The Breakfast Club (Sweet Freedom)

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

The Tonkin Gulf incident sparks U.S. escalation of the Vietnam War; Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invades Kuwait; JFK’s PT-109 boat sunk; President Warren G. Harding dies; ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok killed in Deadwood.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

James A. Baldwin

Breakfast News

CDC issues historic travel warning over Miami Zika outbreak

Anthrax outbreak triggered by climate change sickens dozens in Arctic Circle

Comcast sued for $3.7bn by Washington state over consumer rights violations

Four ‘juvenile lifers’ in jail since 1970s are granted parole

New York City protesters demand police commissioner Bill Bratton be fired

Water pistol emoji replaces revolver as Apple enters gun violence debate

Breakfast Blogs

Never Trust Anyone Who Speaks in the Third Person Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Did Wikileaks Do US Intelligence Bidding in Publishing the Syria Files? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

A nice little racket Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Trump is Modern Republicanism Purified tristero, Hullabaloo

Everything Is Coming Horribly True driftglass, at his blog

Hill Columnist: Khizr Khan Is A Child Who Couldn’t Have Known What He Was Doing At The DNC Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Intelligence Community’s Top Whistleblower Protector In Need Of Some Whistleblower Protection Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Manhattan DA Continues To Claim ‘We Don’t Want Crypto Backdoors…’ By Which He Means He Wants Crypto Backdoors Mike Masnick, Techdirt