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
Henry Ford’s Model T car hits the market; Mao Zedong proclaims Communist China; Game One of first-ever World Series takes place; Johnny Carson begins his ‘Tonight Show’ run; Walt Disney World opens.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Happy 95th Birthday and many more, Mr. President
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
Breakfast News
President’s windmill hatred is a worry for booming industry
CVS stops sale of heartburn drugs with suspect contaminant
California to let college athletes sign endorsement deals
Judge issues mixed ruling in Virginia abortion law challenge
Monsoon brings high hope, delivers little rain in Southwest
Chicago mayor moves to eradicate overdue library fees
Collins resigns from Congress ahead of expected guilty plea
Controversial wild horse plan headed to Senate floor
Wintry blast closes schools, plunges temperatures in Rockies
Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74
US targets Russia in first step against meddling in midterms
Ukraine’s leader: We can’t be ordered to investigate Biden
Russia: Our approval is needed to publish Trump-Putin calls
British opposition parties unite to stop no-deal Brexit
Saudi crown prince takes responsibility for journalist death
Turkey vows to keep investigating Jamal Khashoggi’s killing
China’s 70-year parade shows economic and military might
2 sides scuffle in Hong Kong as day of protests begins
New protest hit Haiti amid demands that president resign
Students resume protests in Indonesia streets over new law
Peru president dissolves congress amid anti-corruption push
UK’s Johnson denies allegations of patronage, groping
Storm in central Europe kills 3, disrupts travel and power
Chirac gets full military honors as France bids him farewell
Breakfast Blogs
Ukraine’s Civil War Is a ‘Playground’ for White Supremacists. What Could Go Wrong? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
At Time of Trump-Zelensky Call, Mulvaney Was Already Under Notice From Cummings, Engel and Schiff Not to Hide Records Jim White, emptywheel
The CIA Affiliation of the Whistleblower Isn’t the Key, It’s CIA General Counsel’s Role in a Cover-Up emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Bill Barr’s OLC Treated His Implication in the Whistleblower Complaint as Top Secret emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Remember Helsinki when he spoke privately for 2 hours Putin? It’s pretty clear they talked about this. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
#AskPreet How will the WH mob avoid prosecution for witness tampering? Spocko, Hullabaloo
Propagandists gonna propagandize Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump Goes Full Putin—Capitulation Inside the Oval Office Joshua Geitzer and Jake Sullivan, Just Security
Giuliani Cannot Rely on Attorney-Client Privilege to Avoid Congressional Testimony John E. Bies, Lawfare
Shakedown Street Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 556 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sunday Morning Comin’ Down driftglass, at his blog
Hi It’s Stupid: Concern Trolling Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Impeachment Is a Chance for Democrats to Take Back Patriotism The Rude Pundit, at his blog
McCONNELL EFFECTIVELY CONFIRMS THAT HE DOESN’T PLAN TO HOLD A FULL IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IN THE SENATE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Kevin McCarthy, Assh*le Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Newt Gingrich Knows A BS Partisan Impeachment When He Orchestrates One Stephen Robinson, Wonkette