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
Abraham Lincoln wins four-way race for President as American Civil War nears; March music ‘king’ John Phillip Sousa born; Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky dies; Director Mike Nichols born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.
Breakfast News
Iran president warns of ‘war situation’ as sanctions resume
Migrant caravan pushes on toward Mexico’s capital
Major setback for Poland’s ruling populists in mayoral races
Turkey: Saudi investigators worked to remove evidence
More protection: UN says Earth’s ozone layer is healing
Trial starts over 2020 census citizenship question
Civilian board files lawsuit seeking Baltimore police files
Appeals court tosses out banker’s insider trading conviction
Judge blocks feds’ effort to shrink red wolf territory
Breakfast Blogs
Brian Kemp Is Making Sure Those Rats Don’t Have to Fck Themselves Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
What the Watergate Road Map Might Say about a Mueller Road Map emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Donald Trump and Scott Walker’s 4.5 billion dollar grift digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
“This is some banana republic stuff” Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Seems Like Old Times driftglass, at his blog
PAUL RYAN IS A SHAMELESS HYPOCRITE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog