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
Lizzie Borden found innocent of a grisly double murder; Britain’s Queen Victoria begins rule; Race-related rioting hits Detroit; Muhammad Ali convicted in Vietnam War-era draft case; ‘Jaws’ premieres.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.
Breakfast News
Family separations at the border alarm child-welfare experts
Lawmakers barred from child migrant facility in Florida
Lawsuit: Chicago police falsely ID thousands as gang members
California advances biggest US change to police use of force
Unionized MGM workers in Las Vegas voting to ratify contract
Land deal ties Interior secretary’s family, Halliburton boss
Smoking hits new low; about 14 percent of US adults light up
4 new mountain lion kittens found in California mountains
Trump administration pulls US out of UN human rights council
Saudi entertainment chief sacked after conservative backlash
UN chief: Highest number of conflicts globally in 30 years
German, French leaders propose Eurozone budget
Iran rebuffs Trump’s call for OPEC to increase oil output
Blurring the border, Turkey deepens roots in northern Syria
Merkel says climate change is ‘a fact,’ laments US stance
Breakfast Blogs
Wow, It’s Strange These Russians Paid Millions in Cash for Trump Properties Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Why Was George Papadopoulos Bitching about the UK While Working on His Presentencing Report? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Michael Cohen is getting anxious digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Black Gate is closed Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Dangerous Drone Bill Emerges from Senate Committee Robyn Greene, Just Security
Legal Considerations for Separating Families at the Border Carrie Cordero, Lawfare
Would you like to know more? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
SPACE FARCE! Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 256 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
John Podhoretz Gets Cranky When People Don’t Recognize What a Big Fucking Hero He Is driftglass, at his blog
THEY’RE RACISTS, BUT THEY’RE EPISTEMIC-CLOSURE RACISTS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Ajit Pai Now Trying To Pretend That Everybody Supported Net Neutrality Repeal Karl Bode, Techdirt