The Breakfast Club (Another New Day)

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 10:30am (ET) 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.

Brown vs. Board of Education ends separate but equal; Watergate hearings begin; NYSE is born; First Kentucky Derby.

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.
Enya

FBI data showing drop in police deaths undermines ‘war on cops’ theory

Officer in trial over Freddie Gray death first to testify against fellow defendant

Walter Scott shooting: North Charleston police to face justice department review

Supreme court punts on challenge to Obama’s contraception mandate

Even basic phone logs can reveal deeply personal information, researchers find

Shift in Alberta wildfire prompts evacuation of oil sands work camps

Court condemns tobacco giant Philip Morris over secret bid to sue Australia

New Zealand housing crisis forces hundreds to live in tents and garages

Yellowstone bison calf euthanized after park visitors picked up animal on road

RNC Chief Reince Priebus Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Trump Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

CIA’s Idea of Digital Innovation: Attempt (and Fail) to Buy an Existing News Service empotywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, eptywheel

How much abuse can a woman candidate take? #primaryqualificationforthejob digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Here’s Proof That The Press Won’t Let Donald Trump Destroy The Republican Party Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Comcast Now Trying To Claim That Delivering Just TV To Third-Party Set Top Boxes ‘Not Feasible’ Karl Bode, Techdirt