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
Martin Luther King Jr. gives speech before assasination; Bruno Richard Hauptmann electrocuted for kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son; President Harry Truman signs Marshall plan; Jesse James shot to death; Pony Express begins service; Actor Marlon Brando born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don’t go away, they just echo around.
Breakfast News
Kentucky, Oklahoma teachers rally as rebellion grows
Supreme Court backs Arizona policeman accused of excessive force
Supreme Court rejects anti-abortion activists’ undercover video cases
Trump administration sues California over sales of US land
Mexican immigrant dad released from detention in California
Vermont’s Statehouse goddess statue taken down_in one piece
Court OKs boosting water spill to aid fish at Northwest dams
In Montana, lolling, sleepy bear attracts thousands of views
Syrian rebels begin evacuating last stronghold near Damascus
Egypt’s president wins re-election with 97 percent of vote
French train strikes aim to disrupt travel, test Macron
Former Catalan leader says from jail: ‘We are not criminals’
Turkey, Russia deepen ties amid troubled relations with West
Ethiopia installs new PM amid hopes he can stop protests
Breakfast Blogs
The Supreme Court Voted to Stiff the American Worker, Again Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Alex Van Der Zwaan: “Gone Native” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
McCabe, Amazon and Defending the Republic from Donald Trump Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Cherish is the word he uses to describe … Lou Dobbs digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Lawmakers Determined To Get Guns In Schools Spocko, Hullabaloo
A change is gonna come Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Reclaiming the Public Safety Mantle for Sanctuary Cities Liam Brennan, Just Security
‘What Mueller Knows’: Ensuring a Special Counsel Report in the Worst-Case Scenario Bill Bauer, Lawfare
The Upcoming Pension Collapse Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Sinclair Propaganda Network Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
THEY WON’T REST UNTIL THEY GET A LIBERAL SCALP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Judge Blocks Iowa Town From Shutting Down Or Suing Resident Over His Critical Website Tim Cushing, Techdirt