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
The D-Day invasion of World War II; Israel invades Lebanon to drive out Yasser Arafat; Remains of fugitive Nazi doctor Josef Mengele exhumed in Brazil; First drive-in theater opens in Camden, N.J.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.
Breakfast News
UN office calls on US to stop separating families at border
Florida judge lifts stay on smokable medical marijuana
Hawaii volcano lava destroys hundreds of homes overnight
Place your bets: Delaware takes sports wagers, others close
After MGM and Caesars deals, Las Vegas union negotiates with smaller casinos
White House contractor arrested at checkpoint on attempted murder warrant
SWAT team busts into home of Parkland teen David Hogg after hoax hostage call
Aiming at Trump strongholds, Mexico hits back with trade tariffs
Miss America drops swimsuit portion and won’t judge on looks
‘Nobody is left’: Guatemala volcano ravaged entire families
Jordan’s king appoints new prime minister as protests resume
Italy populists win Senate confidence vote, put EU on notice
Ethiopia accepts peace deal with longtime rival Eritrea
Israel’s Netanyahu, France’s Macron disagree over Iran deal
UN: Plastic bans can work, but need planning and enforcement
EU court backs residency rights for gay couple in Romania
Breakfast Blogs
You Can’t Truly Claim You’re Fighting Climate Change While You Peddle This Poisonous Glop Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Manafort Renewed His Outreach to Mercury after Mueller’s Early April Revelations emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Mike Pompeo, human rights activist? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Non-Contradiction tristero, Hullabaloo
It’s Trump’s America, We Just Etc. Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Ketchup: Everything Wrong with America Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
EJ Dionne Is Hittin’ That “Can’t We All Just Get Along?” Pipe Mighty Hard These Days drifglass, at his blog
RUDY GIULIANI SHOULD BE IN TRUMP’S DOGHOUSE SOON Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
E-Mails Show FCC Made Up DDOS Attack To Downplay The ‘John Oliver Effect’ Karl Bode, Techdirt