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
The Six-Day War ends in the Mideast; Yugoslav troops leave Kosovo after NATO’s campaign of airstrikes; Alcoholics Anonymous founded; Actress and singer Judy Garland born; Singer Ray Charles dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn’t even get out of committee.
F. Lee Bailey
Breakfast News
US supreme court says Puerto Rico must abide by federal double jeopardy rule
Ex-Flint police chief may face charges in Detroit teen’s wrongful conviction
Judge in latest Freddie Gray case rebukes prosecutors for withholding evidence
Libyan forces claim to have ousted Isis from final stronghold
Uber suffers legal setbacks in France and Germany
Stem cell therapy gives hope to MS patients
Air pollution now major contributor to stroke, global study findsCO2 turned into stone in Iceland in climate change breakthrough
Archaeologists discover massive Petra monument that could be 2,150 years old
Breakfast Blogs
The Phillie Phanatic Beat Donald Trump in a Presidential Poll Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
CA Court: No right to carry concealed guns in public Spocko, Hullabaloo
To Save The Republican Party, Jennifer Rubin Demands The Ideological Self-Deportation Of The Entire Republican Party driftglass, at his blog driftglass
I’m Picking Up A Hint Of Insecurity From Bernie Sanders Steve M., No More mister Nice Blog
Spies In Denial: GCHQ Boss Says Snowden Didn’t Kick Off Debate Over Surveillance Mike Masnick, Techdirt