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
American women gain the right to vote, as the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment takes effect; Investigators pinpoint the cause of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; Aviator Charles Lindbergh dies
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Hawaii’s Oahu returns to stay-at-home order
New US virus cases fall as masks gain favor but testing lags
US crackdown on nonessential border travel causes long waits
New COVID-19 mandates on health care facilities get pushback
Hundreds of thousands flee US coast ahead of Hurricane Laura
California faces huge fires before usual peak of season
Ex-pharmaceutical company boss faces insider trading charges
American Airlines plans 19,000 furloughs, layoffs in October
Facing 2nd virus wave, Spain tracks infections with soldiers
UK government ditches advice on masks at English schools
Asia Today: South Korea closes many schools again amid surge
Scotland’s handling of virus boosts support for independence
Africa now free of wild poliovirus, but polio threat remains
Belarusian authorities crank up pressure on opposition
French troops stay in Mali after coup, no end in sight
Germany’s record contraction in Q2 slightly less than feared
Greta Thunberg returns to school in Sweden after year off
Breakfast Blogs
The Crisis in American Law Enforcement Is Heading Into a Perilous New Phase
MMT and Mainstream Economics Ed Walker, emptywheel
They knew he was a snake before they let him in digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Shave the margins, build relationships Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Supreme Court’s Attack on Habeas Corpus in DHS v. Thuraissigiam Gerald Neuman, Just Security
Republicans in full Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
College admins will blame students when their ill-conceived re-opening plans fail Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How Are Our “Essential Workers” Doing? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Random Observations on the RNC Orgy and Klan Rally (Night 1: That Was Some Weird Shit) The Rude Pundit, at his blog
MISUNDERSTANDING TRUMP AND HIS BASE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Person. Woman. Man. BABIES ON SPIKES! MY PILLOW!1!!11!!1!1!!!!! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
No Navajos Appear To Be Involved In ‘Navajos For Trump,’ But Charlie Kirk Sure Is Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Nikki Haley, Tim Scott Hail Donald Trump’s Victory Over The Racism Joe Biden Unleashed On America Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
No Tax Scam! No Tax Scam! You Are The Easily Disproven Tax Scam Eric Trump Is Pleading The Fifth About! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Missing Republican Convention Platform Is Perfect Metaphor Michael Mora, Wonkette
Utah Wingnuts Called For High School ‘No Mask Monday’ Protest. Hero Teens Said ‘No Thanks, Jerks!’ Doktor Zoom, Wonkette