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
First major battle in America’s Civil War fought at Bull Run in Virginia; Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’ concludes; Peace deal ends Indochina War; Author Ernest Hemingway and actor-comedian Robin Williams born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.
Breakfast News
US ends controversial laptop ban on flights from Middle East
Dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa shut down
Lawsuit aims to force EPA to crack down on air polluters in Texas
Dartmouth College women’s swim team on probation over sexualized hazing
Berlin to change policy towards Turkey as German citizen is held
Tories use ‘take out the trash’ day to dump controversial reports
Mexico launches pioneering scheme to insure its coral reef
Churchill tried to suppress Nazi plot to restore Edward VIII to British throne
All hell breaks loose as the tundra thaws
Breakfast Blogs
Oh, Look. Trump’s New Judge Compared Abortion to Slavery. Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Chris Wray’s DodgeBall and Trump’s Latest Threats emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
McCain’s Brain Versus American Lives and Healthcare bmaz, emptywheel
A Literary Thought About Jane Austen Echidne, at her blog
A Modest Proposal Tom Levenson, Balloon Juice
Pathological Pinocchio digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Without rudder or keel Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
How Long Has This Been Going On? driftglass, at his blog
Populist Trump Administration Continues to Drain the Swamp Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Revolt of the masses Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Massachusetts Lawmaker Wants To Make It A Felony To Have Secret Compartments In Your Car Tim Cushing, Techdirt