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.
This Day in History
President Lyndon Johnson announces that he isn’t running for re-election; Flag first unfurled on top of Eiffel Tower; Terry Schiavo dies; Oklahoma debuts on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
Breakfast News
As war in Afghanistan drags on, Russia resurrects interest
Syrian refugees: more than 5m in neighbouring countries now, says UN
Ousted South Korea president Park Geun-hye jailed over corruption allegations
Venezuela opposition allege coup as supreme court seizes power
Donald Trump chases arms sales – whatever the human cost
Oklahoma Bar Association opens investigation of ex-AG Pruitt
Lawyer wants information about drugs for Arkansas executions
Climate change: global reshuffle of wildlife will have huge impacts on humanity
‘Super potato’ grown in Mars-like conditions may benefit Earth’s arid areas
Breakfast Blogs
North Carolina’s HB2 ‘Compromise’ Shouldn’t Fool Anyone Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
BBC’s FISA Reporter Argues CIA Should Lead Trump Investigation emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Mike Pence and the Wimminz Echidne, at her blog
Fixing whatever is wrong with Obamacare isn’t that complicated digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Anything that smells like money Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Blogversary Festival Day One: Lieberman Is No Longer a Name. It’s a Title. driftglass, at his blog
The Third Term of the Bush Administration Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
HOW’S THAT TRUMPIAN FOREIGN-POLICY LIBERALISM WORKING OUT FOR YOU? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Pennsylvania Court Says Bloggers Protected By Journalist Shield Law; Don’t Have To Reveal Commenter IP Addresses Mike Masnick, Techdirt