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This Day in History
Soviet hard-liners mount a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev; Nazi Germany ratifies Adolf Hitler’s powers; U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers convicted by Soviet tribunal; Comedian Groucho Marx dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
Breakfast News
Charlottesville mayor wants special session to remove Confederate statue
U.S. Court curbs power of police to seize cellphones
Roadblocks, weapons bans as Boston braces for ‘Free Speech’ rally
Texas plans to challenge invalidated congressional districts to Supreme Court
Ranchers in parched U.S. Northern Plains welcome hay lottery
Solar eclipse to be streamed live for first time, from balloons
Assad adviser: War is almost over, we must rebuild
Exclusive: Mexico’s top diplomat visits Cuba to seek help on Venezuela crisis
Kenyan opposition files case at Supreme Court challenging election results
Yemen violence worsening, more access to north needed: U.N.
Erdogan tells Turks in Germany to vote against Merkel
Breakfast Blogs
A Congressional Censure of Trump Won’t Help. We Need Mueller. Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Why Did WikiLeaks Publish the Turkish Emails? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The 2nd Amendment cannot be allowed to usurp the 1st digbby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Genuinely Sickening, On So Many Levels tristero, Hullabaloo
Unshared history Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Showing His Assange Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What Eugene Robinson Gets Wrong driftglass, at his blog
STEVE BANNON IS DESPERATE TO PERSUADE US THAT HE WASN’T FIRED JUST FOR BEING STEVE BANNON Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Because Of Course There Are Copyright Implications With Confederacy MonumentsBecause Of Course There Are Copyright Implications With Confederacy Monuments Cathy Gellis, Techdirt
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