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
UN war crimes panel to try Slobodan Milosevic for genocide in Bosnia; Ukraine’s Viktor Yushchenko declares win in disputed vote; ‘Life’ first hits newsstands; Singer Enrico Caruso makes American debut.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.
Breakfast News
Federal addiction treatment dollars off-limits for marijuana
Pennsylvania to fund research into fracking health dangers
US officials: Don’t eat romaine grown in Salinas, California
Asylum-seekers in Arizona to be bused to Texas, then Mexico
Alabama jury convicts officer of manslaughter in shooting
‘Ghost guns’ are untraceable, easy to make, more prevalent
Carcass of giant blue whale brought to surface for study
1st in vitro Puerto Rico crested toad gives scientists hope
Mystery grows over Trump administration hold on Lebanon aid
Netanyahu’s woes mirror those of his ally Trump
Bolivian officials accuse Evo Morales of terrorism, sedition
Colombia president orders curfew in capital following unrest
UK party leaders grilled by wary voters on Brexit and more
Hong Kong court reinstates mask ban ahead of elections
Merkel’s heir apparent takes on critics, wins applause
Iran internet slowly revives; US sanctions telecom minister
Isolated Iceland newly vulnerable to computer scams
Breakfast Blogs
We Must Win the Struggle Between Memory and Forgetting Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Bill Barr Moves from Treating Understaffing at BOP as a “SNAFU” to a “Perfect Storm of Screw-Ups” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Did Giuliani Give Parnas The Referral Of Turkey To Ballard Partners As Payment For Trump Defense Work In Ukraine? Jim White, emptywheel
Ok Bolton digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Thanks, Chairman Schiff tristero, Hullabaloo
“A domestic political errand” Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Fiona Hill: A “Domestic Political Errand” Eclipsed the “Regular Channel” on Ukraine Policy Kate Brannen, Just Security
IG Falls Short of Justice in Investigating Political Retaliation at the State Department Luke Hartig, Just Security
One problem with having a pathological liar/senile fantasist in the White House Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Plutocrat Announces Plan to Set Money on Fire Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Peggy Noonan Renews My Faith… driftglass, at his blog
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In Brief: Trump Still Cannot Get Over Adam Schiff’s Parody of His Phone Call with Zelensky The Rude Pundit, at his blog
BALLS AND STRIKES? NAHHH. Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
BREAKING: Fiona Hill Smart, Devin Nunes Full Of Cow Sh*t Evan Hurst, Wonkette
GOP Blows Wad Over Inspector General Report That Doesn’t Say Thing GOP Says It Says Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
Man Who Helped Immigrants NOT DIE Not Guilty Of Helping Immigrants NOT DIE Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Trump Priority: Making Sure War-Criming Child Murderer Edward Gallagher Gets His Medal Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
National Review Guy Argues For ‘Religious Freedom’ To Fire People Who Take The Pill Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Donald Trump Does ‘Fox & Friends,’ Tells 88 Lies In 53 Minutes Doktor Zoom, Wonkette