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
Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders receive conditional amnesty; Palestinian refugees massacred in Lebanon; Mexico pushes for independence; Opera star Maria Callas dies; Blues great B.B. King born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don’t always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Biden calls Trump a ‘fool’ over drug accusations
Virus death toll linked to Maine wedding grows to 7
Seeping under doors, bad air from West’s fires won’t ease up
‘Huge rainmaker’: Hurricane Sally threatens historic floods
Democrats to investigate forced surgery claims in Georgia
Winds kick up century old volcanic ash in Alaska
US Postal Service sends wrong info about Utah by-mail voting
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe resigns, clearing way for successor
Belarusian opposition condemns Russia for backing Lukashenko
US tariffs on China are illegal, says world trade body
France fast-tracks citizenship for foreign virus fighters
Greece wants the EU to help run its island migrant camps
Merkel slams anti-Semitism ‘disgrace’ on Jewish group’s 70th
Mexico identifies submerged wreck of Mayan slave ship
400 years later, a new Mayflower will sail without humans
Breakfast Blogs
The Virus Is Novel. The Conditions That Lead It to Kill People Often Aren’t. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Catherine Herridge Attempts to Relaunch Bullshit Conspiracies Answered by Peter Strzok’s Book emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
On The Markets For Surrogacy And Sex Work Echidne, at her blog
James Fallows sounds the alarm. Media, please pay heed! digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Postmaster DeJoy was sued by his brother for hiding his mail & millions from him Spocko, Digby’s Hullbaloo
You don’t have to be crazy to work here, but…. Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Mass Job Losses and Other Economic Costs of President Trump’s Inaction on Coronavirus Ryan Zamarripa, Just Security
‘A Big Deal for Voting’: Pennsylvania Relaxes Mail-in Ballot Rules, Will No Longer Match Voters’ Signatures Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Administration’s ‘Legally Dubious and Illogical’ Diversity Visa Policy Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
“You fucked up, you thought I was arguing in good faith” Scott Lemeiux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How bad of a president do you have to be to get Scientific American to endorse your opponent? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Oregon Militias Advance Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump in a Battle to the Death (Our Deaths, Not His) with Science The Rude Pundit, at his blog
RUSH LIMBAUGH (AND DANIELLE PLETKA): MATH IS HARD! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
We’ve Reached ‘Forced Hysterectomies’ Chapter Of Nazi Playbook Liz Dye, Wonkette
Michael Caputo Is Just The Tip Of The Bugf*ck Iceberg Evan Hurst, Wonkette+
GA Sen. David Perdue Might Have To Dump Trump Like A Bad Stock Stephen Robinson, Wonkette