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 United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II; LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act; Pope Paul VI dies; Scientist Alexander Fleming born; Funk singer Rick James dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
Chicago police shoot at black man in car chase before killing him, video shows Florida cleared to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Zika fight Flint water is improving but city will need financial help, mayor says Migrants break through Italian police barriers to enter France Fethullah Gülen’s lawyers fear attacks on his life amid calls for return to Turkey Easier rider? California moves to legalize controversial motorcycle lane-splitting
Breakfast Blogs
Keeping an Eye on the World Going By My Window Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
“If You Want to Live Here, You Need to Live by the Rules Here” Michelle Goldberg, Slate (h/t Charles Pierce)
Tear Up Texas, Tear Up Another Encryption Claim emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The company he keeps digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
I Bet Sean Hannity Is A Big Lee Marvin Fan driftglass, at his blog
Is So hapless Now He Hasn’t Even Taken On Harvard Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Is The DNC Hacking A New Cold War… Or Just The Continuation Of What Every Intelligence Agency Does? Tim Cushing, Techdirt