The Breakfast Club (One System)

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

U.S. cruise missiles hit Afghanistan and Sudan after American embassies bombed in Africa; The Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia; NASA’s Voyager 2 launched; Singers Issac Hayes and Robert Plant born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.

Sally Yates

Breakfast News

Iowa governor’s push to reopen schools descends into chaos

Arizona close to meeting virus metrics for school reopenings

Pelosi says postmaster has no plans to restore mail cuts

Portland protesters set fire to county government building

California wildfires chase people from homes into smoky air

NCAA moves toward free year of eligibility for fall athletes

California takes step to protect leatherback sea turtles

South Dakota city mourns urban cornstalk’s brief life

The Latest: South Korea has 3rd day of 200-plus new cases

Iran surpasses 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus

Mexican students take college entrance exam amid pandemic

Mexico targets junk food as obesity takes toll amid pandemic

Belarus leader warns of tough new steps against protesters

Global leaders condemn Mali coup amid worry about extremists

Genevieve approaches Mexico’s Baja as Category 1 hurricane

Breakfast Blogs

A Lot of People Want Lindsey Graham Retired. Jaime Harrison Thinks He’s the Man to Do It. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

SSCI Confirms that Mueller Considered CFAA Charges for Don Jr. emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, empetywheel

More collusion, more obstruction digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Whose party is it anyway? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

The Real Takeaway From the Senate Select Committee On Intelligence’s Bipartisan Report On Russia’s Active Measures Campaign and Interference In the 2016 Election: They All Knew Before They Voted To Acquit!!!!! Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

In New Lawsuit, Voting Rights Groups Say Postmaster General’s Statement ‘Does Nothing’ to Fix the USPS Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

The Senate Russia Report and the Imperative of Legal Reform Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith, Lawfare

COVID and cultural memory Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Behind the furrowed brow Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Guest Writer: A Back-to-School Letter from Your Boss The Rude Pundit, at his blog

THE HUBRIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT SAVE US Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Pompeo Tells House Dems To Get F*cked, Rolls Over For Senate R’s Biden Smear Liz Dye, Wonkette

NO COLLUSION! NO COLLUSION! You Know, Except For ALL THIS F*CKING COLLUSION! Evan Hurst, Wonkette

ICE Feeds Muslim Detainees Some Jesus-Fried Pork Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Laura Loomer Wins Florida GOP Primary On Crackpot Bigot Platform Stephen Robinson, Wonkette