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 Pentagon Papers hits newsstands amid the Vietnam War; Thurgood Marshall nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court; The ‘Miranda’ warning; Pioneer 10 leaves solar system; Swing legend Benny Goodman dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Breakfast News
Putin critic Alexei Navalny among over 1,000 detained in Russia
May and Macron plan joint crackdown on online terror
‘They said girls don’t ride bikes’: Iranian women defy the cycling fatwa
Trevi levy: Rome imposes fines for frolicking at famous fountains
Another appeals court upholds block on Trump’s revised travel ban
Puerto Rico governor to take statehood case to Washington but faces US snub
Ohio board to online charter school: Pay back disputed $60M
Rivers in US West turn dangerous as days warm, snow thaws
Breakfast Blogs
This Fight Will Be Long, Bloody, and Partisan Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Privacy Community Lets Dan Coats Off Easy in Letter Accusing Him of Reneging on His Promise emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Snippet posts 6/12/17: On love of Our Leader, anti-Sharia Marches and Russian Anti-Corruption Demonstrations Echidne, at her blog
This is some real “Dear Leader” stuff digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Campaign 101 Tom Sulivan, Hullabaloo
Trump Assigned Himself an Awful Lot of Homework That Isn’t Getting Done David Dayen, The Intercept
Extraordinary Josh Marshall, TPM EdBlog
All “X Woulda Won” Arguments Are Essentially Useless Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Politicizing the Condiment Wars Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET YOU ANGRY AGAIN ABOUT THE TRUMPCARE THREAT? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Sen. Feinstein Calls For Section 702 Reforms, No ‘Forever’ Reauthorization Tim Cushing, Techdirt