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
Women’s rights activists meet at Seneca Falls; The ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy on gays in the U.S. military; Apollo 11 enters lunar orbit; Baseball’s Pete Rose gets jail time; Moscow Olympics begins.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you’re learning you’re not old.
Breakfast News
New York governor opens door to criminal case against Trump Foundation
The Latest: Oregon wildfire grows to 70 square miles
Auto industry cries foul as Trump moves toward car tariffs
Study: National parks get fewer visits when pollution rises
Florida mayor apologizes for fight over ‘Starry Night’ home
US eases Obama-era coal ash pollution rules for utilities
New law in Baltimore bars sodas from kids’ menus
Clues to Confederate mystery: Sub’s crew never dumped weight
Iran nuclear chief says uranium stockpile reaches 950 tons
Nowhere to run: Rohingya hunker down as monsoon arrives
EU fines Google a record $5 billion over mobile practices
Syrian forces’ bombing intensifies in southern rebel holdout
Breakfast Blogs
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Scares Joe Lieberman. Good. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
And/Or: An Ominous Sign for WikiLeaks in the Joshua Schulte Indictment emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
How Trump Thinks. My Theory. Echidne, at her blog
Cowards, all of them digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Recognizing Reality tristero, Hullabaloo
Why don’t you pass the time by playing a little solitaire? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaoo
Human Trafficking’s Vicious Link to Anti-Immigration Action Brooke Ellison, Just Security
These Are Not Very Bright Guys, And Things Got Out Of Hand Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Gun and Money
Trump goes on Fourteen Words With Tucker Carlson and throws NATO alliance overboard Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Identity politics with David Brooks: The wolves are in the henhouse Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog
‘Smart’ TVs Remain The Poster Child For Dismal Privacy, Transparency & Security Standards Karl Bode, Techdirt