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
Last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. killed in World War II; N.J. Gov. McGreevey to resign after declaring he’s gay; Russian sub Kursk explodes; Director Cecil B. DeMille born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
Breakfast News
Worldwide virus cases top 20 million, doubling in six weeks
Virus surge makes US weak link in global economic recovery
Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemic
March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules
Lack of body cameras fuels suspicion in Chicago shooting
Police face new lawsuit, probes after Elijah McClain’s death
Constraints gone, GOP ramps up effort to monitor voting
Ruling keeps NCAA from limiting some athlete compensation
Dolphin stampede greets Southern California whale watchers
The Latest: Mexico sees near-record 926 confirmed deaths
Scientists uneasy as Russia approves 1st coronavirus vaccine
New Zealand scrambles to find source of new virus infections
Hong Kong residents defend free press as China cracks down
South Africa’s poor scramble for anti-HIV drugs amid virus
After multiple crises, this time Lebanese feel broken
Israeli PM’s uneasy alliance seems headed toward collapse
Protests in Belarus continue despite challenger’s departure
Breakfast Blogs
Mike Pence Felt a Cold Chill This Afternoon. He’ll Be Debating Kamala Harris. Charles P Pierce, Esquire Politics
Jeff Wall: It Would Cause Attorney General Barr Irreparable Harm If He Had to Reveal His Secret Reason He Moved to Dismiss Flynn’s Prosecution emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Social distancing through the ages digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Pride goeth before the fall Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How Sen. Ron Johnson’s Investigation Became an Enabler of Russian Disinformation: Part I Ryan Goodman and Asha Rangappa, Just Security
US Court Skirmishes Over Deadline’s Validity Leave ERA in Limbo Russ Feingold, Just Srcurity
Minnesota Judge Rejects RNC Bid to Limit Mail-In Ballot Assistance for Vulnerable Voters Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Acting Solicitor General Tells Full D.C. Circuit That Barr Has Secret Reasons for Dismissing Michael Flynn Case Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Justice Department Completes Review of Errors in FISA Applications Jeremy Gordon, Lawfare
The Shadow Docket Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Outflanked: The Fake Working Class Outflankeing Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Kamala Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
I HAVEN’T CHANGED MY MIND: BIDEN’S KAMALA HARRIS PICK DOESN’T MEAN TRUMP WILL RUN WITH NIKKI HALEY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Stephen Miller Not Saying Americans In Mexico Can’t Come Home … Yet Liz Dye, Wonkette
Russia Is Attacking The 2020 Election, You Idiots. Not Iran. Not ‘GIIIIIIINA. Russia. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Fun With Unemployment Money, Trump-Style! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Seattle Cops Making Baaaaaank Stephen Robinson, Wonkette