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
The Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy; a searing image from the Vietnam War; Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran, ending years of exile; actor Clark Gable born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I swear to the Lord, I still can’t see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
Breakfast News
GOP lawmakers put medical skills to work after train crash
Trump infrastructure plan seeks to shift burden to states
Immigration authorities detail plan for courthouse arrests
US prosecutors won’t retry Menendez on corruption charges
San Francisco plans to wipe out thousands of pot convictions
Gov. Colyer promises ‘new day’ for Kansas after taking oath
California insurance dept estimates nearly $12 billion in wildfires claims
Syria’s Kurds push US to stop Turkish assault on key enclave
Seeking closer ties, Qatar to expand base used by US troops
Castro freezes Cuban private sector, throws future in doubt
North Korean flag flies in South before Olympic Games opens
Lava spreads more than 2 miles from Philippine volcano
Lunar showstopper: Super blue blood moon awes and wows
Breakfast Blogs
Benghazi Bad Boy Trey Gowdy Has Had Enough of This Game Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump Has Told Friends and Aides that Paul Manafort Can Incriminate Him emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Another Kind of Recovery: Post-Maria Puerto Rico and Health Care Critical Infrastructure Rayne, emptywheel
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: The Eternally Feminine. Part One Of My Book Review Echidne, at her blog
Their master whistled and they came running digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Be kind … please rewind Dennis Hartley, Hullabaloo
All That Frightens tristero, Hullabaloo
What the transcripts won’t show Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
A Hack In Full Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Dialogue Is Not the Answer for Our Problems Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
When America’s Lop-Headed Javert* Saw the Breadth of His Domain, He Bailed… driftglass, at his blog
WE UNWORKED THE REFS (OR MAYBE TRUMP UNWORKED THEM) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
ICE Finally Gets The Nationwide License Plate Database It’s Spent Years Asking For Tim Cushing, Techdirt