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
Samuel Morse opens America’s first telegraph line; Four men sentenced for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Britain’s Queen Victoria born; The Brooklyn Bridge opens; Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There are only three sins – causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.
Breakfast News
Vegas workers’ vote to authorize strike pressures casinos
New wind projects would deliver enough power for 600K homes
Federal court rules in favor of transgender Missouri inmate
Amazon, Starbucks pledge money to repeal Seattle head tax
ACLU: Misconduct claims by children are widespread at border
Lucrative baby eel fishery shut down over illegal sales
Experts: ‘Alarming’ drought conditions hit US Southwest
Syrian official rejects US demand for Iranian withdrawal
Foreign media depart on train for North Korean nuclear site
French government orders evacuation of Paris migrant camps
Iran’s Khamenei criticizes US over hard-line stance
Italy steps toward populist government as Conte gets mandate
2 patients who fled Ebola ward among the dead in Congo
Breakfast Blogs
Did the FBI Have a Chance to Fix Their Lies about Encryption in 2016? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The making of Spyghazi digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/05/blue-woman-group-by-bloggersrus.html Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Getting to the Bottom of the Trump Tower Meeting Kate Brannen, Just Security
Putting the Responsibility for “Crossing the Line” Where It Belongs: The President and his White House Staff Bob Bauer, Lawfare
Married to the mob Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The NFL’s New Policy to Silence Its Players Simon Balto, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Campus P.C. Is Out of Control Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA’S BRO CODE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
EPA’s War On Journalists Is Not A Good Look Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The Attorney General Thinks Police Having To Follow The Constitution Leads To Violent Crime Increases Tim Cushing, Techdirt