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
American women gain the right to vote, as the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment takes effect; Investigators pinpoint the cause of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; Aviator Charles Lindbergh dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.
Breakfast News
Johnson acknowledges touch and go prospects for Brexit deal
Hong Kong police draw guns, arrest 36 in latest protest
G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight fires, repair damage
Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, US tensions
US exports to lobster-loving China go off cliff amid tariffs
High-stakes gamble: Iranian envoy gets surprise G-7 invite
British airports to introduce 3D screening for carry-on bags
New online tool to track Chicago gun suspects draws fire
Extinction bites: countries agree to protect sharks and rays
Democrats quash climate debate push from activists
Some young Americans warm to socialism, even Miami Cubans
Paris celebrates its liberation from Nazis, 75 years on
Louisiana wins 1st Little League title, beating Curacao 8-0
Breakfast Blogs
The Koch Money Was a Primary Vector for the Prion Disease That’s Infected the Republican Party Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The [Andrew] Luck Of The Draw bmaz, emptywheel
What would you say if you saw this in another country? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Destroyed by madness Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Oral Argument Summary: Trump v. House Financial Services and Intelligence Committees Hilary Hurd, Lawfare
Republicans Winning Elections Is Bad Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A World of “Fortress Economies”?DNexon, Lawyers, Guns and Moeny
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 534 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What did you do in the war against reality, Daddy? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of names
Racist Michigan Lady Unable To Get Town On Board With Her Dream To Keep It White Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Kim Davis Is Back And Losing All Of The Lawsuits Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
EVEN IF TRUMP IS IMPAIRED, HE WON’T GO QUIETLY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog