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
The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York; Benito Mussolini takes control of the Italian government; The Cuban Missile Crisis ends; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and actress Julia Roberts are born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Indoor dining, bar service banned in Chicago
Virus pushes twin cities El Paso and Juarez to the brink
Raging California fires keep tens of thousands from homes
Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim
Supreme Court ruling spurs Wisconsin to get early votes in
Judge: US can’t replace Trump in accuser’s defamation suit
Judge sides with Virginia, but Lee statue stays put for now
New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions
UN cancels in-person meetings after report of 5 COVID cases
Peru’s Machu Picchu reopening Sunday after pandemic closure
France tightens security amid fallout from teacher beheading
Eager for change, Chile faces long road to new constitution
Turkey’s Erdogan sues Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker for insults
Fire forces hospital evacuation in Brazil; 2 patients dead
Belarus leader seeks to punish striking workers, students
Thai student-protesters aim for ambitious political change
Breakfast Blogs
If One Part of Life on This Planet Is Sick, Soon Enough It All Will Be Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
DOJ Falsely Claimed that McCabe and Strzok Confirmed that the Content of Their Notes Was Not Altered emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump is openly excusing terrorism now digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
A human wave is building Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Good Governance Paper No. 10: Addressing Foreign Election Interference—An Overdue To-Do List Joshua Geltzer, Just Security
Republicans Are Already Amplifying Kavanaugh’s Misleading Law Review Citation to Block Mail-in Voting Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Amy Coathanger Barrett and the anti-democratic feedback loop Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The state of the race with one week to go Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 706 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Birthday Fundraiser: Day Two — Simony driftglass, at his blog
Literary Corner: Does That Make Sense Now? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Trump and MAGA Nation Want to Kill You The Rude Pundit, at his blog
POLITICAL TIMIDITY? WHAT’S THAT? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Oh Brett Kavanaugh Can’t WAIT To Steal This Election For Whoever Paid Off His Debts Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz Declares War On Mitch McConnell So We’ll Call That A Nice Time Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Send This Post To The Next Person Who Says Trump Is ‘Doing Something’ About Child Sex Trafficking Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
They Did It. In Seven Days, It’s Our Turn. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
As Of Probably Right Now, Drop Off Your Absentee Ballot, Don’t Mail It Doktor Zoom, Wonkette