The Breakfast Club (Wearing Of The Green)

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

St. Patrick dies; President George W. Bush gives Saddam Hussein 48 hour ultimatum; Franklin D. Roosevelt gets married; Baseball players including Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa testify to congress about steroid use.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

John Boyle O’Reilly

Breakfast News

Scottish independence: May has sealed fate of UK, says Sturgeon

Somali pirates release oil tanker and crew after first hijack for five years

10 injured by volcanic explosion on Italy’s Mount Etna

Letter bomb explodes at Paris IMF’s office; Greek ties seen

Admitted Al-Qaida fighter convicted in NY terror case

SXSW acts turned away at the border, with some suggesting racial profiling

New York court to determine if chimp is legally a person

Bald eagles: scientists decry overturn of ban that would save American symbol

Canine shelter takes on Tehran stray dog problem _ humanely

Breakfast Blogs

Next Up in 4th Period: Climate Denial Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Dianne Feinstein Discovers Its Not “Just” Metadata emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Parsing Mulvaney on The Budget: Hard And Stupid Words Echidne, at her blog

Trump’s American Carnage agenda digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Yes, Virginia, we need a sanity clause Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Your Explanation Doesn’t Hold Water Hecate Demeter, at her blog

The Carlson/Trump Interview (Condensed) driftglass, at his blog

Is the Potential Russian Influence on the 2016 Election a DISTRACTION From the REAL ISSUES? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

DONALD TRUMP’S PUNITIVE, BANNONESQUE “FOURTH TURNING” BUDGET Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Once Again, Senator Wyden Wants To Know How Many Americans Are Being Surveilled By The NSA Mike Masnick, Techdirt