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
Allied troops begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France; President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial ends with his acquittal; Actor John Wayne; Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie marry
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We weren’t put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.
Breakfast News
Problem with container spurs evacuation at nuke waste dump
Bill to create health care price controls in California dies
Sheriff: Parents, don’t bring guns to school lockdowns
Florida ban on smokable medical pot ruled unconstitutional
US seeks forfeiture of illegally imported Syrian mosaic
Idaho town told not to drink water amid contamination scare
Alberto it is: First named tropical system chugs toward Gulf
Judge orders higher-calorie meals for Alaska Muslim inmates
Visitors to zoo witness gorilla birth in exhibit
UC Berkeley wants help naming 3 fluffy peregrine chicks
Exit polls suggest Irish voters have repealed abortion ban
Amid confusion, EU data privacy law goes into effect
Iran seeks assurances on nuclear deal after US pullout
Netherlands, Australia hold Russia liable for downing MH17
Venezuela’s ex-oil czar sees economic collapse accelerating
Search for ‘lost brides’ of Cyprus stirs painful past
Breakfast Blogs
This President* Doesn’t Get to Say These Disgusting Things in Our Name Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The White House Hid Paul Manafort’s Enthusiasm for the June 9 Meeting When Leaking Don Jr’s Email emptywheel, aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Memorial Day Weekend Reading Echidne, at her blog
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Mad as tinfoil hatters Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Attacking Our Civic Faith Paul Rosenzweig, Lawfare
A Major Victory For Human Freedom, Equality, And Dignity Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks: While My Caviar Gently Weeps driftglass, at his blog
HEY NRA, ASK YOURSELF WHY YOUR LITTLE STUNT WORKEDNo More Mister Nice Blog
Amazon Alexa Instantaneously Justifies Years Of Surveillance Paranoia Karl Bode, Techdirt
ICE Trying To Deport Journalist For Reporting On Abusive ICE Behavior Mike Masnick, Techdirt