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
Cornerstone laid for what becomes the White House; Britain’s Margaret Thatcher born; Boston wins baseball’s first World Series; TV variety show host Ed Sullivan dies; Musician Paul Simon born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The only time we create any kind of substantive change is when we reach out to a disaffected electorate and inspire and motivate them to vote.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Texas governor says surge team sent to El Paso
Protesters knock down Roosevelt, Lincoln statues in Portland
California GOP says it owns unofficial ballot drop boxes
Big turnout as early in-person voting starts in Georgia
Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts
Microsoft attempts takedown of global criminal botnet
Washington state again fails to live-track murder hornet
Pumpkin weighing 2,350 pounds wins California contest
UN warns against pursuing herd immunity to stop coronavirus
Asia Today: China to test 9 million after new outbreak
Austria probe points to mistakes in early virus response
French PM won’t rule out more restrictions as virus spikes
Yet another Brexit deadline looms; trade talks in rut
EU readies sanctions against Belarus leader Lukashenko
Kyrgyz president declares new state of emergency
Belarus ramps up crackdown on protests, detains over 700
Danes start culling 2.5 million minks after virus hits farms
2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions
Breakfast Blogs
Joe Biden Has Answered the Question Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Roger Stone Was Parroting That Russian Intelligence Report a Month before FBI Got It emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
When you only want to be president of the red states digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Beds Are Burning: Top 10 Films for Indigenous Peoples Day Dennis Hartley, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Funny, that. Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Lincoln and that Supreme Court Vacancy: A Deference to Democracy Sidney Blumenthal and Harold Holzer, Just Security
Alabama Republican Who Defeated Jeff Sessions in Primary Had Dealings with 3 People Later Convicted for ‘Ponzi Schemes’ Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Donald Trump Wants Brett Kavanaugh to Get Into a Discovery Battle With His Sexual Assault Accusers
The Robert Bork Memorial Shell Game Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 693 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day: When It Comes to COVID-19, Native Americans Are Getting Screwed Over, as Usual The Rude Pundits, at his blog
For the Record: Tenth Justice Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
HOW MANY TIMES HAS THE NUMBER OF SEATS ON THE SUPREME COURT CHANGED? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Facebook Bans Holocaust Denial. Zuck Can Haz Cookie Now? Liz Dye, Wonkette
House Republicans About To Get Their Asses Beat Biden-Style Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
California GOP Just Putting Up Fake Ballot Drop Boxes Everywhere, Totally Normal Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette