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
An accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant; Former President Dwight Eisenhower dies; The Spanish Civil War ends; Maria von Trapp of ‘Sound of Music’ fame dies; Singer Reba McEntire born
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
Breakfast News
Kansas considers making schools liable for not arming staff
Attorney general joins inquiry into fatal police shooting
Uber gives up autonomous vehicle testing rights in Calif.
Decision to add citizenship question to census draws protest
Judge shows scant patience for military transgender ban
APNewsBreak: American Samoans sue for birthright citizenship
Kim, Xi portray strong ties after N. Korean leader’s visit
$930M given for Yemen aid as Saudi prince meets UN leader
Egypt tries to boost voter turnout with incentives, threats
Expert says Brexit campaign used data mined from Facebook
Serbia-Kosovo tensions heighten as Russia wades into dispute
NATO joins in Russian diplomat expulsions after spy attacked
Decade-long makeover of King Tut’s tomb nearly completed
Breakfast Blogs
Just Elect a Better Congress Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Wilbur Ross Lets His Inner Trumpian George Wallace Bigot Freak Flag Fly emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Reproductive No-Choice News Echidne, at her blog
The Two Best Times Stormy Daniels’s Lawyer Was SO FUCKIN’ HOT The Past 24 Hours, Because We Only Saw Him On TV Twice Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Russian oligarchs just revere the 2nd Amendment digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Creative ways to skin a cat Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Linda Brown Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Building More Housing Does Not Necessarily Lead to Cheaper Housing Without Government Regulation Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Humorless Meninists Suspended Me From Twitter Christa Blackmon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today In David Brooks driftglass, at his blog
SECOND AMENDMENT REPEAL: THERE ISN’T ENOUGH GREASE ON THE PLANET TO MAKE A SLOPE THAT SLIPPERY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Arizona Bans Self-Driving Car Tests; Still Ignores How Many Pedestrians Get Killed Karl Bode, Techdirt