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
Suicide blast kills U.S. Marines and sailors in Lebanon; Students in Hungary spark Cold War revolt; President Richard Nixon agrees to turn over White House tapes; ‘Tonight Show’ host Johnny Carson born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Texas sending more virus help to El Paso region
FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir
Colorado wildfires drag on later than normal, break records
Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered to testify by GOP senators
2nd group of judges blocks Trump order on House seats count
Judge urges US to help find parents deported without kids
GOP Asks Supreme Court To Shorten North Carolina Absentee Deadline
Judge tosses Trump challenge to New Jersey mail-in ballots
New lawsuit targets Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot deadline
Supreme Court puts curbside voting on hold in Alabama
Europe faces more curfews, restrictions as virus cases swell
French PM says 2nd virus wave is here, vastly extends curfew
Spanish lawmakers squash far-right’s attempt to oust PM
Thailand cancels emergency decree in bid to calm protests
Poland’s top court rules out abortions due to fetal defects
UN chief appeals for cease-fires, warns pandemic wins wars
Putin: Russia-China military alliance can’t be ruled out
Lawyer: Snowden granted permanent residency in Russia
EU awards human rights prize to Belarus opposition
Breakfast Blogs
Sometimes, Freedom’s Just Another Word for Not Giving a Damn Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
“Outside the margin of litigation” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digy’s Hullabaloo
A lifetime spent exposing liars Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Facebook Manipulated the News You See to Appease Republicans, Insiders Say Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones
Good Governance Paper No. 7: Executive Branch Vacancies Steve Vladexk, Just Security
Where’s My Roy Cohn James Comey? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Joe Biden and the historical moment Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
From the Chronicles of the Before Time driftglass, at his blog
Flooding the Zone Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP MIGHT NOT GIVE UP ON INDICTING BIDEN BEFORE JANUARY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Deep State Hard At Work Protecting Free And Fair Elections. No, We Mean It! Liz Dye, Wonkette
USPS Pulls All Postal Cops Off Streets Before Election, Because Reasons Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Church Of Latter-Day Saints Voters Biden-Curious Sarah Taber, Wonkette
DNI Ratcliffe’s Press Conference Yesterday Was Clown-Ass Waste Of Time Even For DNI Ratcliffe Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Franklin Graham Tells The Pope How To Catholic Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette