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 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) 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
Scientists discover DNA’s double-helix structure; The Branch Davidian standoff begins in Waco, Texas; Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme assassinated; U2 releases its ‘War’ album.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Breakfast News
Striking West Virginia teachers to return to class Thursday
Trolling, DC-style: Russian Embassy gets a new street name
Developers end effort for oil terminal in Washington state
GOP leaders move slowly on tighter gun laws
Nevada high court ends media ban on Vegas shooting autopsies
Key Oregon standoff figure sentenced to 3 years in prison
Satanic Temple sues Arizona city to lead city council prayer
US considers protected status for wild spring Chinook
Russia-ordered ‘pause’ in Syria fails to ease suffering
Challenger to Venezuelan President Maduro steps forward
UN experts: North Korea sent banned chemical items to Syria
US cuts aid to Cambodia, citing ‘anti-democratic’ actions
UN humanitarian chief calls Yemen conditions ‘catastrophic’
Cheers, protests as German court lets cities ban diesel cars
Church of the Holy Sepulchre to reopen after tax spat
Siberian snap claims lives in Europe, but also brings beauty
Breakfast Blogs
Science Is Proving Inconvenient for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Kushner Floats! Was Trump’s Witch Hunt Outburst about Jared Losing Clearance? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Very fine people digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Bonehead Move by Georgia Lt. Gov. Cagle. He Tells Delta Airlines to Support the NRA, or Else Spocko, Hullabaloo
Con Air Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Anthony Kennedy, Hack Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
They went to Jared Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The “Crisis Actor” claim — a classic Dixie dog whistle Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Liar of Unknown Origin driftglass, at his blog
OH GREAT, THE ATLANTIC IS NOW PUBLISHING DAVID FRENCH’S GUNNER B.S. Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
NRA Gives FCC Boss An Award For ‘Courageously’ Killing Net Neutrality, May Have Violated Ethics Rules Karl Bode, Techdirt