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 last Jewish settlers leave the Gaza Strip; President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law; Black Panthers’ co-founder Huey Newton killed; Sci-fi author Ray Bradbury and singer Tori Amos born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
Breakfast News
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
The Latest: Ore. says case drop not enough to open schools
FBI investigating COVID-19 data breach in South Dakota
Quarantines, closures: Confusion reigns as schools reopen
Extreme poverty rises and a generation sees future slip away
California wildfires some of largest in state history
2 storms pose possible double threat to US Gulf Coast
3 large corrals approved for western US wild horse roundups
Saved by suburbs: Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies
Kentucky Derby reverses course, will run without fans
Birth of panda cub brings ‘joyous news’ to the National Zoo
European economic rebound slows as virus cases rise
Malta, once nearly virus-free, sees COVID-19 resurgence
Lebanon begins partial lockdown amid spike in virus cases
Asia Today: Seoul surge appears to spread around South Korea
Virus cases reported at 41 schools in Germany’s capital
Belarus leader blames US for chaos, vows to end protests
Mexico’s graft scandal sparks tit-for-tat video leaks
After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque
Russia to let dissident in coma fly to Berlin for treatment
Breakfast Blogs
The Postmaster General Stonewalled His Way Through a Senate Hearing Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The EDVA Venue and the Peter Debbins Indictment emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The week in Trump corruption digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Prelude to a day of reckoning Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Multi-State Lawsuit Alleges Recent USPS Changes ‘Disenfranchise Voters’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Appeals Court Refuses to Block Order Enforcing Subpoena for Trump’s Tax Returns, Putting Spotlight Back on SCOTUS Matt Naham, Law & Crime
A Collusion Reading Diary: What Did the Senate Intelligence Committee Find? Todd Carney, Samantha Fry, Quinta Jurecic, Jacob Schulz, Tia Sewell, Margaret Taylor, and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Roger, get me out of this Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
“Build Back Better” Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 667 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOP AND QANON, I SEE WE’VE MOVED INTO THE “DENY EVERYTHING” PHASE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Your New Boyfriend Miles Spilling More Beans About President Tinpot McLoudStupid Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Elizabeth Warren’s Gonna Deal With The Post Office And Also All The Other Things Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
New Unemployment Claims Up Again. Good Thing We Renewed Those Bene … Oh Sh*t Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
President Pyro Threatens To Withhold FEMA Money Because California Too Lazy To Rake Forests Liz Dye, Wonkette
NYC Police Union Stands By Their Klansman Stephen Robinson, Wonkette