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
Mt. St. Helens erupts in Washington State; The U.S. Supreme Court upholds racial segregation; Pope John Paul II born in Poland; Movie director Frank Capra born; ‘Les Miserables’ ends its Broadway run.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
Breakfast News
US: Immigrant arrests soar under Trump, fewer deported
House chairman pushes privatizing air traffic control in US
California lawmaker pulls bill on Cold War-era communist banFormer admiral gets 18 months in jail for lying
Navy fires 2 ship commanders for not following procedures
Talks on airplane laptop ban end with no ban, more talks
Syrian opposition seeks extension of current Geneva talks
French president’s Cabinet mixes old and new, left and right
New Zealand quake scientists discover surprise: Hot water
Breakfast Blogs
Comparing James Comey to J. Edgar Hoover Is an Insult to History Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The EternalBlue Source Might Have Been Able to “Fish DOD with Dynamite;” Why Didn’t It? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Has Trump Really Been Treated Soooo Unfairly by the Media? Echdine, at her blog
W re a long way from a resolution to all this digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Donald J. Trump, the New King of Comedy Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For a Vision of What Republicans Want to Do to the Nation, Look at North Carolina Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
We’re All Driftglass Now driftglass, at his blog
Crime and Coverup Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog
Appeals Court Pretty Sure DOJ Use-Of-Force Guidelines Don’t Violate Police Officers’ 2nd And 4th Amendment Rights Tim Cushing, Techdirt