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
JFK and Nixon participate in TV’s first presidential debate; Cuba ends Mariel boatlift; Composer George Gershwin, poet T.S. Eliot and tennis star Serena Williams born; ‘West Side Story’ hits Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It’s not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
Breakfast News
Report: Opioids settlement won’t fix areas hardest hit
Juul stops e-cigarette ads as teen vaping, illnesses grow
17 states sue feds over Endangered Species Act rules
California farm region faces furry new threat: swamp rodents
US Commerce declares fishing disasters for 7 states
‘We’re all in big trouble’: Climate panel sees a dire future
An unrepentant Boris Johnson faces raucous Parliament
US aid to Ukraine helps country battle Russian-backed forces
Migrants arrive in Europe with big hopes, many questions
Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia, damage being evaluated
Fast-moving glacier threatens valley in Mont Blanc massif
Africa’s charcoal trade is decimating fragile forest cover
Volunteers conserve vulnerable sea turtles in remote Panama
Breakfast Blogs
Why the House Democratic Caucus Was Able to Move So Rapidly Toward Impeachment Ryan Grim, The intercept
Please, Mr. Zelensky, Sit Next to the American President While He Loses His Sh*t Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
How Roger Stone’s Trial Relates to the Ukraine Scandal emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Three Things: One Is Not a Transcript Rayne, emptywheel
Conspiracy Theorist in Chief goes full Infowars digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
I Won’t Trust It’s Complete Unless The Whistleblower Testifies It Is tristero, Hullabaloo
Red, white and blue. And green. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump’s Call to Ukraine May Constitute “Honest Services Fraud”—A Core Crime of Public Corruption Barbara McQuade, Just Security
Don’t Overthink It DNexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump must be destroyed Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Tribe That Rubs Shit In Their Hair driftglass, at his blog
The gun is smokin, it’s really smokin Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
That Trump/Zelensky Call Was Fucked Up for Even More Reasons Than Biden The Rude Pundit, at his blog
John Yoo Is Back To Torture The Constitution, Your Brain Jamie Lynne Crofts, Wonkette
Trump Crime-Bosses Ukrainian President To His Face On Live TV, Very Legal And Very Cool! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
WHAT IS THAT SHIFTY SUMBITCH MITCH MCCONNELL UP TO? Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog