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
Outbreak of World War One; Troops disperse ‘Bonus Army’ marchers; A U.S. Army bomber crashes into the Empire State Building; Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and author Beatrix Potter born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.
US and Mexico’s mass deportations have fueled humanitarian crisis, report says Revealed: the £1bn of weapons flowing from Europe to Middle East Slender Man stabbing: Wisconsin girls to be tried as adults, appeals court rules Freddie Gray death: remaining charges dropped against police officers One hour of activity needed to offset harmful effects of sitting at a desk No treat for you: pets miss meals after auto-feeding app PetNet glitches
Breakfast Blogs
Future Historians Are Not Going to Believe That This Happened Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
What Are the DNC Hack(s) Rated on Obama’s New Cyber-Orange Alert System? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Don the Con Talks To Murrica About Flags (And Other Scary Wingnut Bedtime Stories) driftglass, at his blog
Trump Cranks The treason To 11, While Old Media Habits Die Hard Steve M., No More mister Nice Blog
Wish I Had The Power’ To Hack Enemies’ Emails, Says Man Very Close To Having Such Power Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Would Trump use the NSA for political purposes? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo