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
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan; President Richard Nixon resigns; Charles Manson cult murders actress Sharon Tate and four others; Singer Whitney Houston born; Musician Jerry Garcia dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Japan’s Emperor Akihito says health is failing and hints at abdication Police will be required to report officer-involved deaths under new US system NAACP president arrested after staging voting rights sit-in at lawmaker’s office Long-studied Alaskan wolf pack may be dead after years of aggressive hunting Towel wars: Italy to fine tourists for saving a spot on the beach
Breakfast Blogs
Here’s Why Trump Can’t Be Trusted with the Nuclear Codes Robert Bateman, Esquire Politics
Parsing Donald Trump’s Lies in Detroit Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Classified Appendix Fifth Bullet on “Certain Counterterrorism Matters” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump, the Democratic GOTV machine digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Trump Isn’t Going To Break Up The Big Banks And I’m Shocked, Shocked Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Australian Government’s Stupid Census Plans Puts Privacy At Risk, May Destroy Their Own Census Mike Masnick, Techdirt