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
TWA Flight 800 explodes; Russia’s royal family executed; Disneyland opens; Nicaragua’s Somoza goes into exile; Apollo and Soyuz link up in space; Baseball’s Ty Cobb and jazz great John Coltrane die
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants. Hillary Clinton
Breakfast News
Planned Parenthood to defy Trump abortion referral rule
John Paul Stevens evolved into Supreme Court’s liberal lion
Trump’s new asylum rules go into effect, and opponents sue
House condemns Trump ‘racist’ tweets in extraordinary rebuke
Police officer in ‘I can’t breathe’ death won’t be charged
Rep. Cleaver, civility ally, abandons House gavel amid fight
Judge restricts social media use of Trump friend Roger Stone
California pot seller asks court to void county delivery ban
The Latest: Iran says it helped a tanker with tow to harbor
Von der Leyen confirmed as new European Commission president
Hong Kong protests expand to oppose China, with no end near
With new Cabinet, Thailand replaces junta with army allies
Donors suspend funds for Poland’s Jewish museum
Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo arrested in US
UN health agency calls emergency meeting on Ebola outbreak
Czech stud farm makes UNESCO’s World Heritage list
Breakfast Blogs
All the Best People Are Getting Shipped Out of Washington Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
On CNN’s WikiLeaks Exclusive: Remember the Other Document Dumps emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Why Now? Or On The Timing Of Trump’s Most Recent Wrath Tweets Echidne, at her blog
Pelosi Holds All the Cards in the Debt Ceiling Fight Martin Longman, Progress Pond
Big cheers on the alt-right digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
We Live in a Strange Country: Chapter 1685 tristero, Hullabaloo
Trump as disease Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
ACLU Sues Over Asylum Rule Change Vishnu Kannan, Just Security
The White Nationalist President Scott Limieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Calling white supremacy something (anything) else Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Goodwill’s Exploitation of the Disabled Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Why Won’t Obama Lead? driftglass, at his blog
Liberalism Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TEAM TRUMP 2020 STRATEGY: IF WE ALL DO THE THINGS TRUMP DOES THAT SWING VOTERS HATE, HE’LL WIN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog