The Breakfast Club (Sacred Duty)

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.

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This Day in History

U.S. air and naval forces ordered into the Korean War; John Dean testifies about the Nixon White House’s ‘enemies list’; Stonewall riots spark the modern gay rights movement; Actor Jack Lemmon dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The most sacred duty of the President of the United States of America is to defend and protect the Constitution and the principles it enshrines: freedom, fairness, and equality.

Tom Steyer

Breakfast News

States sue to pressure Trump to reunite immigrant families

High court OKs Trump’s travel ban, rejects Muslim bias claim

High court rules against Calif. crisis pregnancy center law

Family separations bring call for rare language interpreters

Judge cites substantial progress in Ferguson reforms

California wildfire grows, 1,500 under evacuation orders

Redwood grove on California coast to become public park

Santos sees Colombia peace deal safe under hawkish successor

Protests in Iran as Rouhani says US wants ‘economic war’

Ethiopia welcomes 1st delegation from rival Eritrea in years

Fighting in Syria’s south escalates, displaces 50,000 people

Koreas agree to improve North Korea’s railways

Skip the barbecue? Lack of CO2 hits EU beer, meat production

Breakfast Blogs

Fuck the Tone Police Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice

The Supreme Court’s Muslim Ban Ruling Signals the End of Our Modern Reconstruction Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

John Solomon’s Baby Assange emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Who gets to sit at the table? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Not so Blue Monday Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

What Is the Next Line of Defense Against Torture? Steven J. Barela, Just Security

Falling into the ugly abyss of racism Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Mexican is the Jew of Fascist Fascism Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 263 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

David Brooks’ Flea Circus driftglass, at his blog

ASKING FOR IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Another Police Accountability Miracle: Five Officers, Zero Body Cam Footage, One Dead Body Tim Cushing, Techdirt