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
American Civil War effectively ends; Iraq celebrates collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime;NASA announces first seven astronauts dubbed the Mercury Seven; Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial; Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.
Breakfast News
Judge blocks Trump’s asylum policy but delays enforcement
California sees shift in immigration detention contracts
NY lawmakers push bill requiring president to release taxes
US measles tally hits 465, with most illnesses in kids
US Congress approves Colorado River drought plan
Global warming is shrinking glaciers faster than thought
Southern storms leave tornado damage in Alabama
Storm to hit Rockies before forming new ‘bomb cyclone’
Survey: More Mexican gray wolves roaming southwestern US
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged across Yemen
Theresa May woos UK opponents and EU leaders over Brexit
Facebook, Google face widening crackdown over online content
Former Romanian leader to face crimes against humanity trial
Libya clashes over Tripoli escalate as city’s airport is hit
Brazil’s Bolsonaro eyes new body for environmental policy
Young German activists demand earlier coal-burning deadline
London taxes older vehicles in bid to fight air pollution
Aegean Sea sees “very unusual” spike in dolphin deaths
Breakfast Blogs
Our Rapidly Blossoming Authoritarian State Is Headed to Another Level Charles p. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Is his lunacy reaching a flashpoint? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Insufficient cruelty Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Pentagon Wants to Streamline Security Clearances by Using AI. That’s a Dangerous Idea. John Bowers, Just Security
The anti-anti-Trump vote Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Lawless Party Defends Lawless President Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Life in Rhode Island: Environment Edition Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Rebel, Rebel, You’ve Torn Your Dress driftglass, at his blog
The Boy Who Cried “Invasion!” Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
HOW THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA COULD STOP STEPHEN MILLER Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog