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
Deadly fires scorch Chicago and other parts of Upper Midwest; Communist Poland bans labor groups; Alexander Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature; Don Larsen pitches ‘perfect’ World Series game.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Breakfast News
isconsin activates field hospital as COVID keeps surging
2 million stillbirths every year, pandemic might worsen toll
Lilly seeks emergency use of its antibody drug for COVID-19
‘Just not fair’: Communities bristle at new NYC shutdowns
Texas governor gives OK for bars to begin reopening
Judge delays ruling on N. Carolina absentee ballot procedure
Appellate judges let 2020 census continue through October
5.3-magnitude quake in open water shakes Caribbean islands
Busy 2020 hurricane season has Louisiana bracing a 6th time
Vandals strike lighthouse on North Carolina’s Outer Banks
Elusive eastern black rail threatened by rising sea levels
Spain unveils economic recovery plan amid pandemic
Hard-hit Peru’s costly bet on cheap COVID-19 antibody tests
Italy imposes mask mandate outside and in as virus rebounds
Scotland shuts Glasgow, Edinburgh bars as virus cases surge
Greek court rules that Golden Dawn party is a criminal group
Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico’s Yucatan, then heads for US
Kyrgyzstan opposition divided amid political chaos, protests
2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool
Feisty Tasmanian devils roaming Australian mainland again
Breakfast Blogs
Stephen Miller Leads the Legion of Monsters Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Sidney Powell Submits Evidence Proving Materiality of Flynn’s Lies emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
A sick, drug-addled president is running the most powerful nation on earth digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Meanwhile, in the South China Sea…. Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Navigating a Contested Election, the Electoral Count Act and 12th Amendment: How to Ensure a Fully Counted Outcome Charles Curtis and Mark Medish, Just Security
Amicus Curiae Urges Judge to Take Trump’s Tweets into Account When Deciding Outcome of Michael Flynn Case Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Bill Barr Paves the Way for DOJ to Politicize Election Fraud in ‘Dangerous Foreshadowing’ of Things to Come Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
DOJ Screwed Up by Giving ‘Altered’ Versions of Peter Strzok’s Notes to Flynn’s Team; Says It Was an Accident Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
John Ratcliffe’s Dangerous Declassification Game Brian Greer, Lawfare
Democrats need to be prepared to act against lawless Republican judges where they can Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 688 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A. billion tiny October surprises Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF HE STEALS THE ELECTION, HE’LL SERIOUSLY TRY TO ARREST OBAMA, AND OTHER ENEMIES Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
President Patient Zero Busy Mercy-Killing Last Shreds Of The Economy Liz Dye, Wonkette
Martha McSally Swings, Misses, Steps On Rake In Mark Kelly Debate Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
IG Report: #SaveTheChildren My F*cking Ass, They Were All In On Caging The Babies Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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