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
The Spanish Civil War begins; Sen. Ted Kennedy’s passenger dies when he drives his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island; South Africa’s Nelson Mandela and musician Ricky Skaggs born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Yesterday’s weirdness is tomorrow’s reason why.
Breakfast News
Millions of kids told full return to school in fall unlikely
Republicans eye sweeping shield from coronavirus liability
Texas deaths hit record, schools get OK for virtual classes
Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city
Court backs Trump expansion of cheap health insurance plans
Trump tax ruling a new front in defamation suits against him
Pentagon bans Confederate flag in way to avoid Trump’s wrath
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
The Latest: Australia’s PM cancels next parliament sitting
Struggling India crosses 1 million coronavirus cases
Review into England’s coronavirus death total amid questions
EU leaders far from deal on budget and virus recovery fund
Video of Black man’s arrest puts London police in spotlight
1 quest for justice helps fuel Black rights fight in France
Warning: Italy’s Mafias eye EU’s billions in recovery funds
China’s mighty Yangtze nears crest again, new floods feared
Israel supporter’s dramatic shift shocks establishment
Breakfast Blogs
It’s Not Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Fault. It’s Ours. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Lindsey Graham Provides Yet More Proof that Peter Strzok Didn’t Have It In for Trump emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump promised he was going to take over cities … digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Dysfunction junction Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Manhattan DA’s Case for President Trump’s Tax Returns Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Republican Joni Ernst Says Senate Should Absolutely Confirm a Lame Duck Supreme Court Nominee While Trump Is President Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
What the Heck Are Federal Law Enforcement Officers Doing in Portland? Steve Vladack, Lawfare
Thomas Jefferson’s Constitutional Hardball Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The absurdity of the Supreme Court Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Noted Internet Quitter Andrew Sullivan… driftglass, at his blog
Brooks on Biden’s Green New Deal (Spoiler: He doesn’t know it’s there) Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Portland Becomes the Testing Ground for the Next Level of Trump Fuckery The Rude Pundit, at his blog
THEY THINK EVERYONE IS AS DIVISIVE — AND AS CYNICAL — AS THEY ARE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Ask Wonkette: Is It LEGAL To Disappear People Off American Streets, Or The OPPOSITE Of That? Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Idiots Unmasked: Your Coronavirus Roundup
Poll Porn: GOP Plan To Win Suburbs By Pissing Off Suburban Women Is Going GREAT Liz Dye, Wonkette
Trump’s Best Boy Johnny Doing Loyalty Tests For Daddy, Because That’s What’s Important Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Trump Invades Portland Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette