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This Day in History
A shooting rampage takes place at the University of Texas clock tower; Germany declares war on Russia in World War I; Adolf Hitler opens the Berlin Olympics; Author Herman Melville born; MTV debuts.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
Breakfast News
WikiLeaks issues leaked Macron campaign emails to its site
Kenya election official tortured, killed days before vote
Australian court debates release of Queen’s secret letters
Judge nixes Alabama law putting pregnant girls through trial
Defiance that once benefited Joe Arpaio led to his downfall
Appeals court: US citizen can’t sue after 3-year detention
Billions down the drain as new nuclear plants scrapped
Earth will warm two degrees this century: Researchers
Breakfast Blogs
Pay Your Damn Bar Tab Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Meditations: What Is this Thing? Examining Trump-Russia Rayne, emptywheel
Women and American Politics. Second Monday Echidne, at her blog
Day One and Kelly is already exposed digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
And I’m all out of bubblegum Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Heritage Plan Was A Plan For War on Medicaid, Not a Serious Plan For Universal Coverage Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Texas and the GOP War on Women Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
“Priebus” Is Greek For “Chum” drfitglass, at his blog
ONE SIMPLE REASON IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR JOHN KELLY TO MAKE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE RUN SMOOTHLY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Asset Forfeiture: Killing Criminal Organizations With $16 Seizures Tim Cushing, Techdirt