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.
This Day in History
Actress Marilyn Monroe sings a sultry ‘Happy Birthday’ to President John F. Kennedy; Black militant Malcolm X born; Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies; The Who’s Pete Townshend born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.
Breakfast News
Brazil’s Temer: ‘I won’t resign’ amid corruption allegations
Greek parliament approves new creditor-demanded cutbacks
France’s Le Pen to run for parliament with party in disarray
French President Macron talks to Putin, faces media uproar
Airstrikes fuel Mosul gains as Iraq pushes for quick victory
Planned Parenthood to close 4 Iowa clinics after funding cut
States make move in fight over health care reform
Oregon enacts law to ease transgender changes in birth records
U.S. judge allows first transgender person to sue under disability law
Nevada likely to become second state to require police body cameras
Breakfast Blogs
They’re All Very Bad at Bullshi*ting This Great Nation Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Wherein emptywheel Avoids Saying Blowjob on the TV emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Yah, These ARE The Droids We Have Been Looking For And Fearing bmaz, emptywheel
What Conservative Outlets Spoke about Today Echidne, at her blog
Spooks are spooked digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Imagine All the People tristero, Hullabaloo
Maybe not as smart as you Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
This World Was Never Meant For One As Ludicrous As You driftglass, at his blog
Why Do All of These Authoritarians Keep Ending Up in the Trump Administration? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
More Excellent News for John McCain Tom Hilton, No More Mister Nice Blog
NY Senate Passes Bill That Would Add Cops And Firemen To List Of Protected Classes Under State’s Hate Crime Law Tim Cushing, Techdirt
FCC Commissioner Wants To Ban States From Protecting Consumer Broadband Privacy Karl Bode, Techdirt
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