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
An assassination in Europe sparks World War I; Elian Gonzalez and his father leave for Cuba; Boxer Mike Tyson disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear; Richard Rodgers and Mel Brooks born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through.
Breakfast News
Frustration, heartbreak for migrant parents looking for kids
Trump admin struggling to comply with reunification mandate
Top court: Unions can’t force government workers to pay fees
US allows Nestle to keep taking water from California forest
State: Controlled burn sparked fire that destroyed 36 homes
Germany’s Merkel faces race against time in migrant standoff
Theresa May faces EU summit amid Brexit stalemate at home
Rescuers face scrutiny as 234 migrants reach safe haven
Pompeo: North Korea yet to return US troop remains
Poland scraps prison threat for blaming nation for Holocaust
South Sudan’s warring sides agree to permanent cease-fire
Breakfast Blogs
Everything’s Up for Grabs Now. What Will Stop Them from Taking It? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Devin Nunes Confirms Classified Information that “Henry Greenberg” Wasn’t Working for the FBI, and Other Tales of the Half-Wit Running our Intelligence Oversight emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The ICEing on the cake: of course Kennedy is retiring digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
How low can he go? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Why Anthony Kennedy Gave Up Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
The Future of Unions and the Courts Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Make the Fuller Court Great Again Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The death of democracy Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Baquets All The Way Down driftglass, at his blog
IF YOU ADMIRE WEINSTEIN’S ENABLERS, YOU’LL LOVE THE NEXT WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Voodoo Brewery Changes Beer Name By Dipping It In Snark In Response To Pitt Trademark C&D Timothy Geigner, Techdirt