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
Mohandes Gandhi born; President Woodrow Wilson suffers stroke; Thurgood Marshall sworn in as US Supreme Court justice; Rock Hudson dies; Peanuts comic strip debut.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Breakfast News
The Latest: New Orleans eases pandemic restrictions on bars
Wisconsin Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations hit records as cases soar
Amazon said nearly 20,000 workers got coronavirus
Pfizer CEO pushes back against Trump claim on vaccine timing
In NYC and LA, returning pupils face battery of virus tests
COVID-19 delays create challenges for college football teams
Carnival cancels most 2020 US cruises as CDC extends ban
New possible health care benefit rule roils theater world
Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls
In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules
Judge rules Barr violated law in selecting law enforcement panel members
New batch of memos from Mueller investigation released
Doctors ask Supreme Court to strike down Trump abortion rule
Judge says government’s suit over Bolton book can proceed
Facebook, Twitter flounder in QAnon crackdown
Mountain lion cub rescued from California wildfire
Turkish govt accused of hiding true extent of virus outbreak
Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble
Pandemic takes toll on business of pisco producers in Peru
Unemployment marches higher in Europe as pandemic grinds on
New rules for Liverpool as virus cases in England quadruple
Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic
EU leaders overcome Cyprus veto, agree to Belarus sanctions
EU takes legal action against UK over planned Brexit bill
Breakfast Blogs
The President* Will Now Inject Himself Into Wisconsin’s Full-Scale Pandemic Relapse Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Over 72 Hours, Trump and Chuck Grassley Provide Emmet Sullivan Proof that Peter Strzok’s Notes Were Altered for Political Reasons emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Intelligence toadie does the Russian government’s work for them digby aka Heathe Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Special knots in the rigging Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Judge Finds DOJ Violated Federal Law with Certain Mueller Report Redactions; Orders Pages Released Before Election Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Nearly 2,000 DOJ Alumni Sign Letter with Dire Warning: Bill Barr Is Working to Rig 2020 Election for Trump Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Were Behind Felonious Voter Suppression Robocalls, Prosecutors Say Alberto Lupeon, Law & Crime
Soothing lies from our corrupt legal academic elites Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
On Conservative “Legal Methodology” Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 684 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2020/09/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.html driftglass, at his blog
Begone, before somebody drops a house on you, too Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
BECAUSE OF RIGHT-WING POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, DEMOCRATS CAN’T TALK ABOUT PEOPLE OF PRAISE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
So About President McDeals’s $70 Million Tax Refund … Liz Dye, Wonkette
Trump Campaign: WAAAAAAH DEBATES ONLY FAIR IF TRUMP GETS TO CHEAT WAAAAAAH! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Remember Two Nights Ago When Trump Said ‘We Don’t Know’ What Amy Coney Barrett Thinks About Roe? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Corporate Evildoers Beware: Katie Porter Has A Whiteboard And She’s Not Afraid To Use It Doktoe Zoom, Wonkette
Trump Going Full Asshole At The Debate Isn’t Going To Fix His Women Voter Problem Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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