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
Andrea Doria begins to sink after a collision in the North Atlantic; An Air France Concorde crashes outside Paris; First ‘test-tube’ baby born; Golfer Ben Hogan dies; ‘A Chorus Line’ opens on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.
Breakfast News
Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine vow to implement peace plan
Amid protests, Polish leader puts brakes on judicial shakeup
Turkish president meets Qatari leader over Gulf dispute
Duterte vows end to uprising, ‘jail or hell’ in drug war
Canadian polygamous leader found guilty of having 25 wives
Court: Police can’t detain immigrants without charges
APNewsBreak: Rail design led to deadliness of train crash
Charges dropped in Ohio police shooting of unarmed black man
Family of brain-dead California girl fights to reverse death
Relocate, kill are among options studied for mountain goats
Judge Oks deal to spare life of dog that got disputed pardon
Breakfast Blogs
The Climate Crisis Is Here. Now. Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Banality Of Evil Access Journalism bmaz, emptywheel
Women and American Politics. First Monday Echidne, at her blog
Meanwhile, down at the border digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Legislative malpractice Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Trump/Ryan/McConnell War on the Rule of Law Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Finally, Economics Departments Will Teach Free Market Capitalism Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Moncy
Senator Chuck Grassley Decides To Let Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Junior Lie With Impunity driftglass, at his blog
Senator Wyden Wants To Know How Many Times Americans Have Been Targeted By Executive Order 12333 Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers In ‘Test’ It Doesn’t Inform Customers About Karl Bide, Techdirt
United Says TSA Wants All Comic Con Comic Books Searched; TSA Says ‘Not Us’ Mike Masnick, Techdirt