The Breakfast Club (What’s Amiss)

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

James Byrd, Jr. dragged to death in Texas; Communists complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Israel destroys an Iraqi nuclear power plant; ‘Grease’ opens on Broadway; Singer-songwriter Prince born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

There’s a dark side to everything.

Prince

Breakfast News

Texas reinstates inmate’s death penalty that had been halted by Supreme Court

Bermuda’s Supreme Court rules law repealing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

At Guatemala volcano, time running out for rescue chances

Judge sides with Philadelphia in ‘sanctuary city’ fight

ACLU sues over plans for citizenship question on 2020 census

Entire Big Island neighborhood completely covered by lava

Rising seas and raising questions in booming Boston district

Italy’s new populist government wins 2nd confidence vote

Majority of women in charge of new Spanish government

Gucci donates scrap fabric to migrant dressmaking shop

France, Germany and UK seek exemption from US Iran sanctions

Rohingya say Myanmar targeted the educated in genocide

The heat is back on high: May smashes US temperature records

Why some people still insist the Loch Ness monster is real

Breakfast Blogs

Elected Judges Remain the Second Worst Idea in American Politics Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

To Pre-empt an Ass-Handing, the Government Lards on Problematic New Charges against MalwareTech emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Worrying About the Online World And Democracy Echidne, at her blog

Oh, Ivanka. #youtoo? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

No House lockouts Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Advocating for a Separate Designation Criterion on Starvation Ruwanthika Gunaratne, Just Security

NoLabelsUnityAmerica20 Has Its Candidate! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Party of Lester Maddox Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC VOTERS SPOIL A PERFECTLY GOOD NARRATIVE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Court Calls Out Cops For Altering Interrogation Transcript To Hide Suspect’s Request For A Lawyer Tim Cushing, Techdirt