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
President Ronald Reagan demands the tearing down of the Berlin Wall; Civil rights activist Medgar Evers killed; O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman murdered; Baseball Hall of Fame opens.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Breakfast News
Judge spars with Justice Dept. lawyer on foreign favors suit
Supreme Court allows Ohio, other state voter purges
APNewsBreak: US launches bid to find citizenship cheaters
Sessions excludes domestic, gang violence from asylum claims
Seattle poised to repeal new tax opposed by Amazon
Extreme fire danger forces another national forest to close
Italy’s new leaders get tough on migrants; Spain steps up
Germany orders Daimler to recall 238,000 diesel vehicles
Heavy fighting on Yemen’s west coast kills hundreds
Mexican groups seek ICC probe of drug war crimes by military
EU, IMF warn of US protectionism, back multilateral trade
Crucial test of Ebola vaccine raises hopes, doubts in Congo
Paris bistros seek UN status as ‘intangible cultural’ gems
Animal charities to open European circus elephant sanctuary
Breakfast Blogs
They’re Not Even Trying to Hide It Anymore Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
“I Mean His Trump Organization Employees” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Democracy Against Capitalism: Introduction to New Series Ed Walker, emptywheel
Yes, he is an effing moron, why do you ask? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
You need an analyst, a psychoanalyst Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Loopholes in Public Corruption Laws Benefit Swamp Dwellers Barbara McQuade, Just Security
The Terrible Arguments Against the Constitutionality of the Mueller Investigation George Conway, Lawfare
The Supreme Court Against Voting Rights Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The bottomless depravity of the Trump administration and its enablers Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What Do You Think The Most Critical Point is About Our Shitshow of A Country? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today In Both Sides Do It: Bloody Bill Kristol is Not Your Friend driftglass, at his blog
FIGHTING F*** WITH F*** Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Net Neutrality Rules Die Today, But The Backlash Is Just Getting Started Karl Bode, Techdirt