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
Bastille prison stormed during the French Revolution; Outlaw ‘Billy the Kid’ gunned down; Richard Speck murders student nurses in Chicago; Mariner 4 probe flies by Mars; Folk singer Woody Guthrie born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There’s several ways of saying what’s on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain’t too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.
Breakfast News
Theresa May appeals to centre ground but cabinet tilts to the right
EU officials finalise common asylum system to resettle refugees
Senior EU lawyer backs French woman sacked for wearing hijab
Japan’s Emperor Akihito plans to step down, according to report
Bad hair days for François Hollande over €10,000 coiffeur bill
Footage of police killing unarmed teen prompts claim of ‘trigger-happy’ officers
Philadelphia reforms its water testing after investigation into lead levels
Half of all US food produce is thrown away, new research suggests
Original Ghostbusters firehouse gets a new feature: a women’s bathroom
Breakfast Blogs
On The Passing of David Margolis, the DOJ Institution bmaz, emptywheeL
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ran Out of F*cks to Give a Long Time Ago Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Republican mainstream digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
This Ain’t The First Time This Old Cowboy’s Been Throwed
This Election Is Going To Be A Nailbiter
A Propagator of Race Hatred and Violence Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Agent’s Testimony Shows FBI Not All That Interested In Ensuring The Integrity Of Its Forensic Evidence Tim Cushing, Techdirt