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
Abraham Lincoln says America cannot remain divided over slavery; Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space; Deadly Soweto riots erupt in South Africa; Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.
Breakfast News
Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers protected by law
Seattle council bans police use of crowd control weapons
Treasury withholding $679M in virus relief funds for tribes
Senate GOP to restrict police chokeholds in emerging bill
Harrowing blame game over COVID-19 toll in nursing homes
Statue of pioneer linked to California Gold Rush is removed
Commissioner Rob Manfred says baseball season in jeopardy
NASCAR wants 30,000 fans at All-Star race in Tennessee
Academy delays 2021 Oscars ceremony because of coronavirus
Rise in infections shows need for vigilance as world reopens
France backs off chokehold ban, adds stun guns for police
UK’s leader creates anti-racism panel; critics want more
EU official criticizes Polish campaign targeting LGBT people
Netanyahu turns to rich friend to fund corruption trial fees
NKorea’s military threatens to reenter demilitarized areas
Morocco’s king, 56, undergoes successful heart surgery
Breakfast Blogs
COVID-19 Has Continued the Cruel Legacy of Epidemic Disease for Native People Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Three Things: SCOTUS on LGBTQ+ Discrimination, Qualified Immunity, Gun Rights Rayne, emptywheel
The cult may not accept a loss digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Had enough? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Attorneys Criticize Conservatives Who Slammed Gorsuch’s Landmark Opinion on ‘Textualism’ Grounds: ‘Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Lawyers Pick Apart Alito and Kavanaugh Dissents in Landmark LGBT Rights Case Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Terror in the Bath Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF THERE ARE ATTEMPTS TO OVERTURN A BIDEN VICTORY, THEY MIGHT NOT BE FROM THE TOP DOWN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Anything In Seattle Called ‘CHAZ’ Probably Not As Dangerous As Fox News, Trump Claim Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
A Children’s Treasury Of Bigots Who Will Really Miss Doing Employment Discrimination To LGBTQ People Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Trumpland Superlawyer Jenna Ellis Gonna Sue CNN For Mean Polling, You Bet! Liz Dye, Wonkette
How Are States And Cities Trying To Unf*ck The Police This Week? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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