The Breakfast Club (Bad Taste)

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

An assassination in Europe sparks World War I; Elian Gonzalez and his father leave for Cuba; Boxer Mike Tyson disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear; Richard Rodgers and Mel Brooks born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

Mel Brooks

Breakfast News

New cyberattack wallops Europe; spreads more slowly in US

Colombia takes big step to peace as rebels lay down guns

Venezuela’s supreme court attacked with grenade from police helicopter

Angela Merkel signals change in stance on gay marriage in Germany

Judge halts deportation of more than 1,000 Iraqi nationals from US

Heat a possible factor in 12 Maricopa County deaths

US sets up court in Oregon forest for major gathering

Alaska salutes black soldiers’ work on highway during WWII

2 leopard cubs make public debut in Germany, names sought

Breakfast Blogs

The White House Just Declared War on CNN Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

The FBI’s Standards for Ingesting Raw 702 Data emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Weird Free Market Religion of the Conservatives: Three Recent Examples. Echidne, at her blog

THIS is actually fake news. Seriously fake. Totally. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Cruel and senseless Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Hacktacular! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Sunday Morning Comin’ Down driftglass, at his blog

IT’S OBVIOUS WHICH SIDE MITCH McCONNELL IS TRYING TO WIN OVER Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

How The ACLU’s Fight To Protect ‘Indecent’ Speech Saved The Internet From Being Treated Like Broadcast TV Tim Cushing, Techdirt