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 10:00am (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
Thomas Edison perfects workable electric light; Anthrax scare claims first of two U.S. postal workers in Washington, DC; Britain wins Battle of Trafalgar; Actress and author Carrie Fisher born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.
Breakfast News
Three charged in shooting after white nationalist’s Florida speech
Oil barge explosion off Texas kills one, fire now out
U.S. court blocks immigrant teen’s bid to obtain abortion
Lawyer charged alongside Martin Shkreli goes on trial
More US-Canada border crossers granted refugee status amid fears under Trump
Number of US adults without health insurance up 3.5m this year, study finds
Iraqi forces complete Kirkuk province takeover after clashes with Kurds
Spain plans new elections in Catalonia to end independence bid: opposition
Venezuela Maduro warns of repeat elections in states won by opposition
Breakfast Blogs
I Used to Think That a Militarized United States Government Was Impossible Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Technical Fixes in HJC Bill Suggest SCOTUS May Have Reviewed a (2015 ?) FISA Application emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Abortion Rates Are Down, But The Trump Administration Seems To Want To See Them Up Again Echidne, at her blog
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
They never even called him by his name Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump’s War on Women Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Tolkien’s Map DNexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A DISHONORABLE MAN POSING AS AMERICA’S MOST HONORABLE MAN (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Court Not Impressed With Sneaky Plan To Sell Patents To Native Americans To Avoid Review… But New Lawsuits Filed Mike Masnick, Techdirt