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
President William McKinley shot in Buffalo, N.Y.; Funeral held for Britain’s Princess Diana; Mother Teresa mourned in India; Movie director Akira Kurosawa dies; Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Let not ambition take possession of you; love the friends of the people, but reserve blind submission for the law and enthusiasm for liberty.
Breakfast News
Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks
Fire foiled rescued attempts by California boat crew
Michigan State University fined $4.5 million in Nassar case
Federal ruling hands authority over land to Keetoowah tribe
Texas hoping to revive law on burial of fetal remains
Group seeking to overturn Oklahoma gun law falls short
States, politicians back gun-maker in Sandy Hook appeal
New push for racial equality in the marijuana trade
Scientists monitoring new marine heat wave off West Coast
Marijuana use by US college students up, highest in 35 years
Wildlife officials: Drugging loose moose on campus a mistake
Squirrels, bees could get US aid but not Yellowstone’s bison
https://apnews.com/76209ed8044242b68ee021c0bcb860fe
Opioid crisis goes global as deaths surge in Australia By KRISTEN GELINEAUan hour ago
Iran poised for faster centrifuges as nuclear deal collapses
South Africa vows crackdown on violence against women
South Africa shuts embassies in Nigeria amid violence
Turkey threatens to open gates for Syria refugees to go West
Breakfast Blogs
Democrats May Never Catch Up to This Zombie Movement Conservatism Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Remember Roger the Rat-Fucker? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Warren on straws, lightbulbs and cheeseburgers digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
For Many Americans, Trump Is the Only Standard For Truth tristero, Hullabaloo
Get the net Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Chaos Seekers Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Doing What John Roberts Insisted Was Impossible Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
British Politics and the Brothers of Betrayal Dave Brockington, Lawyers, Guns and Money
2007 and Counting driftglass, at his blog
Fighting Words Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE THREE VARIETIES OF REPUBLICAN THOUGHT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog