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
Rodney King beaten in Los Angeles; Inventor Alexander Graham Bell born; ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ becomes the U.S. national anthem; ‘Time’ first hits newsstands; Steve Fossett’s non-stop global flight.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. Dee Dee Myers
Breakfast News
For Donald Trump Jr., lingering questions about meeting with pro-Russia group
Standing Rock: arson accusation renews fear of police targeting military veterans
UN climate chief unable to secure meeting with US state department
Undocumented woman arrested after seeking protection prepares for possible indictment
SXSW clarifies immigration comment in contract after punk band pulls out
Sweden to reintroduce conscription amid rising Baltic tensions
Syrian regime recaptures Palmyra from Islamic State
UK fails to contribute as donors unite to bridge US ‘global gag’ funding shortfall
French presidential election: Emmanuel Macron vows to clean up politics
Tom Hanks sends espresso machine to help White House press fight for truth
Breakfast Blogs
About That State Lawmaker with a Degree from Sizzler Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Five Data Points on the Sessions News emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
My New Idol Echidne, at her blog
“The Office of Immigrant Crime” is right out of you know where digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Hugh Hewitt Has One Job driftglass, at his blog
The Further Adventures of Paul Ryan, Bold Truth-Telling Policy Wonk Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
GOP’S NARRATIVE ABOUT ITS ENEMIES COLLIDES WITH GOP’S NARRATIVE ABOUT ITSELF Steve M., No More Mister Nice
State Dept. Memo To End Leaks Promptly Leaks To The Media Tim Geigner, Tecdirt