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
John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for first time; Baseball’s first All-Star Game; Outbreak of the Biafran War; Painter Frida Kahlo born; Althea Gibson wins at Wimbledon; Singing cowboy Roy Rogers dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Should we continue to spend billions to subsidize foreign military dictatorships, or should we concentrate on taking better care of the one we have right here at home?
Pat Paulsen
Breakfast News
House Democrats pressure Republicans for vote on gun control legislation
Jewish employee of Trump’s son-in-law writes open letter over antisemitism row
Georgia supreme court clears way for KKK group to adopt a highway
Judge denies motions to dismiss charges against officer in Freddie Gray case
John Chilcot says Iraq war inquiry will not shy away from criticisms
Paris attacks inquiry finds multiple failings by French intelligence agencies
Brazilian soldiers begin patrolling Rio Olympic venues amid rising crime rates
French PM bypasses parliament to force through labour laws
Breakfast Blogs
Does Jim Comey Think Thomas Drake Exhibited Disloyalty to the United States? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
There’s Only One Way Trump Can Benefit from the Clinton E-mail Saga Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The NRA is practicing guerrilla tactics digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
French Discover Something That’s Not Obama’s Fault Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Sony Locks Up The PSN Account Of A Man Named ‘Jihad’ Because You’ll Never Guess Why Tim Geigner