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
Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat assassinated; Yom Kippur War breaks out in Mideast; Top U.S. arms inspector reports on Iraq’s WMD; Actress Bette Davis dies; ‘The Jazz Singer’ heralds talking pictures.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
Breakfast News
CDC says coronavirus can spread indoors in updated guidance
Epic scale of California wildfires continues to grow
Gusty winds fan big Rocky Mountain wildfires, spread embers
Governor asks court to block actions by Trump’s land boss
Governor orders some NYC schools closed amid virus flare-up
Judge blocks Iowa directive on absentee ballot applications
Conservation success or pests? Seals spark passionate debate
National Zoo: Genetic tests reveal new baby panda is a boy
WHO: 10% of world’s people may have been infected with virus
UK hit by new virus test failing, finds 16,000 extra cases
Protesters erupt in Kyrgyzstan after parliamentary election
Indian capital launches campaign to curb toxic air pollution
Under fire over LGBT rights, Polish leader blames activist
Delta grows into hurricane in Caribbean; eyes Yucatan, Cuba
Breakfast Blogs
Trump Toadies Insist He’s Got the Virus Right Where He Wants It Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Bill Barnett’s Second Gratuitous Swipe at the Mueller Investigation Collapses emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Crazy even by their standards digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Here be dragons Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Is the United States Heading for a Rural Insurgency? Vasabjit Banerjee, Just Security
Dr. Conley Declined to Reveal Details About the Condition of President Trump’s Lungs—What You Need to Know About HIPAA Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
IRS Reportedly Investigating NRA Boss for Criminal Tax Fraud as NY AG Seeks to Destroy Gun Rights Organization Matt Naham, Law & Crime
The Rules for Displacing an Ailing Presidential Candidate Brian C. Kalt, Lawfare
Republicans can’t believe elite immunity isn’t comprehensive Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
This is fine Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 686 erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the Record: Mid-Autumn Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP SUPERSPREADER TOUR: WHAT ABOUT THE WORKERS? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Kids Divided. Is The Old Man Demented, Or Just Crazy? Liz Dye, Wonkette
No One Should Put The Trump Family In Same Sentence With ‘Honor System’ Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Ammon Bundy Told To Wear Mask At Football Game, Just Like Jewish People In Nazi Germany Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette