The Breakfast Club (There Are No Strangers Here)

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 10:30am (ET) 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.

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This Day in History

Allied troops begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France; President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial ends with his acquittal; Actor John Wayne is born; Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie marry.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
William Butler Yeats

Breakfast News

Puerto Rico rescue bill advances to full House vote

States ratchet up transgender battle with lawsuit against U.S.

Wisconsin appeals court grants stay, reinstates right-to-work law

ExxonMobil CEO: ending oil production ‘not acceptable for humanity’

Cuba considers legalization of small and ‘micro-scale’ private businesses

Italian navy saves 550 refugees as smugglers’ trawler capsizes in Med

Neanderthals built mysterious cave structures 175,000 years ago — and no one knows why

Saudi cleric declares posing for photos with cats is forbidden

Breakfast Blogs

Rioting Only Makes Trump Stronger Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Very Interesting Josh Marshall, TPM Editors’ Blog

Former 9/11 Commissioner Won’t Rule Out Saudi Royal Family Foreknowledge of 9/11 Plot Alex Emmons, The Intercept

Inspector General’s Report On Clinton’s Email Greatly Exaggerated By Media Outlets sheleyp, Crooks and Liars

Donald Trump Might Be The New Puke Funnel Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

About the hair digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

As Netflix Locks Down Exclusive Disney Rights, The New Walled Gardens Emerge Karl Bode, Techdirt

Ryan Bundy Doesn’t Understand Why He Can’t Have His Guns. In Jail. Evan Hurst, Wonkette