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
A Cold War crisis over Cuba leads to brink of nuclear war; Shah of Iran allowed into U.S. for treatment; ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd killed; Last victim slain in D.C. sniper shootings; Cellist Pablo Casals dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Revolution is about the need to re-evolve political, economic and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that make human sense. That’s what revolution is about. Revolution is not about shootouts.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Kansas gov. again urges statewide mask mandate
Virus spikes have officials looking to shore up hospitals
CDC redefines COVID-19 close contact, adds brief encounters
US officials: Russia and Iran have obtained voter info
Worsening opioid crisis overshadowed in presidential race
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges
Court orders California to cut San Quentin inmates by half
Remains found in search for 1921 Tulsa race massacre victims
NASA spacecraft sent asteroid rubble flying in sample grab
Animals, people rescue each other in heartfelt docuseries
Woman’s obituary: In lieu of flowers ‘do not vote for Trump’
Spain 1st in western Europe to hit 1 million virus cases
Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects coronavirus vaccine from China
Protesters in Colombia decry government pandemic response
Coronavirus spreads in Nagorno-Karabakh amid heavy fighting
Francis becomes 1st pope to endorse same-sex civil unions
UK-EU trade talks back on after bloc offers olive branch
Thai protesters march in show of strength against government
Spain’s parliament debates no-confidence vote to oust govt
Over 60 exhibits damaged at Berlin museums, motive a mystery
Breakfast Blogs
The Trump Regime’s Crimes at the Border Will Outlast Stephen Miller Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Rat-Fucker Rashomon: Getting the “Highest Level of Government” to Free Julian Assange emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The president’s lawyer, ladies and gentlemen digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“Give me a good cartoonist…” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
San Francisco Board Unanimously Passes ‘CAREN Act’ to Make False, Discriminatory 911 Calls a Hate Crime Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
The DNI/FBI Announcement On Election Interference: Before Anyone Asks, I Really Have No Idea Adam L. Silverman, Balloon juice
Daniel Dale should get combat pay Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Why Did the 1619 Project Cause Such Outrage? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Smash and grab Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Lincoln Lads Just Can’t Stop Ripping Us Off driftglass, at his blog
IF POLLS AND REGISTRATION NUMBERS ARE RIGHT, DEMOCRATS WILL WIN — BUT THEY HAVE A LONG-TERM PROBLEM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog