The Breakfast Club (We Stand Together)

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech; Clashes mar the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Black teen Emmett Till abducted and killed in Mississippi; Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana granted a divorce.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Breakfast News

Sean Penn ups fight against COVID-19 with relief expansion

Weakened but still dangerous, Laura to pose continued threat

Judge voids 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa county

Judge orders USPS to provide info on service changes

Police largely silent as outrage builds over Blake shooting

Mets, Marlins walk off field in social injustice protest

Baylor, BC, Kentucky and USF call off football practices

Black National Convention puts spotlight on police brutality

US detaining more migrant children in hotels despite outcry

Navajo Nation wants more say over criminal justice matters

50,000 allowed back home as gains made on California fires

In contrast to US, UN backs testing people without symptoms

Venezuelans fight virus in secret to avoid isolation centers

Virus hits tribe in remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Masks imposed on Paris; 20% of France in virus red zone

Putin: Russia is ready to provide security help to Belarus

Mali’s deposed president returns home under tight security

The Latest: China nears full re-opening of schools

Breakfast Blogs

I Am Terrified of What Congressional Elections Will Look Like in a Few Years Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

A Tale of Two COVID Scandals: Phil Hogan and Donald Trump emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

RNCC 2020: ‘Profoundly’ WTAF Rayne, emptywheel

Worse than Trump? It’s a tough call.Worse than Trump? It’s a tough call. digby aka Digby’s Hullabaloo

Ignorance and gross credulity Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Michigan Judge Dismisses GOP Candidates’ Lawsuit Challenging the State’s Mail-in Voting Process Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime

The Rise of Ballot Drop Boxes Due to the Coronavirus Axel Hufford, Lawfare

The Counterintelligence Gap: An Update Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare

Fun for the whole family: What if there were no 22nd Amendment? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Little triggers in your grip Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Blog in the Strict Sense of the Term Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

NOW THEY’RE EVEN GASLIGHTING US ABOUT THEIR OWN TALKING POINTS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Is Lindsey Graham Trying To Use QAnon To Further The Right’s War On Social Media? (Yes) Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Sportsball Declares General Strike Against Police Violence Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Florida Court Rules School Reopening Utterly F*cking Insane Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette

Vindman Brothers Burning Down NSC From BEYOND THE RETIREMENT GRAVE Liz Dye, Wonkette