The Breakfast Club (Church and State)

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

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

George Carlin

Breakfast News

LA teachers union, school district team to seek state money

California city approves 25-cent fee on disposable cups

NY lawmakers pass state Dream Act

US panel hears arguments in nuclear waste storage case

South Carolina group can deny gay couples as foster parents

Shutdown makes it tough for groups to help endangered whales

Maduro foe claims Venezuela presidency amid protests

Russia and Turkey mull next steps in war-torn Syria

Australia urges China to treat detained dual citizen fairly

Canadian ambassador: Huawei exec could avoid US extradition

Chilean transgender school protects children from bullying

Breakfast Blogs

This Isn’t About NATO. It’s About Placating the Mad King. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

How Trump “Directed” Don Jr’s June 9 “No Follow-Up” False Statement to Congress emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Will he wag this dog? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

What Kamala Harris can learn from watching Madam Secretary Spocko, Hullabaloo

Unacceptable Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Pentagon’s Climate Change Report Lacks Analysis the Law Requires Mark Nevitt, Just Security

FBI Agents Association Argues Shutdown Hurts National Security

Could Worker Activism End the Government Shutdown? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Speaking of clueless old white guys who want to be president Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

In Case You Hadn’t Noticed, Mitch McRommel Is Currently Losing driftglass, at his blog

Literary Corner: The Endless Endgame Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

RIGHT-WINGERS THINK WE “KAVANAUGHED” THE MAGA KIDS — AND THEY “KAVANAUGHED” THE NARRATIVE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog