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
The Civil War’s Second Battle of Bull Run ends; Thurgood Marshall confirmed as first black Supreme Court justice; First black astronaut blasts off; Ty Cobb’s baseball debut; David Letterman moves to CBS.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When it comes to idiots, America’s got more than its fair share. If idiots were energy, it would be a source that would never run out.
Breakfast News
‘A big deal’: Florida braces for Hurricane Dorian
Opioid settlement would divide money based on local impact
Farms worry as NYC considers foie gras ban
Chicago’s mayor says city has a massive budget deficit
Federal appeals court upholds assault weapons ban in Chicago
Attacks by US extremists lead to push for anti-terror laws
Maryland concerned about Pennsylvania’s water plans for bay
Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states
Body of deported Iraqi national returning to US for burial
250 pigs escape; most back, some with help from hot dog buns
Satellite photos show burning Iran space center launch pad
Backlash grows to Johnson’s suspension of UK Parliament
Villagers tired of living dangerously along Kashmir frontier
Italy’s soft-spoken Conte raises his voice, wins new mandate
Yemen President urges end of UAE strikes, fears secession
Ukraine’s new parliament approves top Cabinet officials
Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again
Russian election chief defends ban on Moscow candidates
Spain urges EU help with migrants as more rescued at sea
Breakfast Blogs
The Classified Conversation Trump Had with Comey Was Two Days after the Vault 7 Leak emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Talk Is Cheap. Especially in Politics. Echidne, at her blog
Why is Trump moving against Ukraine? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Art of Convenience Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Protections Fall for Vietnamese Immigrants as Trump Pushes Deportations Charles Dunst, Just Security
What That Comey Email Report Really Says Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Good ‘ol Uncle Joe is rambling again Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What’s Behind the Increased White Flight to the Republican Party Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Matthew Dowd Continues to be a Fundamentally Ridiculous Person driftglass, at his blog
Demographics Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
STOP PRAISING PEOPLE WHO COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WON’T Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog