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
Dawn of the UN; Dwight Eisenhower vows to end the Korean War; Suspects caught in D.C.-area sniper shootings; Concorde makes last trans-Atlantic flight; ‘Star Trek’ creator Gene Roddenberry dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Real choice is clear information and the right to walk away from a bad deal without leaving your wallet behind.
Breakfast News
Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases
AstraZeneca, J&J resuming US tests of COVID-19 vaccines
Hospitalization data flawed in Missouri, perhaps elsewhere
Trump campaign sues in Nevada to stop Vegas-area vote count
Ballots can’t be tossed out over voter signature, court says
Battleground postal delays persist with mail voting underway
Washington state discovers first ‘murder hornet’ nest in US
400 years on, Mayflower’s legacy includes pride, prejudice
The Latest: India’s cases pass 7.8M, 3 states hardest hit
France surpasses 1 million confirmed virus cases amid spike
Dutch hospital airlifts patients to Germany amid virus surge
The Latest: Mexico’s Chihuahua border state back in lockdown
In hard-hit Peru, worry mounts over both COVID-19 and dengue
Poles vent fury at court’s further restrictions on abortions
Libyan factions sign countrywide UN-brokered cease-fire
Veggie burgers are still burgers, at least in Europe
Breakfast Blogs
Things Are Getting Awfully Unsettled Out on the Lunatic Fringes Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Judge Emmet Sullivan Just Created Four Big Problems for DOJ in the Mike Flynn Case emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Anatomy of a smear digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Donny and the Chocolate Factory Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Good Governance Paper No. 8: How to Strengthen Oversight by Congress Jim Townsend and Elise Bean, Just Security
GOP-Appointed Judges Shut Down Republican’s Attempt to Delay an Election in Minnesota Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Judge Orders DOJ to Confirm—Under Penalty of Perjury—That Michael Flynn Evidence Is ‘True and Correct’ Matt Naham, Law & Crime
How to Resolve a Contested Election, Part 3: When Elections Fail Scott R. Anderson, Lawfare
Republicans can’t win free and fair national elections Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The forces of evil in a Bozo nightmare Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 702 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Biden Wipes Trump’s Cards Off the Table The Rude Pundit, at his blog
For the Record: Debate Takes Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP TAKES 100% OF THE CREDIT FOR WHAT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF US HAVE DONE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Supreme Court Rules Pennsylvania Can Vote … And Here’s Why That’s Bad, Actually Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Who Wanna Watch MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson Dick-Punch Hogan Gidley? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Even $15 An Hour Isn’t A Living Wage Anymore In The United States Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Fox News Legal Analyst Worries Deep State Stoled His Wifi Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Pretty Much All You Need To Know About Trump’s Sad Loser ‘Tony Bobulinski’ Hail Mary Pass Liz Dye, Wonkette