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
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.
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