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
America normalizes diplomatic ties with Vietnam; Aaron Burr mortally wounds Alexander Hamilton in a duel; Skylab makes a fiery return to Earth; Babe Ruth’s major league debut; Laurence Olivier dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Be obscure clearly.
Breakfast News
Seattle approves new income tax for wealthy residents
Federal regulator moves to mostly ban arbitration clauses
Justice Department pushes judge to give jail time to woman convicted of laughing at AG Sessions
What a find: Museum discovers lost wines almost as old as the country itself
France could close up to 17 nuclear reactors: minister
Iraqi declares ‘total victory’ over Islamic State in Mosul
Hospital: Ailing China Nobel laureate in critical condition
Coal-fired plants top polluters in Europe
Afghan students denied US visa to attend robot competition
Spain’s running of the bulls: 2 injured, no gorings on Day 4
Breakfast Blogs
The Grim Future of Medicaid Is Here! Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
James Clapper Updated Rules on Congressional Notice the Day before He Retired emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Meanwhile, in Arkansas. Hammering Away At Reproductive Choice. Echidne, at her blog
Blast from the past digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
“Naive” is being too kind Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
McConnell’s Secret Weapon Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
On Today’s Episode of “As The Churl Turns”… driftglass, at his blog
THE SO-CALLED PARTY OF THE WHITE WORKING CLASS LIKES BANKS BETTER THAN UNIONS Steve M., No More Miser Nice Blog
Third Circuit Appeals Court Establishes First Amendment Right To Record Police Tim Cushing, Techdirt