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 10:30am (ET) 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
The Tonkin Gulf incident sparks U.S. escalation of the Vietnam War; Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invades Kuwait; JFK’s PT-109 boat sunk; President Warren G. Harding dies; ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok killed in Deadwood.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
CDC issues historic travel warning over Miami Zika outbreak
Anthrax outbreak triggered by climate change sickens dozens in Arctic Circle
Comcast sued for $3.7bn by Washington state over consumer rights violations
Four ‘juvenile lifers’ in jail since 1970s are granted parole
New York City protesters demand police commissioner Bill Bratton be fired
Water pistol emoji replaces revolver as Apple enters gun violence debate
Breakfast Blogs
Never Trust Anyone Who Speaks in the Third Person Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Did Wikileaks Do US Intelligence Bidding in Publishing the Syria Files? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
A nice little racket Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump is Modern Republicanism Purified tristero, Hullabaloo
Everything Is Coming Horribly True driftglass, at his blog
Hill Columnist: Khizr Khan Is A Child Who Couldn’t Have Known What He Was Doing At The DNC Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Intelligence Community’s Top Whistleblower Protector In Need Of Some Whistleblower Protection Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Manhattan DA Continues To Claim ‘We Don’t Want Crypto Backdoors…’ By Which He Means He Wants Crypto Backdoors Mike Masnick, Techdirt