The Breakfast Club (Spaceship Earth)

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 10:30am (ET) 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

First major battle in America’s Civil War fought at Bull Run in Virginia; Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’ concludes; Peace deal ends Indochina War; Author Ernest Hemingway and actor-comedian Robin Williams born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

Marshall McLuhan

Breakfast News

Texas voter ID law is ‘discriminatory’ and must change, court rules

Federal judge blocks Wisconsin voter ID law

FBI arrests senior HSBC banker accused of rigging multibillion-dollar deal

Erdoğan declares three-month state of emergency in Turkey

France orders Microsoft to stop collecting excessive user data

Smokers fume as France mulls ban on ‘too cool’ Gitanes and Gauloises

Woman who received Van Gogh’s ear named 130 years after artist cut it off

Breakfast Blogs

I Suddenly Remember Why Scott Walker Is Not the Nominee Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Chris Christie and Karl Rove’s US Attorney Project emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Reality show trial Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Holy Shit, It Really Was The Orange Wedding ™ driftglass, at his blog

Why Ron Fournier Wrote This Column Today And Not A Week From Now Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Okay, It Got Much Weirder Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo

Kudos To Senator Leahy: Fighting To Keep Privacy & Civil Liberties Board From Being Hobbled Mike Masnick, Techdirt