The Breafast Club (Ignorant)

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

Paris liberated during World War II; A first swim across the English Channel; Actor Sean Connery, composer Leonard Bernstein, and musician Elvis Costello born; Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ released.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

Galileo Galilei

Breakfast News

As world grapples with pandemic, schools are the epicenter

Revved by Sturgis Rally, COVID-19 infections move fast, far

Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic

Florida judge blocks state requirement that public schools open for in-class education

2 lawsuits challenge Trump’s drilling plan in Alaska refuge

Kenosha protesters clash with police after Black man shot

Redwoods survive wildfire at California’s oldest state park

Black and white tegu lizard sighted for the first time in South Carolina

Rock fall at Grand Canyon reveals ancient animal footprints

‘In the bullseye:’ Gulf preps for Laura to slam as hurricane

The Latest: As virus spikes, S. Korea tightens restrictions

Local virus cases in Gaza raise fears of a wider outbreak

UN cautions that virus plasma treatment still experimental

Police in Belarus detain opposition activists amid protests

Greece plans Mediterranean navy exercises; Turkey objects

Breakfast Blogs

The Theme of the RNC Is Already Clear: Any Election Where Trump Doesn’t Win Is Illegitimate Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

SSCI’s Asymmetric Interest in Partisan Use of Oppo Research emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Shadow Chief of Staff has a large portfolio digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Make Team Trump Pay For Holding Deadly Rallies, Including the RNC Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Order of the Coagula Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Manafort’s Reward: Sen. Ron Johnson and the Ukraine Conspiracy Investigation: Part II Asha Rangappa and Ryan Goodman, Just Security

New York AG Files Sealed Lawsuit Against Trump Family Businesses—and Eric Trump by Name—Over Alleged Asset Inflation Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Manhattan DA Will Delay Enforcement of Subpoena for Trump’s Tax Returns Until Appeals Court Ruling Jerry Lambe, Law & crime

This post is not about Jerry Falwell Jr. watching the pool boy have sex with his (Jerry’s) wife Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Blue States: Crack Down on ICE Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Half cocked excuses for bullet abuse regarding anything browner than tan Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Lifeboats as Far as the Eye Can See driftglass, at his blog

Agenda Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME GENERATION Z HAS SABOTAGED THE TRUMP SHOW Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

RNC Resolution On Hate Groups Has Nothing To Do With ‘Rejecting Hate Groups’ Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Police Shot Black Man In The Back In Kenosha, Wisconsin, Because This Sh*t Never Ends Stephen Robinson, Wonkette