The Breakfast Club (Expert Guess)

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.

Former U.S. President Richard Nixon is born, Howard Hughes identifies fake biography, Unmanned probe lands on moon, the Phantom of the Opera becomes the longest running Broadway show.

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively.

Laurence J. Peter

Supreme Court says mystery company must pay fines while it challenges Mueller-related subpoena

Russian lawyer at Trump Tower meeting charged in separate case

Food stamps guaranteed through February, USDA says

At least 24 Native Americans — most of them women — went missing in Montana last year. Two senators are trying to do something about it.

Shutdown to force temporary closure of Joshua Tree National Park

Saudi teen who fled family under protection of UNHCR

UK Parliament votes to create financial obstacle to a ‘no-deal’ Brexit

Turkey: 28 on trial over Russian ambassador’s slaying

London’s Heathrow briefly halts flights due to drone report

Iguanas reintroduced to Galapagos island after 200 years

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Making All the Right People Crazy Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Manafort’s Redaction Fail Tells Trump that Mueller Caught Him Lying about His Russian Handler, Konstantin Kilimnik emptywheel aka Marcy Wheel, emptywheel

There’s No Crisis at the Border — There’s a Crisis in the White House Rayne, emptywheel

Remember. They cheat. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Stop letting lobbyists, pundits and media decide who is electable in 2020 Spocko, Hullabaloo

New old ideas Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

A Caution to Pentagon Officials Asked to Obligate “National Emergency” Funds Robert S. Taylor, Just Security

The truth about Trump Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

He Was With the Russians Too Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Charlie Sykes vs. Corey Lewandowski is Chavo Guerrero vs. Hornswoggle driftglass, at his blog

Too Much Leadership Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

TRUMP DIDN’T GET A WIN, BUT HE HAS IDENTIFIED SOME SCAPEGOATS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog