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
Julius Caesar born; Walter Mondale taps Geraldine Ferraro as the first woman to run on a major party ticket for the White House; Boris Yeltsin quits the Soviet Communist Party; Comedian Bill Cosby born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It’s their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education… it’s like a precious gift. It’s like a diamond.
Breakfast News
Execution blocked after company objects to use of its drug
Immigrant parents happy but traumatized after kids returned
Hugs and sobs: Families separated in US return to Guatemala
Appeals court hears challenge to Texas campus carry law
Alabama governor: Sheriffs shouldn’t pocket jail food money
California meets greenhouse gas reduction goal years early
Elon Musk tweets fixing Flint homes with lead-tainted water
Neo-Nazi trial puts spotlight on fate of migrants in Germany
Peace in Afghanistan more elusive as Taliban shrug off talks
Putin and Netanyahu meet for Syria-focused talks in Moscow
On eve of Trump summit, Putin to meet French president
With V-for-Victory sign, rescued Thai boys celebrate freedom
Breakfast Blogs
Surely We Can All Agree Dementia Patients Shouldn’t Have Guns Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Peter Strzok Is a Sideshow to Information that Directly Implicates the President emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“Germany is a captive of Russia” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Had A President Romney Nominated Kavanaugh, Would Leading Dems Oppose Him? tristero, Hullabaloo
Yes, your leg is wet. No, it’s not raining. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump’s Militia Pardon is Another Blow to Federal Law Enforcement Barbara McQuade, Just Security
Can the UK Rescind Its Withdrawal from the EU? Paul Rosenzweig, Lawfare
Trump in Brussels: The Story So Far Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
OSU’S Joe Paterno Argues Against Concept of Reporting Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Is the Robert Hanssen suite available? Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 277 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
GUNS IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS AND DEMENTIA VICTIMS, BECAUSE FREEDOM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Federal Court Says Taking People’s Drivers Licenses Away For Failure To Pay Court Fees Is Unconstitutional Tim Cushing, Techdirt