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
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns; Imperial rule ends in China; Achille Lauro hijackers forced to land; Movie legend Orson Welles dies; Opera composer Giuseppe Verdi born; Actor Christopher Reeve dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Misogyny is at the reptilian brain stem of a lot of right-wing politics.
Breakfast News
The Latest: RI university issues order for frats, sororities
Court allows NY virus restrictions ahead of Jewish holidays
Mink housed on Michigan farm test positive for coronavirus
Anti-government groups shift focus from Washington to states
California fire investigators seize utility equipment
Hurricane Delta makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana
Twitter tightens limits on candidates ahead of US election
Broadway shutdown due to virus extended again until May 30
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
With ‘Dreams’ and juice, Idaho man finds online fame
UN: New daily record as COVID-19 cases hit more than 350,000
As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong
Bars, indoor dining to close in Toronto amid virus surge
Soldiers, experts to help German cities as virus cases rise
Spanish govt imposes state of emergency in virus-hit Madrid
Venezuelans once again fleeing on foot as troubles mount
World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize for hunger fight
Breakfast Blogs
The 2020 Elections Do Not Require Armed Vigilantes Outside Polling Places Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Desperation of the Jeffrey Jensen Investigation Already Made Clear that John Durham Won’t Indict emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
NYT: Boom! More Trump tax shenanigans digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Cutting their losses? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Former Special Operations Bubbas Sought To Provide Private Security in Minneapolis On Election Day Are Going To Be Breaking All Sorts of Laws Adam l. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Shaky Hands in the Oval Office Jon Gans, Just Security
The Powerful Norm of Accepting the Results of a Presidential Election David Priess, Lawfare
The Party of Death Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The election is happening right now Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 690 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
YOU KNOW WHO LIVES IN A BUBBLE? THE PRESIDENT. ALSO RIGHT-WINGERS WHO WANT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump’s Tax Returns: The ‘Not Staying In Vegas’ Edition Liz Dye, Wonkette
Why Won’t Gretchen Whitmer Thank Trump For Siccing His Lunatic Militias On Her? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Drugged-Up Trump Ready To Do All The Rallies Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette