The Breakfast Club (The War Is Not Over)

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

The last Jewish settlers leave the Gaza Strip; President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law; Black Panthers’ co-founder Huey Newton killed; Sci-fi author Ray Bradbury and singer Tori Amos born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Ray Bradbury

Breakfast News

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

The Latest: Ore. says case drop not enough to open schools

FBI investigating COVID-19 data breach in South Dakota

Quarantines, closures: Confusion reigns as schools reopen

Extreme poverty rises and a generation sees future slip away

California wildfires some of largest in state history

2 storms pose possible double threat to US Gulf Coast

3 large corrals approved for western US wild horse roundups

Saved by suburbs: Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies

Kentucky Derby reverses course, will run without fans

Birth of panda cub brings ‘joyous news’ to the National Zoo

European economic rebound slows as virus cases rise

Malta, once nearly virus-free, sees COVID-19 resurgence

Lebanon begins partial lockdown amid spike in virus cases

Asia Today: Seoul surge appears to spread around South Korea

Virus cases reported at 41 schools in Germany’s capital

Belarus leader blames US for chaos, vows to end protests

Mexico’s graft scandal sparks tit-for-tat video leaks

After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque

Russia to let dissident in coma fly to Berlin for treatment

Breakfast Blogs

The Postmaster General Stonewalled His Way Through a Senate Hearing Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

The EDVA Venue and the Peter Debbins Indictment emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The week in Trump corruption digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Prelude to a day of reckoning Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Multi-State Lawsuit Alleges Recent USPS Changes ‘Disenfranchise Voters’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Appeals Court Refuses to Block Order Enforcing Subpoena for Trump’s Tax Returns, Putting Spotlight Back on SCOTUS Matt Naham, Law & Crime

A Collusion Reading Diary: What Did the Senate Intelligence Committee Find? Todd Carney, Samantha Fry, Quinta Jurecic, Jacob Schulz, Tia Sewell, Margaret Taylor, and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare

Roger, get me out of this Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

“Build Back Better” Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 667 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOP AND QANON, I SEE WE’VE MOVED INTO THE “DENY EVERYTHING” PHASE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Your New Boyfriend Miles Spilling More Beans About President Tinpot McLoudStupid Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Elizabeth Warren’s Gonna Deal With The Post Office And Also All The Other Things Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

New Unemployment Claims Up Again. Good Thing We Renewed Those Bene … Oh Sh*t Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

President Pyro Threatens To Withhold FEMA Money Because California Too Lazy To Rake Forests Liz Dye, Wonkette

NYC Police Union Stands By Their Klansman Stephen Robinson, Wonkette