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
William Jennings Bryan gives his ‘Cross of Gold’ speech; Britain’s Princess Elizabeth engaged; Boxer Mike Tyson punished for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear; Actor Tom Hanks born; Actor Rod Steiger dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.
Breakfast News
Anti-violence protesters shut down part of Chicago freeway
Kids as young as 1 in US court, awaiting reunion with family
California, long a holdout, adopts mass immigration hearings
75 pounds of floating cocaine recovered off Florida coast
Looting follows violent fuel protests in Haitian capital
Police open murder probe as 1 of 2 nerve agent victims dies
In blow to May, UK’s top Brexit official quits government
With hugs, leaders of Ethiopia, Eritrea restore relations
Japan tackles rescue, cleanup from massive damage from rain
Breakfast Blogs
State and Local Governments Are Not More Trustworthy, Volume the Infinity Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The State of Trump’s Anti-Mueller Strategy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Will he lose it in Helsinki? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The punishment is the message Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
“unholy alliance of socialists and developers” DJW, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Another Athlete Says Jim Jordan Paternoed Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 275 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Twas Beauty Cream Killed The Beast driftglass, at his blog
Dinesh D’Souza Has Exactly One Thing in Common With Sam Cooke Tom Hilton, No More Mister Nice Blog