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
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
Breakfast News
LA teachers union, school district team to seek state money
California city approves 25-cent fee on disposable cups
NY lawmakers pass state Dream Act
US panel hears arguments in nuclear waste storage case
South Carolina group can deny gay couples as foster parents
Shutdown makes it tough for groups to help endangered whales
Maduro foe claims Venezuela presidency amid protests
Russia and Turkey mull next steps in war-torn Syria
Australia urges China to treat detained dual citizen fairly
Canadian ambassador: Huawei exec could avoid US extradition
Chilean transgender school protects children from bullying
Breakfast Blogs
This Isn’t About NATO. It’s About Placating the Mad King. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
How Trump “Directed” Don Jr’s June 9 “No Follow-Up” False Statement to Congress emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Will he wag this dog? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
What Kamala Harris can learn from watching Madam Secretary Spocko, Hullabaloo
Unacceptable Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Pentagon’s Climate Change Report Lacks Analysis the Law Requires Mark Nevitt, Just Security
FBI Agents Association Argues Shutdown Hurts National Security
Could Worker Activism End the Government Shutdown? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Speaking of clueless old white guys who want to be president Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
In Case You Hadn’t Noticed, Mitch McRommel Is Currently Losing driftglass, at his blog
Literary Corner: The Endless Endgame Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
RIGHT-WINGERS THINK WE “KAVANAUGHED” THE MAGA KIDS — AND THEY “KAVANAUGHED” THE NARRATIVE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog