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
Nuremberg tribunal convicts top Nazi leaders of war crimes; Berlin Airlift ends; James Meredith registers at Ole Miss; Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ premieres; Actor James Dean killed in a car crash
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an’ pretend
‘Cause I’ve heard it all before
And I’ve been down there on the floor
No one’s ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes, I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong
I am invincible
I am woman
You can bend but never break me
‘Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
‘Cause you’ve deepened the conviction in my soul
Oh yes, I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong
I am invicible.Helen Reddy
Breakfast News
The Latest: UNC reports coronavirus-related student death
COVID-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen
Connecticut to use rapid COVID-19 tests in schools
Whitmer extends coronavirus emergency through Oct. 27
Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida
California’s wine country residents facing fire fatigue
Court upholds Wisconsin ballot extension, hands Dems a win
Judge says ending 2020 census on Oct. 5 violates her order
Justice Ginsburg buried at Arlington in private ceremony
Giant pumpkins smash Utah state record at weigh-off in Lehi
Azerbaijan and Armenia brush off suggestion of peace talks
Myanmar says militants hampering return of Rohingya refugees
Amnesty Int’l halts India operations, citing gov’t reprisals
UK, Canada impose sanctions on Belarus president, officials
Women’s issues at UN: Still ‘too low down on the agenda’
France to ban use of wild animals in circuses, marine parks
Breakfast Blogs
This Isn’t ‘Voter Suppression’—More Like Voter Swindling Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
On a Key Issue in Mike Flynn’s Case — which FBI Agent to Believe — DOJ Argued against DOJ emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Wishy-washy brass digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Pelosi’s belt-and-suspenders strategy Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Don’t Believe Trump’s Latest Con: The Strongman Teri Kanefield, Just Security
Former Mob Prosecutor Goes Hard in the Paint During Wild Hearing: Michael Flynn’s ‘Crime Was Committed in the West Wing’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
George Conway Makes Bold Predictions About Donald Trump’s Downfall After New York Times Revelations Matt Naham. Law & Crime
Manufacturing in Ohio has declined substantially under Trump Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
All in the Family and the Politics of Nostalgia Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 683 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Three Words to Refute David French’s Ludicrous Proposition: The Obama Administration driftglass, at his blog
What Biden Ought to Say at Tonight’s Debate (Rude Version) The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Colorado Police Holding Political Prisoners Like Common Third-World Autocracy, Totally Normal Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Trump Loves Black People So Much He Wants To Spare Them Burden Of Ever Voting Against Him Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Poll Porn: Americans Being Goddamn Grownups About Waiting For Votes To Be Counted Liz Dye, Wonkette
Relax, Gays. Eric Trump Is Not One Of Us. (We Don’t Think.) Evan Hurst, Wonkette