The Breakfast Club (One Melanie in May)

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 10:30am (ET) 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.

AP’s Today in History for May 20th

Charles Lindbergh begins his trans-Atlantic flight; Amelia Earhart starts her trek across the Atlantic; Freedom Riders attacked in the South; Explorer Christopher Columbus, comedien Gilda Radner die.

Breakfast Tune Roger Sprung – “One Morning in May”

Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below

• Burlington, Vermont, Says “No” to F-35s, Setting Off a Chain Reaction
  James Marc Leas

• Tucson Draws the Line on Prison Privatization
  Joe Watson

• ‘Beyond Shameful’: Democrats Warner, Heitkamp, and Nelson Announce Support for Torturer Gina Haspel
  Jake Johnson

• Gina Haspel, CIA torture nominee, confirmed: Six Democrats provide key votes in Senate.
  BEN MATHIS-LILLEY

• Ahead of Vote on Gina Haspel, Senate Pulls Access to Damning Classified Memo
  Ryan Grim

• U.S. NAVY RESERVE DOCTOR ON GINA HASPEL TORTURE VICTIM: “ONE OF THE MOST SEVERELY TRAUMATIZED INDIVIDUALS I HAVE EVER SEEN”
  Jeremy Scahill

• Sick of Shady Banks? Get a Loan from the Post Office!
  BRIAN WAKAMO

• Bill Aimed at Saving Community Banks Is Already Killing Them
  David Dayen

• How Costa Rica Gets It Right
  Joseph Stiglitz

• Who is the freeloader: the working poor on food stamps — or corporations that don’t pay them enough?
  Dylan Scott

• How the White House Curbed the U.S. Teacher of the Year
  Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan

• THE EPA’S “LEADERSHIP SUMMIT” ON PFOA POLLUTION WILL EXCLUDE VICTIMS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS
  Sharon Lerner

• THE UNTOLD STORY OF JAPAN’S SECRET SPY AGENCY
  Ryan Gallagher

• The FBI Informant Who Monitored the Trump Campaign, Stefan Halper, Oversaw a CIA Spying Operation in the 1980 Presidential Election
  Glenn Greenwald

Something to think about over coffee prozac

Trump misspells Melania’s name in tweet on her return to White House from hospital

Melania Trump returned to the White House on Saturday from a week-long hospitalization after treatment for a kidney condition, a lengthy stay that raised questions about whether the first lady’s condition may have been more complicated than initially revealed.

Her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, has declined to release additional details, citing Trump’s right to privacy.

Donald Trump heralded his wife’s arrival home with a tweet in which her name was spelled incorrectly.

“Great to have our incredible First Lady back home in the White House,” Trump wrote. “Melanie is feeling and doing really well. Thank you for all of your prayers and best wishes!”

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