The Breakfast Club (Save The Rich)

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 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) 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

Highlights of this day in history: Clean-up ends at New York’s Ground Zero, months after the Sept. 11th attacks; France’s Joan of Arc burned at the stake; Baseball’s Cal Ripken, Jr. begins his games streak; Bandleader Benny Goodman born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.

John F. Kennedy

Breakfast News

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Arkansas abortion law

Missouri governor resigns amid widening investigations

Study estimates higher death toll in Puerto Rico post-Maria

Lawyer: Florida governor should end medical marijuana appeal

Residents riding out Hawaii lava told to escape torrents

Alberto remnants leave flooding, downed trees in wake

Researcher: Beluga whales visit Kenai River early, often

Portugal’s parliament rejects bills legalizing euthanasia

Russian journalist shot and killed in Ukrainian capital

Hungarian govt looks to Constitution to keep immigrants out

The Latest: Formation of Italian government delayed

Report: Students harshly criticize Iran to supreme leader

Breakfast Blogs

This Ex-NFL Player Has a Great Suggestion Regarding the League’s New National Anthem Rule Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Three Data Points on George Papadopoulos emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Mouse That Roared, The Bigotry Roseanne Perpetrated and Ignorant Racism Of Trump bmaz, emptywheel

The genesis of the probe digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Something to vote for and against Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

The National Security Threat of Trump’s Defense Budget Bishop Garrison, Just Security

In what ways does it matter that Trump is a horrible person? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

To No One’s Surprise Breitbart Hired Uncle Ruckus… driftglass, at his

THE ORIGINAL CONSERVATIVE THEORY THAT MAKES TRUMP’S CONSPIRACY THEORIES BELIEVABLE ON THE RIGHT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Charter Claims NY Lawsuit Over Crappy Broadband Speeds Just An Evil, Netflix ‘Cabal’ Karl Bode, Techdirt