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
Nazi war crimes trial begins at Nuremberg; Robert F. Kennedy born; Britain’s future Queen Elizabeth II marries; Spain’s dictator Francisco Franco dies; Mexican Revolution begins; ‘Cabaret’ hits Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
Breakfast News
Ruling backs asylum seekers at border prior to policy shift
New York joins states suing e-cigarette maker Juul
California puts brakes on fracking permits in oil crackdown
AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products
Opioid trial against pharmacy chains scheduled for next year
Warm ocean water delays sea ice for Alaska towns, wildlife
Turkey issues warrants for 133 officers over coup links
No clear champ as Johnson, Corbyn spar in UK election debate
Iran will seek new fighter jets, tanks as 2020 embargo lifts
Breakfast Blogs
Mike Pompeo ‘Always Defends’ His People, Except When They Need Defending Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Kurt Volker Makes the Case that Ukraine Tampered in 2016 Election — for Trump emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
On Short Hair And Gender. Or Back To The 50s Gender Norms, With A Twist? Echidne, at his blog
The Navy declares war digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
No exit Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Will Gordon Sondland Finally Come Clean When He Testifies? Casey Michel Just Security
Must Impeachable Offenses Be Violations of the Criminal Code? Keith E. Whittington, Lawfare
The Ratfucking to Come Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Structural Racism and Home Ownership Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Hill decides now would be a good time to edit some of John Solomon’s old pieces Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Last Time a Democratic President Had To Go Abroad To Clean Up a Republican President’s Disasters… driftglass, at his blog
The End of Whatabout Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Impeachment Hearings: Random Observations on Republicans Getting Kicked in the Taint The Rude Pundit, at his blog
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT RIDICULOUS IMPEACHMENT! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Devin Nunes Lackey Kash Patel Sues Politico For BESMIRCH STATEMENTS Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
Kamala Harris, Jerry Nadler Team Up To LEGALIZE IT Stephan Robinson, Wonkette
Trump Plucks Steven Menashi From Under Bridge, Installs Him On Appeals Court Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette