The Breakfast Club (In Their Memory)

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.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to scale Mt. Everest’s peak; President John F. Kennedy born; Patrick Henry gives his “If this be treason” speech; Comedian Bob Hope born.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963)

US official mulling greatly expanded airplane laptop ban

Florida could pave new changes in ‘stand your ground’ laws

Baltimore mayor exploring removal of Confederate statues

Mitch McConnell Implicated In Widespread Putin/Ukraine Money Funnel; FBI Notified

Alaska volcano erupts again; aviation alert raised to red

Merkel: Europe must stay united in face of ally uncertainty

Fearing U.S. Withdrawal, Europe Considers Its Own Nuclear Deterrent

Manchester attack transforms Britain’s election campaign

Philippines pounds militants as civilians found shot dead

Zbig’s Blowback Outlives Him emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department Backed a Mortgage Corporation Over a Veteran Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Alt-right crater digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Who protects gun victims from bearing the costs of their wounds? Spocko, Hullabaloo

21st century reconstruction Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

What Do We Know About Carter Page? Cheryl Rofer, Nuclear Diner

It gets worse Yastreblyansky, No More Mister nice Blog