The Breakfast Club (Patriotism)

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) 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

Germany annexes Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland region; America returns to manned spaceflight for the first time since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster; Pope John Paul the First is found dead in his Vatican apartment.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Patriotism isn’t about making everyone stand and salute the flag. Patriotism is about making this a country where everyone wants to.

Jason Kander

Breakfast News

Federal court strikes down abortion ultrasound law in Kentucky

Black Lives Matter movement cannot be sued: US judge rules

FAA restricts drone flights over U.S. landmarks

Senate confirms Huntsman as ambassador to Russia

Brexit talks warmer after May’s speech, but no closure

Merkel’s conservatives warned not to close off coalition options

Turkey raises oil threat after Iraqi Kurds back independence

Cuts hurt Mexico quake response, outlook ahead of 2018 vote

Rain in Mexico comes with a side of fish

Breakfast Blogs

You’re Not Supposed to Say This Out Loud Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Death And Taxes: The Trump Administration Tax Plan Echidne, at her blog

Trumpie, you’re doing a heckuva job digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Let them eat more tax cuts Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

How the FISC Takes Notice of Magistrate Decisions and DOJ Tries to Hide That emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Trump’s Belated Jones Act Waiver for PR Is A Sham, Here’s Why bmaz, emptywheel

The Party of Ideas (TM) Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Articulating the Left Agenda Erik Loomis, Lawyers Guns and Money

Lindsey Graham Discovers That They’re All Bozos on His Bus driftglass, at his blog

FUNNY, RIGHT-WINGERS, I NEVER HEAR YOU SAY THAT OBAMA WAS MISLED BY HIS ADVISERS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

As ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Shows, The Streaming Exclusivity Wars Risk Driving Users Back To Piracy Karl Bode, Techdirt