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) (or whenever we get around to it) 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
Uncle Sam cartoon debuts; Law prohibiting teaching evolution goes into effect; Deadly rampage at Scottish elementary school; Brigadoon opens on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
Breakfast News
In Kentucky, teacher discontent swells over pay and benefits
Michigan universities seek delay on Nassar-inspired bills
Hawaii declines requests for records on false missile alert
Immigrants sue US over end to temporary protected status
Judge: Trump administration violated law over smog findings
Ag Department kills animal welfare rule for organic meat
US sets new record for censoring, withholding gov’t files
National Geographic acknowledges past racist coverage
Xi Jinping’s rise shatters hopes for democracy in China
British PM: Russia ‘highly likely’ behind ex-spy’s poisoning
Hong Kong democracy movement loses ground in key by-election
Ruling coalition party wants early vote over Slovakia crisis
Fearing trade war, EU warns of protectionism ‘dead end’
Afghan forces retake district offices from Taliban; 8 killed
Breakfast Blogs
Trump’s Latest Voter Suppression Plan Smells Dictatorial Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
How the DNC Hack Skeptics’ Dominant Theory Sinks Stone emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
What’s Bad For The Goose Is Not Bad For The Gander: Gendered Coverage of US Politicians’ Sins. Echidne, at her blog
Trumpism in the mainstream right digby aka Heather Digby Heather, Hullabaloo
Killing a parasite, part 2 — How to implement student debt cancellation Gaius Publius, Hullabaloo
Epistemology in the Trump era Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Judicial Review, Democracy, and the Fragility of Judicial Power Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
IT’S HARD TO STOP DEMAGOGIC KLEPTOCRATS — UNLESS THEY’RE AS INEPT AS TRUMP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog