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
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
Some days, I’d feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office – at least he doesn’t lie about the weather.
Breakfast News
How climate change could turn US real estate prices upside down
Houston dam begins to overspill as Harvey triggers unprecedented impact
Illinois, Chicago officials to seek U.S. oversight of city’s police
Theatre in Memphis pulls ‘racially insensitive’ Gone With the Wind
Stormfront: ‘murder capital of internet’ pulled offline after civil rights action
Sea Shepherd says it will abandon pursuit of Japanese whalers
Rubik’s Cube maker sues Duncan Toys, Toys “R” Us over knock-off cube
‘Gates of Hell’: Iraqi army says fighting near Tal Afar worse than Mosul
Iran rejects U.S. demand for U.N. visit to military sites
Germany keen to avoid new ‘ice age’ in ties between Russia, West
Russia seeks to reassure over war games, denies invasion plans
Iraq’s Kirkuk province to vote in Kurdish independence referendum
Germany’s Merkel rules out coalition with far left, far right
Breakfast Blogs
When Will Houston Be Habitable Again? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
How Does Inking a Luxury Residential Real Estate Deal in Moscow Get You Elected President? In the US, I Mean? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Women’s Equality Day, 8/28/17. What To Read, A Little Late. Echidne, at her blog
Is the Republican congress trying to block Mueller before he gets to them? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Some hoax Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
It’s Time For Some Regime Theory Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump’s Generation and Civil War Education Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks: If I Forget Thee, O Atwater driftglass, at his blog
FAKE NEWS: THE NEW YORK TIMES THINKS IT SEES TRUMP BEING PRESIDENTIAL AGAIN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Court Calls Out Government For The ‘General Warrant’ It Served To Facebook Tin Cushing, Techdirt