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
Start of the Watts riots in Los Angeles; President Ronald Reagan’s joke causes a Cold War flap; The Mall of America opens; ‘Roots’ author Alex Haley born; Painter Jackson Pollock killed in auto accident.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
Breakfast News
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Jury backs man who claims Roundup weed killer caused cancer
Judge rejects plea deals in deadly Oakland warehouse fire
FBI agent found not guilty of lying about gunshots
Federal officials halt Atlantic Coast pipeline construction
Crews battle growing wildfire near homes in California
Teams trying to save ailing orca practice feeding live fish
Mastodon skeleton reassembly gets underway at U. of Michigan
Turkey shaken by financial fears, Trump rattles it further
Taiwan’s Tsai travels in face of China diplomatic onslaught
UN panel concerned at reported Chinese detention of Uighurs
Romanian expats stage huge anti-govt protest in Bucharest
Zimbabwe’s opposition challenges election results in court
Indonesian island lifted 10 inches by deadly quake
Breakfast Blogs
There’s Blood on the Streets of Mr. Jefferson’s Town Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Sealed Sidebar: Kevin Downing’s Attempt to Share Information on the Case in Chief Fails emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Caitlin Flanagan Loves Jordan Peterson. As Is To Be Expected. Echidne, at her blog
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
“Turn the plane around” Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Brett Kavanaugh and the Risk of a Return to Torture Jamie Mayerfield, Just Security
Peter Smith’s Search for Hillary Clinton’s Emails: The Subplot Thickens Victoria Clark, Matthew Kahn, Mikhaila R. Fogel, Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
Is a racially egalitarian American conservative party possible? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 303 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the record: Doing asbestos I can under the circumstances Yastreblyansky, Rectification of Names
Real California Farmers Tell Fake Farmer Devin Nunes To Go Fuck Some Cows Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Dumb Rightwing Rag ‘The Federalist’ Forgot How Much Superheroes Like Punching Nazis Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
REPUBLICANS ALWAYS HAVE ANOTHER ANTICHRIST WARMING UP IN THE BULLPEN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog