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
James Byrd, Jr. dragged to death in Texas; Communists complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Israel destroys an Iraqi nuclear power plant; ‘Grease’ opens on Broadway; Singer-songwriter Prince born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There’s a dark side to everything.
Breakfast News
Texas reinstates inmate’s death penalty that had been halted by Supreme Court
Bermuda’s Supreme Court rules law repealing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional
At Guatemala volcano, time running out for rescue chances
Judge sides with Philadelphia in ‘sanctuary city’ fight
ACLU sues over plans for citizenship question on 2020 census
Entire Big Island neighborhood completely covered by lava
Rising seas and raising questions in booming Boston district
Italy’s new populist government wins 2nd confidence vote
Majority of women in charge of new Spanish government
Gucci donates scrap fabric to migrant dressmaking shop
France, Germany and UK seek exemption from US Iran sanctions
Rohingya say Myanmar targeted the educated in genocide
The heat is back on high: May smashes US temperature records
Why some people still insist the Loch Ness monster is real
Breakfast Blogs
Elected Judges Remain the Second Worst Idea in American Politics Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
To Pre-empt an Ass-Handing, the Government Lards on Problematic New Charges against MalwareTech emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Worrying About the Online World And Democracy Echidne, at her blog
Oh, Ivanka. #youtoo? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
No House lockouts Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Advocating for a Separate Designation Criterion on Starvation Ruwanthika Gunaratne, Just Security
NoLabelsUnityAmerica20 Has Its Candidate! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Party of Lester Maddox Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC VOTERS SPOIL A PERFECTLY GOOD NARRATIVE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Court Calls Out Cops For Altering Interrogation Transcript To Hide Suspect’s Request For A Lawyer Tim Cushing, Techdirt