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
Scottish rebels led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat English troops in the Battle of Stirling Bridge during the First War of Scottish Independence.
General George Washington and his troops are defeated by the British under General Sir William Howe at the Battle of Brandywine that took place near Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
Breakfast News
The Latest: New Orleans keeps tough virus rules, state eases
Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing
US will end current health screening of some travelers
Puerto Rico reopening beaches, gyms, theaters amid pandemic
Nebraska to end nearly all social distancing restrictions
Smithfield Foods pork plant faces OSHA fine from outbreak
Return of football renews fears over more virus spread
Chiefs nix headdresses, war paint to start NFL season
Officials squash rumors of far right, far left setting fires
Stunned residents tour Oregon town devastated by wildfires
Judges: Trump can’t exclude people from district drawings
Wisconsin court sets up possible delay in absentee mailing
States ask judge to reverse changes at US Postal Service
Tennessee city will allow abortion clinic, pay legal bill
Judge blocks Tennessee law that limits new voter mail voting
Police chief accused of rigging his own hiring resigns
African serval cat, named Spartacus, missing in NH town
St. Louis Zoo says python laid 7 eggs without male help
Greece to keep refugees on island after camp gutted by fire
Top Belarus activist says authorities threatened to kill her
Taliban say peace talks with Afghan team to start Saturday
Huge fire at Beirut port sows panic after last month’s blast
EU demands UK drop a planned law that breaches Brexit deal
Wildfires sweep into Brazil park harboring jaguars
EU force intercepts tanker with jet fuel headed to Libya
Breakfast Blogs
This Is Another Threat That the President* and His Party Continue to Deny Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Racism and Russia: The Topics Brian Murphy Claims He Was Ordered to Lie About emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Rudy Giuliani Is Being Run By Russia’s Intelligence Service: The US Department of the Treasury Designates Rudy Giuliani’s Source, Andrii Derkach. a Longstanding Russian Agent Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Joice
Stable Genius has regrets digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Don’t blame me. He did it! Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Court Greenlights Lawsuit Alleging Trump’s Inaugural Committee Funneled Money to His Personal Businesses Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Any jackass can kick down a barn Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Annals of right wing grift Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Literary Corner: Crisis of Con- Con- Confidence Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TUCKER CARLSON IS A GOOD LITTLE STALINIST Steve M., No More Mister Nice
Was Trump Acting As POTUS When He Said E. Jean Carroll Not Hot Enough To Rape? Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Sounds Like Dipsh*t (Acting) DHS Chief Chad Wolf Covering Up 2020 Russia Election Attack In Real Time! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Meet The Part-Time Assistant Professor Who Gets To Tell Fauci What To Do Liz Dye, Wonkette
Denver Tried NOT Sending Cops To Shoot Everybody Who Called 911. And Then The Murders … Did Not Begin! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Nevada Shuts Down Trump’s Planned Maskless Moron Rallies. Sad! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Erick Erickson: Trump Lied About COVID To Protect The Liberals Who Wouldn’t Have Believed Him Robyn Pennacchhia, Wonkette
Wonksplainer: Whar Corona Vaccine? – The Sequel! Carlos Sagan, Wonkette