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
TWA Flight 800 explodes; Russia’s royal family executed; Disneyland opens; Nicaragua’s Somoza goes into exile; Apollo and Soyuz link up in space; Baseball’s Ty Cobb and jazz great John Coltrane die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Hatred, racism, and extremism have no place in this country.
Breakfast News
Order barring Louisiana executions is extended by 1 year
Michigan spends almost $25M on Flint water crisis attorneys
AP Exclusive: Billionaires fuel US charter schools movement
Judge postpones ‘El Chapo’ trial for 2 months to November
Lava crashes through roof of Hawaii tour boat, injuring 23
US open to direct talks with Taliban, officials say
British PM accepts key amendments from hardline Brexiteers
Migrants disembark in Sicily after EU sharing plan reached
Iran: If Trump wants to talk, he’ll have to call
Pakistan rights group issues warning ahead of polls
World Cup win gives France new set of heroes, needed boost
Breakfast Blogs
Coca-Cola’s Shenanigans in Mexico Are Another Sign of the Coming Water Wars Charles P.Pierce, Esquire Politics
How Russian Spies Cultivated the NRA and National Prayer Breakfast to Seek Republican Assets emptywheel aka Marcy Wheel, emptywheel
And Then The Incredible Offer! Echidne, at her blog
Trump’s Russian gun nut digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
A country traumatized Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Helsinki Summit: A Time for Choosing—Three observations by former senior CIA officer Roff Mowatt-Larssen, Just Security
In the House Strzok Hearing, a Reminder of Congress’s Shortcomings on Oversight Molly E. Reynolds, Lawfare
The Collusion is Public Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
World Gone Mad driftglass, at his blog
Mr. Trump is Not Authorized to Speak For the Trump Administration, part 42 Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog
On Speech And Subpoenas, New York Giveth And Taketh (First, The Good News On Platform Jurisdiction) Cathy Gellis, Techdirt
On Speech And Subpoenas, New York Giveth And Taketh (Now, The Bad News On Journalist Protection) Cathy Gellis, Techdirt
Even Fox News Can’t Make Finland Trump-Shits Smell Like Roses 🙁 Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette