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
An aborted mission to free American hostages in Iran ends in disaster; Ireland’s ‘Easter Rising’ begins; Armenians face mass deportation during World War I; Singer Barbra Streisand born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.
Breakfast News
California pushes talks on 1st-in-US police shooting rules
San Francisco port commission to vote on homeless shelter
Washington state bill limits measles vaccine exemptions
Fed watchdog probes treatment of immigrants in Texas lockup
Migrants fearful after hundreds arrested in Mexico raid
Indictment: Ex-CEO ignored red flags as opioid crisis raged
Handful of US states are poised to legalize sports betting
Oil prices climb in wake of Iranian oil sanctions decision
Supreme Court struggles with Wisconsin drunken driving law
Mars lander picks up what’s likely 1st detected marsquake
Egypt voters approve referendum extending president’s rule
North Korea’s Kim on way to Russia to meet Putin on Thursday
Malawi becomes 1st nation to immunize kids against malaria
Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism crimes; most Shiites
UK’s May under fire as Parliament returns from Brexit break
Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters
Former French PM Fillon and wife to stand corruption trial
Workers install tarps to protect gutted Notre Dame from rain
Strong earthquake hits remote mountain region in India
Russia’s stray polar bear taken back to the wild
Breakfast Blogs
The Supreme Court Conservatives May Use the Voting Rights Act They Gutted to Enable More Voter Suppression Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Self-Promoting Republican Lawyer Scorned emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Funniest Reaction to Mueller Report. From Trump Himself. Echidne, at her blog
Make them take that vote digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
What If They Don’t Impeach…And He Wins? tristero, Hullabaloo
Refuge of scoundrels Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump and Massive Resistance Joshua Marshall, Talking Points Memo Edblog
The Mueller Report Was My Tipping Point J. W. Verret, The Atlantic
A Caution on Congressional Subpoenas and “Constitutional Crisis” Andy Wright, Just Security
On Replacing Ken Burns’ The Civil War Eric Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Another day, another fascist outburst Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Our Neoconfederate Court Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Little Red State Fundy Turns 14 driftglass, at his blog
Befriend your interior life! Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
NO, JOE LOCKHART, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT BEING DESTROYED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog