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
Thomas Edison perfects workable electric light; Anthrax scare claims first of two U.S. postal workers in Washington, DC; Britain wins Battle of Trafalgar; Actress and author Carrie Fisher born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Idaho seeing its biggest case spike of pandemic
Older workers face higher unemployment amid virus pandemic
DC debuts smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure alert system
Trump environmental rollback spurs mining near Okefenokee
San Francisco officials let people sue over racist 911 calls
Environmental groups sue over Portland tear gas use
Feds say US colleges ‘massively’ underreport foreign funding
US spacecraft touches asteroid surface for rare rubble grab
Papers shed light on early years of ‘Old Ironsides,’ Navy
Leaders in US, Europe divided on response to surging virus
UK to infect healthy volunteers in vaccine research trial
European nations mixed in their response to virus spikes
Tough virus rules imposed on Manchester after talks collapse
US, Russia appear set to extend last remaining nuclear pact
UK’s Lords condemns Brexit bill as UK-EU talks stay stalled
Thai Cabinet approves Parliament session to debate protests
Breakfast Blogs
If Ronald Reagan’s Solicitor General Is Talking Court-Packing, It’s Getting Real Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
GRU Adopted the Identity of Two UK Journalists to Phish the OPCW emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Nervous about election night? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Sick and tired of sickness, death, and isolation? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
I’d Like To Introduce Ryan Grim and Glenn Greenwald To Reporting At a Publication Called The Intercept Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Good Governance Paper No. 6 (Part One): Domestic Military Operations — Reforming the Insurrection Act Mark Nevitt, Just Security
The Bolivian Coup Overturned Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Radical legal scholar says Dems will probably have to reform the courts Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Note to Republicans: No One Gives a Shit About Hunter Biden’s Business Deals The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Trumpfendämmerung Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
BUT … BUT … CENSORSHIP! CANCEL CULTURE! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Judges Pretty Sure Abortion In Kentucky Is Illegal Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Former Spies Agree: OF COURSE ‘But Hunter Biden’s Emails!’ Is A Russian Op, You Morons Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Happy Halloween! Your Chocolate Is Probably Harvested By Child Slaves Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Mitch McConnell Just Might Have Some Lint From His Pockets For COVID-19 Relief Stephen Robinson, Wonkette