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
Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech; Clashes mar the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Black teen Emmett Till abducted and killed in Mississippi; Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana granted a divorce.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
Breakfast News
Sean Penn ups fight against COVID-19 with relief expansion
Weakened but still dangerous, Laura to pose continued threat
Judge voids 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa county
Judge orders USPS to provide info on service changes
Police largely silent as outrage builds over Blake shooting
Mets, Marlins walk off field in social injustice protest
Baylor, BC, Kentucky and USF call off football practices
Black National Convention puts spotlight on police brutality
US detaining more migrant children in hotels despite outcry
Navajo Nation wants more say over criminal justice matters
50,000 allowed back home as gains made on California fires
In contrast to US, UN backs testing people without symptoms
Venezuelans fight virus in secret to avoid isolation centers
Virus hits tribe in remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Masks imposed on Paris; 20% of France in virus red zone
Putin: Russia is ready to provide security help to Belarus
Mali’s deposed president returns home under tight security
The Latest: China nears full re-opening of schools
Breakfast Blogs
I Am Terrified of What Congressional Elections Will Look Like in a Few Years Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
A Tale of Two COVID Scandals: Phil Hogan and Donald Trump emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
RNCC 2020: ‘Profoundly’ WTAF Rayne, emptywheel
Worse than Trump? It’s a tough call.Worse than Trump? It’s a tough call. digby aka Digby’s Hullabaloo
Ignorance and gross credulity Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Michigan Judge Dismisses GOP Candidates’ Lawsuit Challenging the State’s Mail-in Voting Process Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
The Rise of Ballot Drop Boxes Due to the Coronavirus Axel Hufford, Lawfare
The Counterintelligence Gap: An Update Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Fun for the whole family: What if there were no 22nd Amendment? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Little triggers in your grip Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Blog in the Strict Sense of the Term Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
NOW THEY’RE EVEN GASLIGHTING US ABOUT THEIR OWN TALKING POINTS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Is Lindsey Graham Trying To Use QAnon To Further The Right’s War On Social Media? (Yes) Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Sportsball Declares General Strike Against Police Violence Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Florida Court Rules School Reopening Utterly F*cking Insane Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Vindman Brothers Burning Down NSC From BEYOND THE RETIREMENT GRAVE Liz Dye, Wonkette