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 U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan; President Richard Nixon resigns; Charles Manson cult murders actress Sharon Tate and four others; Singer Whitney Houston born; Musician Jerry Garcia dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you’re a lucky individual.
Breakfast News
New Venezuela assembly declares itself superior govt branch
Lebanon’s army prepares to clear border area of IS militants
Iran president’s Cabinet cuts Guard from defense ministry
South Africa’s president survives no-confidence motion again
102-year-old Kenyan voter wouldn’t dream of missing election
Britain asks regulator to take new look at Fox bid for Sky
Utah seeking $1.9 billion from EPA over mine-waste spill
Torrential rains bring widespread flooding to Houston area
Groups propose ocean refuges for captive dolphins, whales
Sage grouse conservation changes draw mix of praise, alarm
Research marine mammal’s move to tourist park causes stir
Meet the new heavyweight champion of dinosaurs: Patagotitan
Breakfast Blogs
Jeff Sessions’ DOJ Backs Another Assault on the Right to Vote Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The AlphaBay Jewish Community Center Bomb Threat of the Week Service emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Stray Thoughts on Language, August 8,2017 Echidne, at her blog
Maybe there’s more to this election thing than we armchair critics think there is digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Climate Change Report Predictions tristero, Hullabaloo
Fighting over crumbs Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
e BREAKING! Many People Genuinely Think Donald Trump Is Unfit For Office
WHOSE IDEA WAS “FIRE AND FURY”? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Section 230 Matters. Congress Needs To Be Reminded Of That Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Congress Gives The FCC An Earful On Its Despised Plan To Kill Net Neutrality karl Bode, Techdirt