The Breakfast Club (Good Journalism)

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.

American women gain the right to vote, as the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment takes effect; Investigators pinpoint the cause of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; Aviator Charles Lindbergh dies.

If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be ‘gotcha’ journalism, but it’s also good journalism.

Ben Bradlee

War hero and presidential candidate John McCain has died

Hawaii emerges from threat as storm veers away from islands

Houston marks Harvey anniversary with flood-control vote

7 arrested in protest over torn-down Confederate statue

Oklahoma awards first medical marijuana patient licenses

Burning Man organizers stress the importance of consent

Blindfolded baseball team to play visually impaired squad

The Latest: Italian church will take most migrants from ship

Neo-Nazis, counter-demonstrators rally in Swedish capital

Zimbabwe opposition rejects ruling and ‘false’ inauguration

Australian PM starts work as anger over party vote simmers

Pope in Ireland decries abuse cover-up, meets with victims

Volunteers re-enact World War I encampment in Verdun, France

‘Way too short:’ A 93-year-old meets his N. Korean brother

This Anecdote about Hustler Magazine and Members of Congress Stopped Me in My Tracks Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

On Use Immunity, Predictions of Doom for the Presidency, and the Voluntary Waiver of Privilege on the Hush Payment Tape emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

A moment of normal, human decency shocks the world digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

We’re Lucky There Are No Real Problems To Solve tristero, Hullabaloo

Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly Tom Sullivan, Hullabsloo

Donald Trump, Twitter and Presidential Power to Interpret the Law for the Executive Branch Jim Baker, Lawfare

McCain Eric Loomis, Lawyers, Guns And Money

The Wages of Neo-Calhounism Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Note to Democrats: Don’t Let Republicans Make You Abandon Impeachment Talk The Rude Pundit, at his blog

Tell Laura Yastreblyansky, Rectification of Names

Republicans Barely Hiding Their Love For Russian Voter Fuckery Dominic Gwynn, Wonkette

Pour One Out For Ol’ WALNUTS! Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette

YES, WE SHOULD STOP CALLING THEM “ANTHEM PROTESTS,” THOUGH THEY’LL STILL BE MISREPRESENTED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog