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 explosion cripples Apollo 13 on its way to the Moon; President Thomas Jefferson born; Pope John Paul II visits a synagogue; Actor Sydney Poitier achieves an Oscar milestone; Golfer Tiger Woods wins the Masters for the first time.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Breakfast News
Arizona governor proposes 20 percent teacher raises by 2020
Oklahoma teachers shift from marching to running for office
Anchorage voters are 1st in US to defeat ‘bathroom bill’
Amid corruption concerns, Gen. Kelly made allies in Honduras
Ex-Texas congressman convicted of fraud, conspiracy
Cargo ship crash, spill, closes river at New Orleans
Spring storm to dump up to foot of snow on Upper Midwest
Popular national parks to raise fees to $35, not $70
Report: Wolves continue comeback in Oregon after eradication
Inspectors head to site of suspected gas attack in Syria
Gaza’s hospitals taxed by wounded from Israeli fire
Macron: France must face up to new economic challenges
China plans Taiwan Strait live-fire exercises amid tensions
Chemical watchdog backs UK: Nerve agent poisoned spy Skripal
Breakfast Blogs
Mick Mulvaney Thinks You’re a Sucker Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Mueller Will Label Dangling Pardons as Obstruction of Justice Just as He Drops More Conspiracy Charges emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump’s campaign to threaten and silence women is coming unraveled digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Arming Teachers: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? tritero, Hullabaloo
Trump Illustrated Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
‘I Won’t Torture’ is Not Enough: Question Pompeo on US Rendition Policy Laura Pitter, Just Security
What I Learned From Briefing Robert Mueller David Priess, Lawfare
The #NotUs Movement : An Armada of Lifeboats with an Army of Straw Men driftglass, at his blog
THE RNC’S ANTI-COMEY SPIN DOCTORS ARE DOING IT WRONG Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Netflix Bows Out Of Cannes After Festival Tells Streaming Services To Get Off Its Lawn Karl Bode, Techdirt