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
Highlights of this day in history: Abraham Lincoln wins four-way race for President as American Civil War nears; March music ‘king’ John Phillip Sousa born; Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky dies; Director Mike Nichols born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
Breakfast News
US sets record for cases amid election battle over virus
Colorado coronavirus hospitalizations reach highest level
Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump
Portland, Oregon rejects bid to cut $18M more from police
Washington Supreme Court: Farmworkers to get overtime pay
Court orders FDA to assess environmental impact of GM salmon
Missouri voters dump never-used redistricting reforms
Cherokee Nation to buy ranch where Will Rogers was born
Greece imposes lockdown to avoid worst at hospitals
In Spain, coronavirus puts the poor at the back of the line
Eta back to sea as Central America tallies damages and dead
Final votes confirm New Zealand won’t legalize marijuana
Kosovo’s president resigns to face war crimes charges
Danish farmers lament decision to cull all Denmark’s minks
Breakfast Blogs
The President’s Ratf*cking Team Isn’t Exactly the ’27 Yankees Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Braced for Impact Rayne, emptywheel
Mitch McConnell: America’s Overlord digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trumpism: Not dead yet Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
No, State Legislatures Cannot Overrule the Popular Vote Adav Noti, Just Security
Destroying Federal Documents During a Presidential Transition Is a Federal Crime Richard Painter, Just Security
Republican Calls to Defy the Will of the Voters Completely Ignore Recent SCOTUS Precedent on Faithless Electors Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Open plans to steal elections are bad even if they fail Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
If Donald Trump did not exist would it have been necessary to invent him? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 715 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Tell-Tale Count driftglass, at his blog
Winkin’, Blinken, and Nod Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Trump to America Today: Democracy Is for Suckers and Losers The Rude Pundit, at his blog
A USER GETS USED (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Forget Faithless Electors, That Sh*t Is Not Happening Liz Dye, Wonkette
Mitch McConnell Thinks He’s Boss Of Joe Biden Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
People Who Profit Off Cash Bail So Happy California Preserved ‘Constitutional Right’ To Cash Bail Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
GOP Floods Black Facebook With Absolute Sh*t Stephen Robinson, Wonkette