The Breakfast Club (Right To Be Heard)

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

Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public; U.N. Tribunal indicts Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; the British Navy sinks Nazi Germany’s battleship Bismarck; Actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Breakfast News

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts

Kansas governor vetoes limits on her power but loosens rules

US warns Nevada governor about in-person worship limits

Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man

Woman fired after backlash from racist park confrontation

US closes probes into 3 senators over their stock trades

Judge whose anti-rape advice was ‘close your legs’ loses job

Virginia school board defends transgender bathroom ban

Most Medicare enrollees could get insulin for $35 a month

Virtual 7th-inning stretch brings ballpark feeling home

Sweden steadfast in strategy as virus toll continues rising

Pandemic probe: Brazil police raid Rio governor’s residence

Police surround Hong Kong legislature before anthem debate

30 deported to Haiti, but ex-strongman remains in US

France deploys $8.8 billion to rescue ailing car industry

Spain to mourn virus victims for unprecedented 10-day period

Israeli leader vows to push ahead with annexing West Bank

Russia to hold World War II victory parade on June 24

Costa Rica latest country to legalize same-sex marriage

Virus stalls work to keep alive a rare rhino subspecies

Breakfast Blogs

Thank God for the Mute Button During Tuesday’s House Oversight Hearing Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

More data to ponder digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Unmanly and on speed Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Former Appellate Judge Says D.C. Circuit Should Boot Judge from Michael Flynn Case, But with This Catch Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

The Dead Chicken That Will Be Used to Attack the Regulatory State Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Mpney

Bite the Big Apple Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Murder of George Floyd Simon Balto, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 648 Erik Loomis, Lawyeres, Guns and Money

Over at True Conservatism HQ… driftglass, at his blog

Innocence of Presumption Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

OH, LOOK, IT’S TRUMP’S ASTROTURF DOCTORS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Twitter Says When The President Tweets It, That Means It’s Not Illegal Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Trump’s Econ Loon Predicts ‘Human Capital Stock’ Will Gladly Sacrifice Its Health For His Glorious Economy Liz Dye, Wonkette

Why We Should All Start Thinking About A Four-Day Workweek, Including Us Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

The UK’s Dominic Cummings Scandal: All Right, What’s All This Then? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette