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
Highlights of this day in history: Actress Marilyn Monroe dies; Cornerstone laid for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal; ‘American Bandstand’ debuts on network TV; Actors Richard Burton and Alec Guinness die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We’ve got a deeply flawed political system with an insane overreaching extremist element, with a Supreme Court that is completely loony.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Trump says more Americans will be lost to virus
‘Too many are selfish’: US nears 5 million virus cases
Chasm grows between Trump and government coronavirus experts
Texas medical board warns physicians who claim COVID-19 cure
COVID-19 measures could disrupt rare polio-like disease
Virus ravages poor California county along Mexican border
Police facing scrutiny in Elijah McClain case get new chief
Worries about 2020 census’ accuracy grow with cut schedule
Tropic storm Isaias whips up eastern US, killing at least 4
AP Exclusive: Rare wildflower could jeopardize lithium mine
Asia Today: Manila back under lockdown as virus cases surge
Skepticism, fear help fuel virus on Mexico City’s outskirts
Record heat, politics inflame Iraq’s electricity shortages
Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands
Malaysia police raid Al Jazeera’s office, seize computers
Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims
Breakfast Blogs
As This Presidency* Unravels, the Looting Will Begin in Earnest Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Maryland US Attorney’s Office Included Erik Prince in a FOIA Response on the Stone Sentencing emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The economic catastrophe is 100% the GOP’s fault digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“Protracted criminal conduct.” Ya think? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Federal Judge Likens Qualified Immunity to Segregation in Brutal Opinion Criticizing Supreme Court Precedent Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Emails Reveal the Immediate Internal Fallout Over DOJ’s Intervention in Roger Stone Case Jerry Lambe, Law & Crme
Contingency Planning for Presidential Interference with the Election Robert S. Taylor, Lawfare
What if J. Edgar Hoover Had Been a Moron? Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
This won’t end well DJW, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Mary Rosh Award For Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Sockpuppetry Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Talking the Rona on the Intertubes Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
We have cases Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Another Week, Another Batshit Trump Interview The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Pre-operational postscript Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Everybody’s got it in for somebody. Trump says Twitter’s got it in for Trump. Facebook’s got it in for ethics. Consumers have it in for the economy. And I’m keeping my back against the wall. The New York Crank, No More Mister Nice Blog
Is Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Coming For ALL Trump’s Naughty Fraudy Sh*t? Maybe! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Stupidest Website On The Internet Says Russians Conspiring To Make QAnon Look Anti-Semitic Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Stop Trying To Make Schools Happen Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Trump Installs Rejected Sleazeball Anthony Tata At Pentagon, No Senate Required! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Douche Offers Strawman Strawmington Argument For Why Corrupt Senate GOP Should Stay In Power Stephen Robinson, Wonkette