The Breakfast Club (Fooled Again)

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.

Actress Marilyn Monroe sings a sultry ‘Happy Birthday’ to President John F. Kennedy; Black militant Malcolm X born; Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies; The Who’s Pete Townshend born.

Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Chinese jets conduct ‘unsafe’ intercept of US spy plane: Pentagon

Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after two years as Boko Haram captive

NAACP sues Michigan, governor over Flint’s lead-contaminated water

U.S. extends overtime pay to 4.2 million salaried workers

‘Sleeping giant’ glacier may lift seas two metres: study

New horned dinosaur species discovered in Montana by amateur

Here’s the Thing About Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Girl With The Bandwagon Tattoo driftglass at his blog

Confronting the Parasite Economy Nick Hanauer, American Prospect

SEC Says Hackers Like NSA Are Biggest Threat to Global Financial System emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Federal Judge Says Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine A Perfectly Legitimate Source Of Evidence Tim Cushing, Techdirt