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
Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act; Anthrax tainted letters sent to NBC and the New York Post.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Calif requires workers comp for virus infection
Report: Much needs doing to shield nursing homes from virus
Infection rates soar in college towns as students return
The Latest: New tropical depression forms in the Gulf
Rescuers reach people cut off by Gulf Coast hurricane
US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
Judge extends order blocking the Census Bureau from ending count early
Michigan judge blocks law that banned paid transportation to polls
Pennsylvania Democrats notch key election-related court wins
SC’s governor signs into law new COVID-19 election rules
Feds explored possibly charging Portland officials in unrest
FBI director says antifa is an ideology, not an organization
Gay marriages rise 5 years after Supreme Court ruling
Jupiter, enticing moon Europa star in new Hubble photo
Bones to pick, for $8M: Stan the T rex goes up for auction
Hemingway’s favorite Key West bar reopen from virus shutdown
WHO Europe chief urges nations to keep up virus quarantines
Czechs see virus restrictions return after summer sendoff
As India’s virus cases rise, so do questions over death toll
Some UK bars to close early amid rising COVID-19 infections
Mexico sees discrimination in stores’ coronavirus measures
Belarus president closes some borders, puts army on alert
Austrian minister to Trump: No, we do not live in forests
Greek minister: 5,000 move into new refugee camp on Lesbos
Banksy loses EU trademark fight with greeting card company
Breakfast Blogs
Trump Is a Budding Authoritarian. William Barr Is the Genuine Article. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
“The Buck Stops at the Top:” In January, Bill Barr’s DOJ Decided the Correct Decision Was to Send Mike Flynn to Prison emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeker, emptywheel
As California goes … digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Fiddler on democracy’s grave Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
At Least 15 Trump Officials Do Not Hold Their Positions Lawfully Becca Damante, Just Security
Federal Judge Rules Trump and Louis DeJoy Waged ‘Politically Motivated Attack’ Against USPS, Will Rescind Recent Changes Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Internal Records Reveal Treasury Department Attempted ‘Unprecedented’ and Arguably ‘Illegal’ Takeover of USPS Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Political reform must be the top priority of the next Democratic trifecta Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
William Barr is a disgusting fascist pig who makes John Mitchell look like Louis Brandeis Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
I Am The Book-Burning, Moron Left driftglass, at his blog
REPUBLICAN LACK OF INTEREST IN A NEW STIMULUS BILL IS NO MYSTERY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Alan Dershowitz Sues CNN For Playing His Own Words Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Delaware Republicans Chose This QAnon, Flat-Earther, Drug Dealer To Be Their Senate Latex Salesman Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
‘Forced Hysterectomies? Well We Never,’ Says ICE, As They Try To Deport The Women Before They Can Testify Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
We Need To Talk About How Trump Is Trying To Kill Us With ‘Herd Mentality’ Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Ron Johnson, Stop Trying To Make Burisma Happen. This Season’s Story Is That Biden Is A Socialist BLM Antifa! Liz Dye, Wonkette