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 aborted mission to free American hostages in Iran ends in disaster; Ireland’s ‘Easter Rising’ begins; Armenians face mass deportation during World War I; Singer Barbra Streisand born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.
Breakfast News
Arizona governor pushes for teacher pay deal as strike looms
Court sides with human in copyright fight over monkey selfie
Appeals court sides with states over fuel economy standards
Waffle House shooter’s guns were seized but then returned
After brief relief, forecasts indicate drought will continue
Cuomo proposes statewide ban on disposable plastic bags
Michigan water activist, 6 others win environmental prize
Van kills 10 and injures 15 in Toronto; driver in custody
Armenia’s leader quits amid protests, saying ‘I was wrong’
Ahead of summits, US tones down its war games with S. Korea
Saudi-led airstrike at Yemen wedding killed at least 20
Jailed Egyptian photojournalist wins UN press freedom prize
Breakfast Blogs
This Is Nothing Short of Cruelty Disguised as Law Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Counterintelligence versus Criminal: George Papadopoulos emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Oh God. They’re going to try to re-run the 2016 campaign digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
‘Rapture to begin TODAY.’ Or not. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
“We Did Nothing Wrong Ever,” The Ballad of Dean Baquet Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
MSNBC: History Rewritten While U Wait driftglass, at his blog
WHAT TRAVIS REINKING’S FATHER WAS ALLOWED TO DO IS EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH THE GUN CULTURE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
It’s Spreading: Lindsey Graham Now Insisting ‘Fairness Doctrine’ Applies To The Internet Mike Masnick, Techdirt