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
Britain’s Princess Diana killed in a Paris car crash; Poland’s Solidarity labor movement born; Jack the Ripper’s first victim found dead in London; Violinist Itzhak Perlman and singer Van Morrison born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
Breakfast News
Some states, towns skeptical over proposed opioid settlement
Hurricane Dorian gains fury but might skirt Florida coast
TVs to shoes: This time consumers face pain of Trump tariffs
More vaping illnesses reported, many involving marijuana
The Latest: Officials say Utah wildfire is 10% contained
New plan targets salmon-eating sea lions in Columbia River
Swedish teen climate activist leads protest near UN
California deputies rescue wailing bear trapped in dumpster
Syrian troops to start unilateral cease-fire in Idlib
Hong Kong activists freed on bail, protest march banned
Italy’s 5-Star chief inflexible in dealing for new coalition
Mexico’s new drug war may be worse than old one
Colombian rebels’ rearming ups pressure for Maduro
Experts on watch for more explosions on Stromboli volcano
Brazil says it is successfully controlling fires in Amazon
Breakfast Blogs
Michael Horowitz’s Credibility Is at Risk emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Heroes And Housewives. The Desired Sex Roles in Right-Wing Authoritarian Movements? Echidne, at her blog
Now he’s blaming business digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
What it takes to bust Trump’s ‘joking’ defense Spocko, Hullabaloo
No place to hide Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Once and Future Threat of Nuclear Weapon Testing Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr., Just Security
Flynn’s Cooperation is Finished, Government and Defense Say Qhinta Jurecic, Lawfare
Dear Abby: I’m beginning to suspect there may be something between my president and Russia Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Cruelty, is the point Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
This Is Not Normal Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns and Money
There Is a Bear in the Woodsdriftglass, at his blog
America Is Not Just for Americans The Rude Pundit, at his blog
n The Matter Of Diamond And Silk’s Very Real Lawyer v. Wonkette: Bring It, Sh*thead Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Mark Levin: How Can There Be White Privilege When Obama Doesn’t Even Live In The Projects? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Is Trump A Russian Asset, A Stupid Idiot, Or ALL OF THEM, KATIE? Spies And Former Spies Say You Betcha! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Maybe Donald Trump Can Explain How Killing This Woman Will Make America Great, Because We Sure Can’t Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Michael Flynn Would Like More Time To Prove He Didn’t Do Thing He Admitted Doing In Open Court Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
TRUMP IS SERIOUS ABOUT EXTENDING HIS TERM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog