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
Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n’ Roll, dies at Graceland; Baseball’s Babe Ruth dies in New York; Uganda’s Idi Amin dies in Saudi Arabia; ‘Sports Illustrated’ hits newsstands; Singer Madonna born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.
Breakfast News
Bishops accused of brushing off sexual abuse complaints
Pot taxes pick up in California but still far off target
Georgia woman facing ‘longest sentence’ for leaking to media
Parkland students start school year with tightened security
Vital US reservoir OK for now, but shortages are looming
Shipwreck from only WWII battle in America found off Alaska
WWII POWs buried as unknowns in Hawaii get memorial marker
Baby elephant joins herd at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Zimbabwe president urges court to toss opposition challenge
Germany creates 3rd gender identity for records: ‘diverse’
Italy hunts for blame in bridge collapse that killed 39
Cambodia’s ruling party swept seats, official results show
New Amnesty International leader’s 1st move targets Zimbabwe
Breakfast Blogs
Clearance-Gate Is Nothing But Amusing Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
What Roger Stone’s Latest Lies Tell Us about Mueller’s Investigation into Him emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Gross Gender Earnings Gap Revisited Echidne, at her blog
Pathetic blast from the past digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Strzok Shock Yascha Mounk, Slate
Peter Strzok’s Firing and What It May Mean for the Bureau Stephanie Douglas, Just Security
RIP Federal Common Law of Foreign Relations? Ingrid Wuerth, Lawfare
Dumping Nancy Pelosi For Electoral Reasons Would Be Really Stupid Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Saving Capitalism From Itself Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hero Journalist Begins To Notice That Shit Might Actually Draw Flies driftglass, at his blog
The Trump Cult Purges Another Apostate Tom Hinton, No More Mister Nice Blog
Hyperreality TV Yastreblyansky, Rectification of Names
One Little Thing: The Defense Bill Is Almost as Long as the Affordable Care Act The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Video Games In Germany Can Now Maybe Kinda Sometimes Have Swastikas Timothy Geigner, Techdirt