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
Arab oil embargo fuels energy crisis; Americans clinch revolutionary victory at Saratoga; Deadly quake hits northern California; Mobster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion; Playwright Arthur Miller born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.
Breakfast News
The Latest: New Mexico sets another one-day COVID-19 record
Virus surges in key battleground states as election nears
Puerto Rico to relax COVID-19 restrictions, extend curfew
Record avalanche of early votes transforms the 2020 election
Michigan court blocks 2-week absentee ballot extension
Trump changes course, approves California relief for 6 fires
Justices to weigh Trump census plan to exclude noncitizens
Dallas Morning News staff votes to unionize newsroom
SF Zoo cites child for finding lemur, police arrest suspect
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Virus at ‘turning point’ in Europe, hitting at-risk groups
WHO study finds remdesivir didn’t help COVID-19 patients
Virus curbs widen England’s north-south rift, stir animosity
Virus hits beach resort, as pandemic surges in Argentina
China rapidly expands use of experimental COVID-19 vaccines
Kyrgyzstan’s prime minister becomes acting president
New Zealand to vote on legalizing marijuana and euthanasia
French police search homes of health minister, ex-PM
Arrest of former Mexican defense minister shakes military
Thai police crack down on protesters, PM refuses to resign
Breakfast Blogs
Young Ben Sasse Thinks the Trumpian Ship Is Sinking Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
“That’s Rudy.” Trump Proves, Yet Again, That He Would Just Ignore a Defensive Briefing emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The narrow path is getting narrower digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Impeachment Was Hell — And it Was Worth It tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Boys [spit!], you gotta want it. Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Facebook and Twitter’s Handling of New York Post Hunter Biden Story Bodes Poorly for Post-Election Period Justin Hendrix, Just Security
Michigan Bans Citizens from Bringing Guns to Polling Locations Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Federal Judge Signals It’s Clear That Trump Tweet Intended to Declassify All Mueller Documents, Orders DOJ to Find Out Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Avoiding Another McGahn: Options to Modernize Congress’s Subpoena Compliance Tools Grant Tudor, Lawfare
Roberts, he played this one beautifully Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 697 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What They’re Saying Behind Your Back
For a pronominal consideration Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
CHRIS CHRISTIE SHOWS US THE LIKELY PANDEMIC RESPONSE UNDER ANY OTHER GOP PRESIDENT: SCIENCE-BASED CORPORATISM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
No Collusion! No Collusion! You Are The Laughably Obvious Collusion With Russia To Ratf*ck Another Election! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Dianne Feinstein Can’t Thank Lindsey Graham Enough For Such A Thorough, Professional Ass Whooping Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Forced Birth Fetishists Now Also Want To Force Some Pepper Spray In Your Face
Trump Willing To Concede Maaaybe Jesus More Famous Than He Is Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Montana Newspaper Sure Sorry It Endorsed Bundy-Hugging Wackaloon For State Office Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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