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
Last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. killed in World War II; N.J. Gov. McGreevey to resign after declaring he’s gay; Russian sub Kursk explodes; Director Cecil B. DeMille born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish.
Breakfast News
Panama Papers: Iceland calls elections six months early in wake of scandal
German proposals could see refugees’ phones searched by police
Half of immigrants held in US ‘priority’ program have no criminal conviction
US drug agency declines to change marijuana’s strict drug designation
Facebook v Adblock: the anti-ad empire strikes back
Sluggy McSlugface? Public invited to name ‘flamboyant’ nudibranch species
Breakfast Blogs
Who the Hell Thought This Was a Good Idea? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Until at Least 2014, NSA Was Having Troubles Preventing Back Door Searches of Upstream Searches emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Even a landslide won’t be enough digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Trump & 2nd Amendment People: Stop The Violent Rhetoric Spocko, Hullabaloo
Beatdowns Earned and Administered driftglass, at his blog
Preparing To Lose, Trump Pre-Blames The GOP Establishment To Lose Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
NY Daily News Admits It Got It All Wrong When Declaring Crime Increases Would Follow Stop-And-Frisk Decision Tim Cushing, Techdirt