The Breakfast Club (Another Word)

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

France falls to Nazi Germany on what becomes a day of several key events during World War II; Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in their boxing rematch; Entertainers Judy Garland and Fred Astaire die.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.

Kris Kristofferson

Breakfast News

At Mexico border, US mayors say humanitarian crisis persists

Governor orders probe of abuse claims by immigrant children

Confusion and uncertainty at the border after Trump acts

California utility expects to pay $2.5 billion for wildfires

Suit: Offshore drilling done in absence of required report

Trump scraps Obama policy on protecting oceans, Great Lakes

Hundreds rescued from floodwaters in South Texas

Dig it: Archaeologists scour Woodstock ’69 concert field

Deputy frees bear trapped inside car

Violence keeps Central Americans coming to US despite Trump

Iraq set for election recount to salvage tainted result

Trump jabbed first, and now world hits back in trade fight

Eurozone gets deal to pave way for end to Greece’s bailout

Merkel pledges $100 million loan for troubled Jordan

Italy interior minister refuses port to migrant rescue ship

Libyan coast guard rescues over 520 Europe-bound migrants

Israeli PM’s wife charged with fraud, breach of trust

Turkey’s Erdogan seeks new term with greater powers

Canada’s legalization to offer pot by mail, better banking

Breakfast Blogs

Cracks Are Appearing in Scott Walker’s Legacy in Wisconsin Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

What Seems to be Going on with MalwareTech’s New Charges emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Angry Mom: Hey Attention Deficit Media, Catch a Clue! Rayne, emptywheel

Driving while Canadian digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Portland’s Got The Right Idea tristero, Hullabaloo

Why Was Melania given credit for Trump’s change on child snatching? Spocko, Hullabaloo

United States of insecurity Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

“Zero Tolerance” and the Detention of Children: Torture under International Law Meg Satterthwaite and Rebecca Riddell, Just Secuity

What’s In Trump’s Executive Order on Separating Migrant Families—And What It Is Missing Matthew Kahn, Lawfare

What We Have Here Is A Failure to Govern Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 258 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Today In Both Sides Do It: Advice From The New York Times On The Proper Use Of “Fuck” driftglass, at his blog

SURE, TRUMP IS AN ELITIST, BUT HE’S THEIR ELITIST Steve M., No More mister Nice Blog