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
Allied troops begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France; President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial ends with his acquittal; Actor John Wayne; Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie marry.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Breakfast News
Civil rights group sues in US court over immigration detention
US lawmakers reintroduce bill to end restrictions on Cuba travel
US bill would ban American tourist travel to North Korea
Manila deploys commandoes, helicopters to retake city from Islamists
Russian activist fined for sharing John Oliver clip
Greek ex-prime minister hurt as letter bomb explodes in car
Troops pull out of Brazil capital; president under pressure
Pigeon transporting backpack of drugs gets caught
Ancient sea monster the size of a bus discovered
Breakfast Blogs
Yet Another Crucial Financial Story Flying Under the Radar These Days Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Even (Especially?) the FBI Is Susceptible to Fake News emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Don’t Forget: Trump Is Brazenly Lying about NATO Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
When you want the fake news to be the truth digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
From weird and alarming to dangerous Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
A: Both Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today In Cognitive Dissonance: The Washington Post driftglass, at his blog
THE GOP: VENGEFUL ALPHA WANNABES AND SORE WINNERS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
DOJ Officials Express An Interest In Prosecuting Leakers And Whistleblowers Tm Cushing, Techdirt
Some Of The Best Net Neutrality Reporting Is… Coming From Sites Owned By Verizon? Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Recent Comments