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.
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 is born; Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie marry.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
William Butler Yeats
Breakfast News
Puerto Rico rescue bill advances to full House vote
States ratchet up transgender battle with lawsuit against U.S.
Wisconsin appeals court grants stay, reinstates right-to-work law
ExxonMobil CEO: ending oil production ‘not acceptable for humanity’
Cuba considers legalization of small and ‘micro-scale’ private businesses
Italian navy saves 550 refugees as smugglers’ trawler capsizes in Med
Neanderthals built mysterious cave structures 175,000 years ago — and no one knows why
Saudi cleric declares posing for photos with cats is forbidden
Breakfast Blogs
Rioting Only Makes Trump Stronger Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Very Interesting Josh Marshall, TPM Editors’ Blog
Former 9/11 Commissioner Won’t Rule Out Saudi Royal Family Foreknowledge of 9/11 Plot Alex Emmons, The Intercept
Inspector General’s Report On Clinton’s Email Greatly Exaggerated By Media Outlets sheleyp, Crooks and Liars
Donald Trump Might Be The New Puke Funnel Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
About the hair digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
As Netflix Locks Down Exclusive Disney Rights, The New Walled Gardens Emerge Karl Bode, Techdirt
Ryan Bundy Doesn’t Understand Why He Can’t Have His Guns. In Jail. Evan Hurst, Wonkette