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
Hurricane Katrina blows ashore in southeast Louisiana.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.
Indiana just days away from legalized sports betting
Breakfast News
Dorian aims for US, causes limited damage in Caribbean
New York law softening pot penalties goes into effect
US agency sees low risk in contaminated blood pressure drugs
Sick and dying workers demand help after cleaning coal ash
Ole Miss seeks review of plan to move Confederate monument
1 of 2 sunken barges removed from Arkansas River in Oklahoma
Tribe seeks to intervene on proposed DAPL expansion
Motel 6 guests can file claims over info shared with ICE
UK’s Johnson moves to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit
Bolsonaro says Amazon nations should decide region’s future
Africa is the ‘fire continent’ but blazes differ from Amazon
Russia: US senators claiming visa ban are on blacklist
Italy’s Conte might be back at helm with Salvini shut out
Yemeni government forces push into key port city of Aden
India’s top court to examine change in Kashmir’s status
Switzerland aims to go climate neutral by 2050
Thousands drenched in red in Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ battle
Breakfast Blogs
Here’s One Way for the Never Trumpers to Find Redemption Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Glenn Greenwald and David Frum Need to Stop Looking to the Mueller Report for FBI’s Counterintelligence Conclusions emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
If this isn’t an impeachable offense, nothing is digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
U.S. Sanctions Against Iran’s Foreign Minister and International Law Steven Ratner, Just Security
Something that wouldn’t be good news for John McCain Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Streisand Effect is a Harsh Mistress Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Trump Despoliation Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The NYT Wishes To Apologize For Forgetting To Mention The “Racist” Part… driftglass, at his blog
Blindingly Obvious Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
House Judiciary Committee Finally Lighting A Fire Under Don McGahn’s Ass Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
OUR EMOTIONALLY FRAGILE PRESIDENT WILL NEED A LOT OF SCAPEGOATS IF HE LOSES IN 2020 Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog