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
Magellan begins globe-trotting voyage; Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal dies; Actress Sophia Loren born; Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in ‘Battle of the Sexes’; Singer Jim Croce dies in plane crash.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn’t give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.
Breakfast News
Hurricane Maria bears down on St. Croix, Puerto Rico after trashing DominicaAt least 93 dead in Mexico after quake :officials
After protests, St. Louis mayor says address racism
Massachusetts sues Equifax as hack concerns spread to Canada
Russia’s war game spills into NATO skies, causing spat
At U.N., Trump’s tough talk opens door for Macron’s diplomacy
Merkel dismisses hecklers as polls point to fourth term
Eiffel Tower to get bulletproof glass in security push
Biologists just discovered an underwater octopus city — they call it Octlantis
Breakfast Blogs
This New Healthcare Bill Wreck Lives in Exchange for, What, Exactly? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
SSCI Plays Hardball with Michael Cohen’s Attempt to Distract from Trump Tower Deal emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump Speaks To The Nations of The World Echidne, at her blog
Oh heck. Does this mean Trump’s a Republican after all? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Run like a business Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Bill Cassidy Gives Cynical Liars A Bad Name Scot Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
American Corporate Leaders: Truly the Savior of the Asian Working Classes Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Podcasts? How Do They Work? driftglass, at his blog
THE WORLD IS RUN BY OVERARMED ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOYS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Why SESTA Is Such A Bad Bill Mike Masnick, Techdirt
California Sides With Comcast, Votes To Kill Broadband Privacy Law Favored By EFF Karl Bode, Techdirt