The Breakfast Club (Broken Dreams)

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

TWA Flight 800 explodes; Russia’s royal family executed; Disneyland opens; Nicaragua’s Somoza goes into exile; Apollo and Soyuz link up in space; Baseball’s Ty Cobb and jazz great John Coltrane die.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Hatred, racism, and extremism have no place in this country.

Angela Merkel

Breakfast News

Order barring Louisiana executions is extended by 1 year

Michigan spends almost $25M on Flint water crisis attorneys

AP Exclusive: Billionaires fuel US charter schools movement

Judge postpones ‘El Chapo’ trial for 2 months to November

Lava crashes through roof of Hawaii tour boat, injuring 23

US open to direct talks with Taliban, officials say

British PM accepts key amendments from hardline Brexiteers

Migrants disembark in Sicily after EU sharing plan reached

Iran: If Trump wants to talk, he’ll have to call

Pakistan rights group issues warning ahead of polls

World Cup win gives France new set of heroes, needed boost

Breakfast Blogs

Coca-Cola’s Shenanigans in Mexico Are Another Sign of the Coming Water Wars Charles P.Pierce, Esquire Politics

How Russian Spies Cultivated the NRA and National Prayer Breakfast to Seek Republican Assets emptywheel aka Marcy Wheel, emptywheel

And Then The Incredible Offer! Echidne, at her blog

Trump’s Russian gun nut digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

A country traumatized Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer Roff Mowatt-Larssen, Just Security

In the House Strzok Hearing, a Reminder of Congress’s Shortcomings on Oversight Molly E. Reynolds, Lawfare

The Collusion is Public Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

World Gone Mad driftglass, at his blog

Mr. Trump is Not Authorized to Speak For the Trump Administration, part 42 Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog

On Speech And Subpoenas, New York Giveth And Taketh (First, The Good News On Platform Jurisdiction) Cathy Gellis, Techdirt

On Speech And Subpoenas, New York Giveth And Taketh (Now, The Bad News On Journalist Protection) Cathy Gellis, Techdirt

Even Fox News Can’t Make Finland Trump-Shits Smell Like Roses 🙁 Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette