back In Kenosha, Wisconsin, Because This Sh*t Never Ends Stephen Robinson, Wonkette