The Breakfast Club (Get up and Dance)

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.

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This Day in History

Union forces win the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War; George Washington takes charge of the Continental Army; Algeria gains independence; Actor Tom Cruise born; Singer Jim Morrison dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.

Dave Barry

Breakfast News

UNESCO World Heritage talks in Poland face divisive topics

Turkish police chase away transgender marchers in Istanbul

Arab nations extend deadline in Qatar crisis by 48 hours

UK to pull out of fishing deal that let others in its waters

Protest against bullfights in Pamplona before famed festival

States without a plan: 11 US states haven’t passed budgetsCongress is cool to Trump’s proposal to end heating aid

Elite firefighters save baby deer from Arizona wildfire

Injured bald eagle found in nation’s capital, taken for care

Rare butterfly thrives on, and because of, US military bases

Team Sky’s Froome and Thomas suffer a spill before Kittel wins Tour stage two

Breakfast Blogs

Our Government Now Lies Somewhere Between Beverly Hillbillies and Game of Thrones Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Firehose of Fake News Echidne, at her blog

Another hysteric chimes in digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

The only good local democracy Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 98 Erik Loomis, Lawyer, Guns and Money

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