The Breakfast Club (Piano Man)

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.

The FDA approves the first birth control pill; FCC chief Newton Minow condemns TV programming; Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett fly over the North Pole; Journalist Mike Wallace and singer Billy Joel born.

I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – the sinners are much more fun.
Billy Joel

Offshore finance: more than $12tn siphoned out of emerging countries

Greece passes tax and pension reforms

Canada’s wildfires are likely to double and burn for months

Spice: Americans turn to dangerous ‘synthetic marijuana’ to evade drug tests

Greece looks to international justice to regain Parthenon marbles from UK v

Misogyny rising digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Still A Hack Hears What He Wants To Hear And Disregards The Rest Steve M., No More Mister Nice Guy Blog

Exultant Extremists Hail The Ascension Of ‘Emperor Trump’ As GOP Nominee David Neiwert, Crooks and Liars

Jeremy Scahill Outlines How Obama Made Assassination Formal US Policy Kevin Gosztola, ShadowProof

Donald Trump’s Hairspray Woes Inspire Climate Denial Riff Robert Mackey, The Intercept