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
Britain’s Princess Diana killed in a Paris car crash; Poland’s Solidarity labor movement born; Jack the Ripper’s first victim found dead in London; Violinist Itzhak Perlman and singer Van Morrison born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Chadwick Boseman – (November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020)
You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.
Breakfast News
U.S. tops 6 million coronavirus cases as nation continues to struggle with pandemic
Coronavirus worries force election officials to get creative
Wildfires again threaten business in California wine country
Key air monitors offline after Laura hits Louisiana gas hub
State police returning to Portland following deadly shooting
Despite DeJoy’s vows to halt changes, serious problems persist, postal workers say
Census, like Post Office, politicized in election year
After victories, Medicaid expansion revisited in Mississippi
The Latest: Turkish economy sees pain of virus lockdown
Global coronavirus cases top 25 million as India sets single-day infections record
French virus surge threatens nationwide back-to-school plan
In China’s Xinjiang, forced medication accompanies lockdown
Diplomat poised to become PM-designate in crisis-hit Lebanon
India says China’s military made moves near disputed border
Wildfire forces over 3,100 to evacuate in Spain’s Andalusia
Breakfast Blogs
Why Is a White House Spokesman, Whose Salary We Pay, Running Interference for the Trump Organization? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Both Rod Rosenstein and Richard Burr Chose Not to Investigate Trump’s Biggest Counterintelligence Vulnerability emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Franks A Lot bmaz, emptywheel
He’s not popular, not popular at all digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
This year’s undervalued gems Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Another good night for Vladimir Putin Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Hatch Act is not a dead letter Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Education Disaster Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Now Charlie Sykes Is Just Trolling Me driftglass, at his blog
Counterintelligence Matters Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
REASONS TO BE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THAT “SHY TRUMP VOTER” SURVEY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Retweets Covidiot’s Bizarre Claim That ‘Only 6%’ Of COVID-19 Deaths Are Real Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
In Texas, MJ Hegar Hopes To Flush ‘Big John’ Cornyn Out Of US Senate Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
No, White People, Joe Biden Doesn’t Need A ‘Sister Souljah Moment’ Stephen Robinson, Wonkette