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
Japan signs surrender, officially ending World War II; Union forces occupy Atlanta during the Civil War; A great fire ravages medieval London; Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh dies; Wreckage of the Titanic found.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
Breakfast News
Anxiety and impatience in long wait for Dorian in coastal US
Criminal justice reform turns to list of problem officers
American Airlines delays Boeing Max return
Chicago police say gun violence lower despite weekend deaths
‘Straight pride’ parade draws marchers, protesters
In escalating trade war, US consumers may see higher prices
War-weary Afghans have little voice in their country’s fate-
Saudi-led airstrikes kill at least 100 in rebel-run prison
Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm
Protests on roads near Hong Kong airport disrupt air travel
UK’s reputation takes global hit with Parliament shutdown
Far-right surges in 2 east German elections but doesn’t win
Ukraine, Poland want continued sanctions on Russia
Breakfast Blogs
When Did Trump Learn Rod Blagojevich Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald Had Comey’s Memos? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
QOTD: Texas Governor Greg Abbott digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
You might need a weatherman to know
And the hurricane came up to me and started crying, and said “Sir, please don’t nuke me” Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today Amongst Our Overcompensated and Underachieving Elites Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Grandpa Joe Continues To Promise To Do Shots With Reagan Until Bipartisanship driftglass, at his blog
First they came for the obscenely wealthy Times pundits, and I said… Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
BREITBART COMMENTERS HAVE THEORIES ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog