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
The Titanic sinks off the coast of Newfoundland; President Abraham Lincoln dies; Jackie Robinson becomes first African American player in Major League Baseball; US launches air raid against Libya; Cambodian Communist revolutionary Pol Pot dies; Punk rocker Joey Ramone dies at age 49.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
Breakfast News
Latest: Arkansas judge blocks state from using lethal drug
Falling US retail sales cast doubt on further Fed interest rate rise
US sends dozens of troops to Somalia, 1st time in decades
US eyes more border prosecutions in shift for California
Delta OKs offers of up to $9,950 to flyers who give up seats
Key US senator pushes back against Trump’s proposed aid cuts
Qatari royal family members used as leverage in Syrian population swap
French prosecutors seek to lift Le Pen immunity over expenses inquiry
Fears, scars of extremism loom over French presidential vote
Widow of Italian right-to-die protagonist turns herself in
Breakfast Blogs
Is Trump Actually in Charge? Or Is It Worse Than We Feared? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Shadow Brokers Vulnerability Equities Process: NSA Has Had at Least 96 Days to Warn Microsoft about These Files emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Cats Echidne, at her blog
Dumb bunny digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Stroking the paper tiger Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Framing, Culture Jamming, and Being a Nuisance Hecate Demeter, at her blog
Jack Shafer: Media Analysis For People Who Think Maureen Dowd is Too Deep and Too Funny Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
If the label reads Republican health care market stabilization, the box will not contain market stabilization Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Stupid Shit Andrew Sullivan Says: Mr. Sullivan Lines Up His Next “Real Time” Gig driftglass, at his blog
THE WRATH OF STEVE? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Oregon Cop’s Inability To Keep His Hands Off A Resident’s Phone Costs Taxpayers $85,000 In Legal Fees Tim Cushing, Techdirt