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
Ranger 7 beams lunar pictures; France’s Marquis de Lafayette makes his name in the American Revolution; Thomas Eagleton withdraws as George McGovern’s running mate; Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.
Breakfast News
Wildfires barrel toward Northern California lake towns
States suing Trump administration, company over 3D guns
Lawsuit filed in fatal duck boat sinking seeks $100 million
US Supreme Court ruling in union dues impacts case in Oregon
Fisherman lands lively 400-pound shark off coast
Highway Patrol officer rescues fawn from California wildfire
Counting starts after Zimbabweans vote in pivotal election
Rival Koreas’ generals discuss easing military confrontationIn Iran, economic worries grow as new US sanctions loom
Investigators can’t rule out ‘interference’ in loss of MH370
Pakistan parties vow to oppose Khan, say vote was ‘rigged’
Hundreds stranded on Indonesian mountain after earthquake
Breakfast Blogs
The Surveillance State Is Way Weirder Than You Think. Also, More Dangerous. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Devin Nunes’ Promise of Shock!! Shock!! in the Evolving Steele Claims in the Fourth Carter Page FISA Application emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
White Kids: Growing Up With Privilege In A Racially Divided America By Margaret Hagerman Ed Walker, emptywheel
Yet an other massive tax cut for the wealthy? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Illegitimi non carborundum Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Reports: Carter Page Was Subject to FISA Warrant in 2013/2014 Ryan Goodman, Just Security
What Is Election ‘Meddling’ and When Did Everyone Start Using That Term? Victoria Clark, Lawfare
Johnny Unbeatable Would Have Permanently Destroyed American Conservatism Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Why don’t you just come out once and scream it? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Public History and Race: European Edition Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Chaitrithmatic driftglass, at his blog
Note to Democrats: Fuck the White Working Class The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Because 2018 Was Mysteriously Lacking In … Bigfoot Porn Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Literary Corner: He also expressed concern over how the borogoves are all mimsy Yastreblyansky, Rectification of Names
DOES IT EVEN MATTER WHAT GIULIANI SAYS? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
DOJ Tells Sheriff To Give It Back The $70,000 In Forfeiture Funds He Spent To Buy Himself A New Sports Car Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Universal Right Back At It Issuing A DMCA For A Reporter’s Video Of Prince Fans Singing ‘Purple Rain’ Timothy Geigner, Techdirt