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
President Harry Truman orders desegregation of U.S. Military; Cuba’s Fidel Castro attacks Moncada barracks; Argentina’s Eva Peron dies; Playwright George Bernard Shaw and rock star Mick Jagger born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
Democratic Party email leak points to Russia: cyber experts, U.S. officials Wall St. declines as earnings take center stage Wildfire chases 20,000 people from homes near Los Angeles Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdown as Europe sounds alarm China asks U.S. to support resumption of talks with Philippines Ship hits wall of Panama Canal, renews design concerns
Breakfast Blogs
The Bernie Protesters Outside the Gates Won’t Change Anything, But I Respect Them Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Two Intelligence Agency Theory of Handing Trump the Election emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The good news is that sexism is dead, so we have that digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Every Day We Wrote The Book driftglass, at his blog
I Don’t Want To Hear Another Word From You Whiners About How My Pessimism Harshes Your Mellow Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
The Horror of Trumpism Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memeo