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
Hungary lets East German refugees leave for West Germany; Louisiana U.S. Senator Huey Long fatally shot; Elias Howe gets sewing machine patent; ‘Gunsmoke’ premieres; Singer Jose Feliciano born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
Breakfast News
The Latest: L.A. officials walk back Halloween restrictions
Vaccine by Nov. 3? Halted study explains just how unlikely
California wildfire explodes, burning across 25 miles in day
High alert: Deadly Northwest fires burn hundreds of homes
6 Western states blast Utah plan to tap Colorado River water
Boy’s shooting raises questions about police crisis training
New fire breaks out in crowded refugee camp on Greek island
Nobel laureate warns arrests won’t stop Belarus protests
Bolivia calls on ICC to investigate Morales over blockades
Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from China
Zimbabwe government announces mining ban in national parks
Breakfast Blogs
Both the President* and Bob Woodward Knew This for Months and Kept It From the Public Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Devout Catholic Bill Barr Stakes the Credibility of His Institution on Shielding an Accused Rapist emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The most important GOP election lawyer in the country pours cold water on Trump’s claims digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump’s latest sucker Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded Gregory Stanton, Just Security
Whistleblower Complaint Implicates High-Ranking Trump Admin Officials and Recently Hired CNN Contributor Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Lawyers: Watergate Reporter Got Trump on Tape Admitting ‘Clearly Impeachable Offense’ Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Reflections on the Woodward Recording Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Republican staffer accidentally tells the truth about Republican health care policy Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
More Adventures in Scary Campus Political Correctness Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The President Is Our Mass Murderer The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Rage Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Mighta Been Nice To Have Trump On Tape Admitting He Was Lying About Coronavirus Back In February, BOB Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Ben Sasse Has Idea: More Senate Slumber Parties, Less Democracy! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Black 7th Grader Busted For Criminal Possession Of Toy Gun In Own Home Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Rochester Police Chief Retires Because Y’all Being Really Prissy About The Man They Smothered Doktor Zoom, Wonkette