The Breakfast Club (Not Again)

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.

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This Day in History

Russian cosmonaut first man to walk in space; Mahatma Gandhi is sent to prison for civic disobedience, Italy’s Mussolini agrees to enter WWII; Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube removed; Singer John Philips dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.

Hunter S. Thompson

Breakfast News

White House-GCHQ row reveals a leader willing to alienate allies to save face

Trump and Merkel can’t hide fundamental differences in first visit

US immigration judges being reassigned to speed up deportations, officials say

Trump administration appeals partial block of travel ban by Maryland judge

CO2 emissions stay same for third year in row – despite global economy growing

Monopoly: duck, penguin and T rex to replace boot, thimble and wheelbarrow

Breakfast Blogs

How Long Until Sean Spicer Says SPECTRE Stole This Backpack? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Ron Wyden’s History of Bogus Excuses for Not Counting 702 US Person Collection emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Merkel’s Girl Cooties And Our Dear Leader Echidne, at her blog

Sick people are a bunch of losers digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Invasion of the soul snatchers Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

The Head of Britain’s GCHQ Explains The Facts of Life to Sean Spicer driftglass, at his blog

Donald Trump, SUPERGENIUS Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

PAUL RYAN IN COLLEGE: A SOCIAL INJUSTICE WARRIOR WITH A NASTY MENTOR No More Mister Nice Blog