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
The Watergate scandal begins to unfold; The Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution; O.J. Simpson arrested in the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman; Singer Kate Smith dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.
Breakfast News
Schumer urges FAA to require data recorders in helicopters
Summer camp is newest front in battle with measles outbreak
Rain leaves veggie farmers struggling with no aid in sight
Record number of African migrants coming to Mexican border
New Mexico film industry up amid abortion fights elsewhere
Washington state waterfront owners asked to take dead whales
Hawaii’s stunning Kalalau Trail and Haena State Park reopen
Massive protests draw apology from Hong Kong leadership
Tens of millions without power in South America blackout
Saudi crown prince accuses rival Iran of tanker attacks
Guatemalans choose president amid distrust, flight to US
Boris Johnson skips debate as Tory rivals quizzed on Brexit
Breakfast Blogs
The Republican Party Is Waging War Against Free and Fair Elections in This Country Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Ishmael, the All-American Boy Ed Walker, emptywheel
A Fine Crop of Golf Rayne, emptywheel
Prove it Chief digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
An Obvious Answer to an Absurd Question tristero, Hullabaloo
Tips for Dems when they roll out Trump’s Impeachment Spocko, Hullabaloo
Giving democracy the finger Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
How States Foster Violent Extremism and What the United States Should Do About It Nathaniel Allen, Michael Marcusa, Lawrence Rubin, Lawfare
Projection Is A Hell of a Drug Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The man who re-invented Donald Trump Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Nicolás Maduro Can Relax Dave Brockington, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Illiberal Right Throws a Tantrum Adam Serwer, The Atlantic
Impeach the Motherfucker III Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
Mueller: The Airport Paperback Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THEY’RE SAYING WARREN IS A HILLARY CLONE BECAUSE IT SCARES THEM THAT SHE ISN’T Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog