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
Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying two Ancient Roman cities; Hurricane Andrew hits Florida; British troops burn Washington in War of 1812; Pluto demoted as a planet; Pete Rose banned from baseball for life.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Breakfast News
Judge denies Trump bid to toss married immigrants’ lawsuit
Trial in lawsuit over police surveillance of protesters ends
Anger over Ed Dept mulling federal money for guns in schools
Hurricane Lane is weaker but still pummels Hawaii with rain
Report: Personnel issues at migrant child housing facilities
Prison, sentencing reform push to wait until after midterms
Govt acts to stop high-tax states from skirting $10K cap
Sex workers knock on doors for political candidate
Kroger to phase out plastic bags at all stores
Australian ruling party to choose new prime minister
South Africa blasts Trump over racially divisive tweet
Yemen rebels: Coalition strikes kill dozens, UAE denies it
US-China trade talks end with no breakthrough
Rights official: Italy is unjustly holding migrants on boat
Scientists find perfectly preserved ancient foal in Siberia
Breakfast Blogs
Someone Has Actually Been Charged for Their Role in the Flint Water Crisis Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Problems with Richard Burr’s Claim that SSCI Has No Evidence of Collusion emptywheel aka Marcy Wheel, emptywheel
Reality Gets A Harsh Sentence bmaz, emptywheel
What Does the ‘Doomsday Investor’ Get out of Trump? Rayne, emptywheel
Gendered Coverage of American Politicians’ Sins Echidne, at her blog
It looks like the Senate Republicans have a plan to help Trump get away with it digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Tragic Genius of the Democrats tristero, Hullabaloo
D.C. insiders rush to cover their punch bowls Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Campaign Finance Case Against Donald Trump is a Strong One: Just Ask John Edwards’ Prosecutors Paul Seamus Ryan, Just Security
Donald Trump, Paul Manafort and that Pesky Witness Tampering Statute Sarah Grant, Sabrina McCubbin, Yishai Schwartz, Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Today In the Intelligence-Insulting Industrial Complex Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Urban Meyer debacle Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 314 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
he Real Complaining Party at the Bar in This Courtroom Is Civilization driftglass, at his blog
Normless and Gormless Yasterblyansky, Rectification of Names
TRUMP REMINDS US THAT DEMOCRATS WILL BE BLAMED WHEN THE NEXT RECESSION ARRIVES Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Say, What If We DON’T Confirm President Unindicted Co-Conspirator’s Supreme Court Nominee? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Trump And His Deplorables Should Keep Mollie Tibbetts’s Name Out Of Their Racist Fucking Mouths Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Trump’s Anti-press Rhetoric Is Dangerous, But His Actions Are Worse Camille Fassett, Techdirt