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.
This Day in History
American and British forces invade Iraq; U.S. soldiers charged in Abu Ghraib scandal; France’s Napoleon regains power; ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’; Sarin attack hits Tokyo subway; John Lennon marries Yoko Ono.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
Breakfast News
Jury: Roundup weed killer is major factor in man’s cancer
Kentucky gov signs abortion bill already facing a lawsuit
Mississippi Senate OKs ban on abortion after fetal heartbeat
Border patrol announces 4th migrant death since December
APNewsBreak: Coal tax cut endangers federal black lung fund
No timetable for end to fire at Texas chemical facility
Floodwaters threaten millions in crop and livestock losses
US official declares drought plan done for Colorado River By FELICIA FONSECA50 minutes ago
Hawaii bills push 1st state ban on plastics in restaurants
Cyclone’s huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa
Kazakhstan’s president to step down after 30 years in power
UK aims to salvage Brexit deal as EU says: make up your mind
Venezuelans find ways to cope with inflation and hunger
Sub makes rapid ascent in Indian Ocean; crew safe
Egypt tightens restrictions on media, social networks
Breakfast Blogs
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 Ruling on Indefinite Detention of Noncitizens Is Appalling Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
By July 18, 2017, Mueller Had Probable Cause Michael Cohen Was an Unregistered Foreign Agent emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
It’s the leverage and improper influence, stupid digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Not ready for bovine time Ton Sullivan, Hullabaloo
A Legislative Shot at Internet of Things Security David O’Brien, Just Security
Special Snowflake Demands $250M Worth of Safe Space Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The immigrant song Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks is Wanking Into his Both Siderist Gym Sock Again driftglass, at his blog
Conqueror Worm Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
The Amount of Time Trump Spends Tweeting Should Be a Scandal The Rude Pundit, at his blog
OUR SIDE NEVER LEARNS THAT ELECTIONS DON’T SOLVE EVERYTHING Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
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