The Breakfast Club (Learning)

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

Women’s rights activists meet at Seneca Falls; The ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy on gays in the U.S. military; Apollo 11 enters lunar orbit; Baseball’s Pete Rose gets jail time; Moscow Olympics begins.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning you’re not old.

Rosalyn S. Yalow

Breakfast News

New York governor opens door to criminal case against Trump Foundation

The Latest: Oregon wildfire grows to 70 square miles

Auto industry cries foul as Trump moves toward car tariffs

Study: National parks get fewer visits when pollution rises

Florida mayor apologizes for fight over ‘Starry Night’ home

US eases Obama-era coal ash pollution rules for utilities

New law in Baltimore bars sodas from kids’ menus

Clues to Confederate mystery: Sub’s crew never dumped weight

Iran nuclear chief says uranium stockpile reaches 950 tons

Nowhere to run: Rohingya hunker down as monsoon arrives

EU fines Google a record $5 billion over mobile practices

Syrian forces’ bombing intensifies in southern rebel holdout

Breakfast Blogs

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Scares Joe Lieberman. Good. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

And/Or: An Ominous Sign for WikiLeaks in the Joshua Schulte Indictment emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

How Trump Thinks. My Theory. Echidne, at her blog

Cowards, all of them digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Recognizing Reality tristero, Hullabaloo

Why don’t you pass the time by playing a little solitaire? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaoo

Human Trafficking’s Vicious Link to Anti-Immigration Action Brooke Ellison, Just Security

These Are Not Very Bright Guys, And Things Got Out Of Hand Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Gun and Money

Trump goes on Fourteen Words With Tucker Carlson and throws NATO alliance overboard Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Identity politics with David Brooks: The wolves are in the henhouse Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog

‘Smart’ TVs Remain The Poster Child For Dismal Privacy, Transparency & Security Standards Karl Bode, Techdirt