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
Funeral of Pope John Paul II; Pablo Picasso dies at 91; Teen aids patient Ryan White dies at 18; Hank Aaron hits 715th home run; Kurt Cobain found dead in home from self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
Breakfast News
Florida abortion bill would require minors to obtain consent
American Airlines extends Max-caused cancellations to June 5
US says reuniting separated families laborious process
Tree-sitters have been protesting pipeline for 200-plus days
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake hits near southwest Alaska island
Whale rescued from stranding 8 years ago dies at SeaWorld
Wild ponies corralled after visitors ignore warnings
US to designate Iran Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group
As Israelis head to polls, it’s all about Netanyahu
US pulls forces from Libya as fighting approaches capital
UK holds out hope for Brexit compromise by Friday deadline
Last migrants end protest, evacuate makeshift camp in Greece
In possible first, Cuba allows march by animal activists
Turkish ruling party seeks total recount of Istanbul votes
Breakfast Blogs
Tim Ryan Enters a Crowded Field of White Male Democrats Running for President Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Carr Correction and the Barr Pseudo Exoneration emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
What utter gall digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Before money laundering was presidential
Barr the Redactor? Marty Lederman, Just Security
D.C. Circuit’s Lockdown on Grand Jury Material May Hinder Congress and Historians Stephen Bates, Lawfare
Washington State Democrats choose democracy DJW, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Fox Effect Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Literary Corner: Mr. President, tear down those hotels! Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
WAS THERE A CONTEST FOR THE MOST CONVOLUTED DEFENSE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog