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
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to scale Mt. Everest’s peak; President John F. Kennedy born; Patrick Henry gives his “If this be treason” speech; Comedian Bob Hope born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.
Breakfast News
Payday lender lawyer sentenced to 8 years in prison
San Francisco to decide whether to ban flavored tobacco
Rescuers seek 1 man still missing after Maryland flash flood
The Latest: Alberto makes landfall on Florida Panhandle
Shortage of key Hawaii crop expected after rains swamp farms
Besides lava and ash, Hawaii volcano is pumping out ‘vog’
A spud is born: UMaine unveils gourmet ‘Pinto Gold’ potato
Artificial reef in Florida will honor lost US submarines
Cuba to update Soviet-era constitution, adapting to reforms
EU foreign ministers seek to keep Iran nuclear deal alive
Looming Italian election seen as plebiscite on EU and euro
Dismayed Colombians weigh uneasy options in runoff race
Embattled Spanish PM to face no-confidence vote this week
Poland seeks permanent US troop presence, offers financing
Ebola vaccinations begin in Congo’s northwest town of Bikoro
France: Macron rewards migrant hero who saved dangling child
Breakfast Blogs
They Did Not Die for What We Have Now—and That’s On Us, Not Them Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Same Day Aras Agalarov Was Talking about Restoring Communication with Trump, Jared Kushner Pitched a Back Channel emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheeL
The Dems are not in disarray? Say it ain’t so! digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The NY Times Flacks for an Extreme Religious Right Politician tristero, Hullabaloo
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Blowing Things Up Batocchio, Hullabaloo
The NY Times Flacks for an Extreme Religious Right Politician tristero, Hullabaloo
Trump partners with criminals Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Arlington at Midnight: Memorial Day Reflections on President Trump Jeffrey H. Smith, Lawfare
It’s Time For Some Game Theory! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The eloquence of warriors Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 244 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
THE ECONOMY IS BOOMING — JUST NOT FOR YOU Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog