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
An armistice ends the Korean War; A House panel votes to impeach President Richard Nixon; A pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics; The deposed Shah of Iran and comedian Bob Hope die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Show me a good loser and I’ll show you an idiot.
DNC email leak: Russian hackers Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear behind breach Charges dismissed in indictments over Planned Parenthood sting videos MPs predict surge in immigration amid Brexit uncertainty Dilma Rousseff will not attend Rio Olympics torch ceremony opening Bolivia tourist guide discovers dinosaur footprint nearly 4ft wide Centuries-old Spanish fort found under South Carolina golf course
Breakfast Blogs
It’s Time for Bill Clinton to Take His Talents Far From His Wife’s Campaign Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Same As It Ever Was tristero, Hullabaloo
The Other Factor in the DNC Hack: WikiLeaks’ Personal War with Hillary Clinton emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump stiffs the Freedom Kids digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Senator Al Would Pretty Please Like Journalists To Do Their Fucking Jobs driftglass, at his blog
Why Isn’t Putingate A Bigger Story? Here’s One Possible Reason Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
IT Media Lab Launched Disobedience Award, Funded By Reid Hoffman Mike Masnick, Techdirt