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
Christopher Columbus sets sail; Europe slides further into World War I; A Cold War case heats up Capitol Hill; Air traffic controllers in the U.S. go on strike; NBA founded; Singer Tony Bennett born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
Breakfast News
Labour speaks out on Venezuela as pressure mounts on Corbyn
Montreal turns stadium into welcome centre for asylum seekers from US
Venezuela poll turnout figures ‘manipulated by at least 1m votes’
Brazil embattled president survives vote on bribery charge
Climate change to cause humid heatwaves that will kill even healthy people
Temperate Northwest gets blasted with furnace-like heat
Thousands show up for jobs at Amazon warehouses in US cities
Town evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire
Nebraska patrol accused of requiring vaginal exams for women
Soggy shore town OKs renewed court fight against dunes
Breakfast Blogs
Our Voting System Is Self-Sabotage Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Incendiary Lawsuit Alleging More Trump Obstruction Shows Benghazi Booster Admitting He Has No Credibility emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Sowing Confusion about Fusion Rayne, emptywheel
Echidne on Right-Wing Christianity and Politics Echidne, at her blog
Where do they find these people? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The schoolhouse door again Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Goal Is Universal Coverage, Not Any Particular Form Of Universal Coverage Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Government By Unreliable Narrator driftglass, at his blog
IS THE GOP REALLY MORE CONSPIRATORIAL UNDER TRUMP? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Former DOJ Prosecutor Steps Up To Defend DOJ’s New Asset Forfeiture Rules Tim Cushing, Techdirt
ACLU To Court: It’s Legal To Tell Bob To Eat Shit Mike Masnick, Techdirt