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
TWA Flight 800 explodes; Russia’s royal family executed; Disneyland opens; Nicaragua’s Somoza goes into exile; Apollo and Soyuz link up in space; Baseball’s Ty Cobb and jazz great John Coltrane die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Breakfast News
Virus prompts drastic measures as death tolls set records
Georgia gov sues to end cities’ defiance on mask rules
CDC extends US ban on cruise ships through September
Judge delays deadline to free detained migrant children” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>List of national retail chains requiring masks is growing
Puerto Rico rolls back openings amid spike in COVID-19 cases
Mosquitoes flying free as health departments focus on virus
Judge delays deadline to free detained migrant children
Supreme Court says Florida can enforce law limiting ex-felons who owe fines from voting
Judge gives Trump until July 27 to add new challenges to subpoena in taxes case
Anniversary of world’s 1st atomic test fuels nuclear debate
NASA’s Hubble successor delayed again by virus, other issues
Police capture kangaroo hopping through Fort Lauderdale
Brazil tops 2 million coronavirus cases, with 76,000 dead
Struggling India set to cross 1 million coronavirus cases
African nation blasts ‘inequality crisis’ in virus testing
Bangladeshi hospital owner arrested over fake virus tests
Chinese executives get ‘pre-test’ injections in vaccine race
UK accuses ‘Russian actors’ of meddling in 2019 election
Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police
Breakfast Blogs
If There’s a Job to Be Done, Camp Runamuck Will Find the Exact Wrong Person to Do It Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump’s Rump Coverer’s Other Mission: Militarized Voter Suppression [UPDATE-3] Rayne, emptywheel
The kids aren’t all alright Digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
This land is still our land Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Vehicle Ramming: The Evolution of a Terrorist Tactic Inside the US Mia Bloom, Just Security
Sotomayor Blasts Supreme Court for Upholding Florida Poll Tax That Excludes Voters ‘Simply Because They Are Poor’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
What Did Geoffrey Berman Tell the House Judiciary Committee? Jacob Schulz, Lawfare
John Roberts’s Latest Tribute to Roger Taney Scott Lemiuex, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Another Reason why Everything is Terrible DanNexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
All Your Buried Corpses Now Begin to Speak
The Great Reset Is Already Underway driftglass, at his blog
And the Grift Goes On Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF THERE ARE SECRET TRUMP VOTERS, WHY? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
RNC Moves Convention To Van By The River, Maybe They Can Fill That Up Liz Dye, Wonkette
Alabama Dems Show Rest Of Us How To THROW THE F*CK DOWN Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Which Is Scarier? People Believing In QAnon, Or People Pretending To Believe In Order To Look ‘Cool’? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Susan Collins Very Concerned Sara Gideon Won’t Meet Her Behind The Gym After Fifth Period Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Congress Just Curious Why Trump Buying PPE From Incompetent Dipsh*ts Doktor Zoom, Wonkette