The Breakfast Club (Nothing To Hide)

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

Highlights of this day in history: The Watergate scandal begins to unfold; The Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution; O.J. Simpson arrested in the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman; Singer Kate Smith dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Breakfast Blogs

Vladimir Putin Is a King Bullshit Artist Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Charlie Savage’s Obfuscations in the Service of Claiming Julian Assange Is a Journalist emptywheel, Marcy Wheler, emptywheel

President Biden Summarizes The Meetings Cheryl Rofer, Balloon Juice

Oh Jon… digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Right-wing radicalization is a public health problem Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

FBI Ignored Its Own Warrant And Search Policies To Seize Millions From People’s Safety Deposit Boxes Tim Cushing, Techdirt

FBI’s Recovery Of Colonial Pipeline Bitcoin Ransom Highlights How The ‘Ban Crypto To Stop Ransomware’ Cries Were Wrong Again Mike Masnick, Techdirt

DOJ Withdraws Two Key Trump-Era Policies that Gutted the Asylum Process for Victims of Domestic and Gang Violence Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Fourth Circuit Upholds Decision to Block North Carolina Abortion Law Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime

Old age and poverty in mid-20th century America Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

How many Democratic senators don’t want Democrats to be able to govern? Scott Lemeiux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 863 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Conservatives Believe That Critical Race Theory Will Teach Our Children Too Much Truth (Part 2: Fear of a Non-White Country) The Rude Pundit, at his blog

New York Note Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

LISA MURKOWSKI COULD LOSE TO A DEMOCRAT — OR TO A REPUBLICAN WHO THINKS TWILIGHT IS DEMONIC Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Nice Time: Juneteenth Set To Become A Federal Holiday! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Biden Administration Sticks Up For Trans Kids. Because YOU Voted. Liz Dye, Wonkette

Giant Insurer United Healthcare Generously Delays Death Panel Plan Until Pandemic Over Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

RNC APPALLED! WE SAY APPALLED! By American Presidents Who Sit Down With Vladimir Putin Evan Hurst, Wonkette