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
Christopher Columbus sets sail; Europe slides further into World War I; A Cold War case heats up Capitol Hill; Air traffic controllers in the U.S. go on strike; NBA founded; Singer Tony Bennett born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We live in a very dysfunctional society, and this is a very, very dysfunctional Administration.
Breakfast News
Coal ash cleanup order goes before federal appeals court
US wants ACLU to take lead on reuniting separated families
States vow to continue fight against Trump’s car fuel rules
Reports: Oregon has pot oversupply, Colorado hits the mark
Abortion-rights activists brace for new wave of restrictions
Road damage from earthquakes is latest Hawaii volcano peril
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa wins 1st post-Mugabe election
Yemeni officials say Saudi-led airstrikes kill 28 in Hodeida
Thousands march in Jerusalem Gay Pride amid surrogacy uproar
Dozens protest policies in Italy on Roma Holocaust day
Trash bins being tested for poison in UK nerve agent probe
Hot African air brings scorching heat, dust to Europe
Iceland stops hunting minke whales but only for this season
Water crisis salts the earth in Iraq’s long-neglected south
Tourists frustrated as Eiffel Tower closes in peak season
Breakfast Blogs
This Republican Judge Just Took a Principled Stand. Good Luck in the Next Election! Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
How ABC Broke a Story about Mueller LIMITING Questions on Obstruction and Claimed It Showed a Focus on Obstruction emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Who is Q? Or The Latest Right-Wing Fringe Conspiracy Revisited. Echidne, at her blog
The base is losing it digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Saving Democrats from themselves? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
It’s Time for Congress to Take Foreign Threats to Our Elections Seriously Jim Johnson, Just Security
Trump’s Preposterous ‘Collusion is Not a Crime’ Defense: What Real Lawyers—If Asked—Would Have Advised His Campaign About the Trump Tower Meeting Bob Bauer, Lawfare
Worthwhile Garden State Initiative Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Gun and Money
Title IX and mandatory reporting Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 296 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
n James Baldwin On His 94th Birthday Still Ain’t Your Negro Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
CONSERVATIVES ARE STILL FAILING TO ATTAIN THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Election Security Has Become A Partisan Issue As Senate Votes Down Funding Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Charter CEO Apparently Unaware He Runs One Of The Most Despised Companies In America Karl Bode, Techdirt