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
Slobodan Milosevic arrested; American forces invade Okinawa; Nazi Germany begins persecuting Jews; Soul singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Happy Birthday, Rachel
I would like to be a polyglot.
Breakfast News
Germany rebukes Tillerson over call for Nato allies to boost defense spending
Future of Gibraltar at stake in Brexit negotiations
Russian prosecutors move to block online calls for protests
Austrian lawmaker alleges global Turkish surveillance
Comcast says it will not sell customer browsing histories after Congress kills privacy rules
The Resistance Now: Big corporations come at Trump on climate
The Latest: 3 arrested in connection with overpass collapse
New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex to close under new plan
Arkansas asks court to block order on execution drugs
Land down blunder: teen heading to Australia lands in Sydney, Nova Scotia
California’s desert wildflower explosion draws record crowds
Blind tadpoles learn to see using eyeballs attached to their butts
Breakfast Blogs
The Trump Administration Has Pushed the Limits of American Absurdity Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Raw Versus Cooked: Could NSC Monitor FBI’s Investigation? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Next Move Trump Didn’t Anticipate: Corn And Mexico Echidne, at her blog
Friday Night Soother: some new otters for you! digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
NC: Trading rights for tournaments Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
David Brooks Is Feeling Guilty So We All Have to Pay driftglass, at his blog
Is that a conditional sentence in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
First Amendment Institute Sues Government Over Records Related To Border Device Searches Tim Cushing, Techdirt