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
President John F. Kennedy rallies West Berlin during the Cold War; The U.N. Charter signed; Scientists complete first rough map of the human genetic code; Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Gold Rush’ premieres.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
Breakfast News
Federal judges send 2020 census lawsuit back to lower court
Border official resigns amid uproar over migrant children
House looks set to pass emergency funding bill for migrants
Judge allows Democrats’ lawsuit against Trump to proceed
FedEx sues US government over export rules in Huawei case
Illinois becomes 11th state to allow recreational marijuana
San Francisco is 1st major US city to ban e-cigarettes
Yankees unveil plaque commemorating Stonewall Inn uprising
Iran says ‘idiotic’ new US sanctions shut doors of diplomacy
Boris Johnson fails to answer questions on private quarrel
Turkey’s leader vows to heed ‘messages’ of Istanbul election
Albania’s president rejects ruling to hold local elections
Scientists successfully transfer 1st test tube rhino embryo
Cuba restores oldest Jewish cemetery as Havana is spruced up
Orangutans, polar bears make a splash as Europe swelters
Breakfast Blogs
They Moved the Kids Back to the Black Hole of Stephen Miller’s Soul Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The FBI Maintained Paul Manafort’s Email Account emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Children In Cages At The Border: A Feature, Not A Bug. Echidne, at her blog
If Democrats pass awesome bills and nobody hears about it, did it really happen? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Ravelry Gets It tristero, Hullabaloo
Really, is this what it’s going to take? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Did Trump and His Team Successfully Obstruct Mueller’s Investigation? Barbara McQuade, Just Security
Due Process for Guantanamo Detainees: The D.C. Circuit Rules in Qassim Robert Loeb, Lawfare
A minority position Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Trouble With Normal Is It Always Gets Worse Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
If the beatings aren’t improving morale, why are they continuing? Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sunday Morning Came and Went: Chuck Todd is Darrin Stevens Edition driftglass, at his blog
Weird Endings Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IT’S OKAY IF YOU’RE A WHITE GUY WITH A GUN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog