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This Day in History
A key moment in the Watergate scandal; Adolf Hitler visits Paris after France falls to Nazi Germany; The typewriter gets a patent; Polio vaccine pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk and TV producer Aaron Spelling die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Voltaire
Breakfast News
House Democrats stage sit-in protest to demand vote on gun control
Gun control based on terror watchlists is a threat to civil rights, advocates say
Australia’s gun laws stopped mass shootings and reduced homicides, study finds
Michigan sues companies for allowing Flint water crisis to ‘occur and worsen’
66 million dead trees in California could fuel ‘catastrophic’ wildfires, officials say
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un claims new missile can strike US targets in Pacific
Colombian government and Farc rebels announce ceasefire deal to end war
Paris protest march against labour law changes gets go-ahead
Breakfast Blogs
Let’s Parse All the Bullsh*t in Trump’s Speech About Hillary Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Senate Narrowly Avoids Voting Themselves to Become “Typos” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Only Thing More Pathetic Than The Trump Campaign Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
The terrorist watch list is still a due process disaster, and trying to expand its use is shameful djw, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Court Refuses To Uphold Evidence Seized During A Completely Bogus Traffic Stop Tim Cushing, Techdirt
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