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
Peace talks conclude in Northern Ireland with Good Friday agreement; the Titanic sets sail; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ published; Comedian Sam Kinison killed.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Breakfast News
UK tourists to US may get asked to hand in passwords or be denied entry
Russian computer programmer held in Spain ‘under US warrant’
Great Barrier Reef at ‘terminal stage’: scientists despair at latest coral bleaching data
Iran’s long-exiled prince wants a revolution in age of Trump
Thousands march for immigrant rights in Dallas
New York derailment highlights US infrastructure concerns
Governor awash in controversy over 25-cent cups of milk
Breakfast Blogs
What We Saw This Week Was Truly Unprecedented Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Last Fall’s Efforts against Russia: Influence versus Tamper emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Oh Really, O’Reilly? On Fox, Women and The Demand For Foxy Women Echidne, at her blog
The Ultimate Emperor of Illusion digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Down the white rabbit hole Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 78 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money