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
Julius Caesar assassinated in Rome; Johnson urges passage of Voting Rights Act; Worldcom CEO Bernard Ebbers convicted of fraud; Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton; “My Fair Lady” debuts on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.
Breakfast News
Georgia Senate committee hears testimony on abortion bill
Judge: Police can’t ban buttons protesting Ga. abortion bill
Maine bill pitches abortions by nurses, physician assistants
Court rules gun maker can be sued over Newtown shooting
ACLU files lawsuit challenging Kentucky anti-abortion bill
Confederate statues still warehoused years after coming down
Mississippi politicos feud over civil rights monument status
Students target colleges in lawsuit over bribery scheme
Late-winter storm hits Midwest after paralyzing Colorado
Wet winter ends California drought after 376 straight weeks
Wolves prove resilient, but proposal could curtail expansion
Brextension: UK lawmakers vote to seek delay of EU departure
Last remaining US diplomats leave Venezuela
Why France is analyzing Ethiopian jet’s black boxes
Afghan official blasts US talks with Taliban
Attacks could reverse gains in Congo’s Ebola fight, says WHO
Donors pledge $7B in aid for Syria, refugees
Russian-US crew arrives at International Space Station
Indian Ocean science mission recovers key underwater drone
Breakfast Blogs
Congress Handed Trump Losses on His National Emergency Declaration and the Mueller Report Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Amy Berman Jackson Lays the Precedent for FARA emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Tucker Carlson On Women’s Primitive Nature Echidne, at her blog
A loyal Senator gives his Dear Leader a big wet kiss digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
And Speaking of Probability tristero, Hullabaloo
Walking and chewing gum Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump Investigations and the RICO vs Conspiracy Puzzle Dwight Holton, Just Security
Speaker Pelosi and the Norms of Impeachment Bob Bauer, Lawfare
Howard Schultz’s schmattas to riches story doesn’t check out at all Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 436 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For The 1,000th Time, It’s Not “Trumpism” driftglass, at his blog
Breaking Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IT’S HARD OUT HERE FOR A MILLIONAIRE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog