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
Nazi Germany’s troops enter Paris during World War II; TWA Flight 847 hijacked; Stars and Stripes adopted as official U.S. flag; Leftist guerrilla Che Guevara and real estate mogul Donald Trump born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
One of the delights of life is eating with friends; second to that is talking about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.
Breakfast News
Prosecutors drop Flint water charges, promise fresh probe
US considers more options for detaining transgender migrants
New York ends religious exemption to vaccine mandates
Oregon public defenders mobilize for pay, staffing overhaul
Utility will remove coal ash from pits near Tennessee river
Vandals deface monolith at Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park
Perfectly preserved head of Ice Age wolf found in Siberia
Beach concerts at Jersey shore town cancelled for the birds
Irregular crossings part of life at Mexico’s southern border
Russia, other key powers discuss Venezuelan crisis in Sweden
Putin fires police officers involved in journalist’s case
Hong Kong quiet now, but prospect of new protest looms large
Congo pastor likely sparked Ebola outbreak spread to Uganda
Boris Johnson takes strong lead in race for next UK leader
Breakfast Blogs
Trump Feels Empowered by Democratic Fear Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump’s Greenlight: Asking for Foreign Aid and Assistance via Prime Time TV Rayne, emptywheel
Unctuous Toadie Lindsey Graham trips over his own tongue digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Talk is So Fucking Cheap tristero, Hullabaloo
My United States of Whatever Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
To Congress: If Russians Seek to Provide Dirt, Make it a Requirement to Report! Jennifer Daskal, Just Security
Nice Country You Have There Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The writers aren’t really trying at all anymore Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump: Let’s Do Some Collusion, Motherfuckers The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Intolerable Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
PEOPLE KNOW TRUMP’S STRUGGLING IN THE POLLS AND IT’S FREAKING HIM OUT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog