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
Samuel Morse opens America’s first telegraph line; Four men sentenced for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Britain’s Queen Victoria born; The Brooklyn Bridge opens; Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.
Breakfast News
Trump moves to escalate investigation of intel agencies
US charges WikiLeaks founder with publishing classified info
Trade impasse: Trump pledges $16B to farmers; markets slump
APNewsBreak: Police won’t fight California use-of-force bill
3 dead, state capital battered as storms rake Missouri
Far from border, US cities feel effect of migrant releases
US withdraws train crew proposal that came after explosions
Texas governor announces $1.6B deal for teacher raises
New Florida law bans release of mass shooting recordings
Legal experts: California reporter did not commit crime
Illegal killings, political opposition hobble wolf recovery
Northern Arizona gets rare dose of late-season snow
Modi surges to victory in India on Hindu-first platform
Strong showing for pro-EU parties in Dutch EU vote
Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting, to some anger
UK’s May delays Brexit bill, faces showdown on resignation
Senior German diplomat in Tehran for nuclear deal talks
Fascist symbols and rhetoric on rise in Italian EU vote
Kenya court to rule if gay relations are criminal acts
UN health agency seeks to halve number of snakebite deaths
Animal rights activists score win at Barcelona zoo
Breakfast Blogs
Voters Created a Commission to Stop Insane Gerrymandering? Defund the Commission! Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Bill Barr’s Bullshit Claim that Trump Obstructed the Investigation Out of Frustration and Anger emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Elizabeth Warren Earned A Lot? The Horror! Echidne, at her blog
Tillerson says Putin outplayed Trump. Did anyone doubt it? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves tristero, Hullabaloo
Indictment of Assange for Espionage Directly Threatens Press Freedoms Gabriel Schoenfeld, Just Security
The Perils and Opportunities of Mueller’s Testimony Bob Bauer, Lawfare
How A Real American Gets Paid Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Vietnam’s War Environmental Legacy Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
More of this please Paul Campmos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How The Mainstream Media Feeds The Wingnut Ecosystem driftglass, at his blog
Anti-Fascist Roundup Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Blogs
TRUMP FINDS PROMISING NEW GROUND FOR REPUBLICAN EXTREMISM — WAR CRIMES Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog