The Breakfast Club (Superstition)

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.

Pope John Paul II shot; English colonists arrive at what becomes Jamestown; Winston Churchill gives his first speech as British prime minister; The U.S. declares war on Mexico; Singer Stevie Wonder born.

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Exclusive: U.S. plans new wave of immigrant deportation raids

Zika virus makes Rio Olympics a threat in Brazil and abroad, health expert says

Saudi officials were ‘supporting’ 9/11 hijackers, commission member says

Russian doctors and athletes ‘switched urine samples’ at Sochi Olympics

U.S. to issue decree on transgender access to school restrooms

Which State Is More Insane: North Carolina or Missouri? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Illiberal Hollywood: Unchanged or Worse One Year Later Rayne, emptywheel

Memo to Journalists: Stop Sucking at Journalism driftglass at his blog

State Department Fails to Vet or Monitor Military Aid to Egypt Alex Emmons, The Intercept

Comcast, Wireless Industry Using ‘Diversity’ Groups To Oppose Net Neutrality, Fight Cable Set Top Box Reform Karl Bode, Techdirt