The Breakfast Club (Anarchy)

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.

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This Day in History

President Harry Truman orders desegregation of U.S. Military; Cuba’s Fidel Castro attacks Moncada barracks; Argentina’s Eva Peron dies; Playwright George Bernard Shaw and rock star Mick Jagger born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope.

Mick Jagger

Breakfast News

Texas Senate again OKs ‘bathroom bill’ over police criticism

California knocks Trump as it extends climate change effort

Prosecutors: Some bribes in oligarch case earmarked for US

Cyber staff: Wisconsin company offers to microchip employees

Official: Firms won’t sell execution drugs to Arizona

Adobe to pull plug on Flash after years of waning popularity

Poland’s president signs controversial law despite protests

EU-Turkey talks fail to ease friction over detentions

Netherlands and UK are biggest channels for corporate tax avoidance

France: wildfires burn close to tourist towns in Corsica and Côte d’Azur

Breakfast Blogs

The Price of John McCain’s Republican Loyalty Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Shorter Jared: “It Depends upon What the Meaning of the Word ‘Collude’ Is” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Anatomy Of Fake News Echidne, at her blog

“I think he’s crazy” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Trump Planning to Get Rid Of Sessions Because He’s Not Authoritarian Enough Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Finally, White People are Outraged about Police Violence Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Republican God Demands Blood Sacrifices driftglass, at his blog

GUTLESS REPUBLICANS AT BOTH ENDS OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Senator Wyden Argues FCC Is Either Incompetent Or Lying About Alleged DDoS Attack Karl Bode, Techdirt