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
Virginia Tech shooting kills 32 students and faculty; Country’s deadliest industrial accident in Texas; Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia after years of exile; Charlie Chaplin born; Prince Andrew and Duchess of York announce divorce; Rolling Stone release debut album; Michael Jordan plays last NBA game.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
Breakfast News
Notre Dame’s age, design fueled fire and foiled firefighters
North Carolina ‘born-alive’ abortion bill clears Senate
Texas bill toughening voting crimes advances over protests
Indigenous leaders want less drilling near sacred sites
Lead kills 1st Yellowstone golden eagle fitted with tracker
Pulitzers honor coverage of 3 US mass shootings in 2018
AP journalists win Pulitzer for coverage of Yemen civil war
Attacked newsroom: Pulitzer commemorated with somber silence
San Francisco eyes charge to drive its famed Lombard Street
Trio of eagles caring for eaglets in Mississippi River nest
After years of crisis, Venezuelans wonder what is ‘normal’
Strongman vies with ‘people’s president’ to lead Indonesia
Support strong for Guaidó in devastated Venezuelan oil city
Breakfast Blogs
Trump’s Justice Department Now Says the Emoluments Clause Doesn’t Apply to His Hotels Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Manafort’s Federal Life Sentence Might Just Get Longer emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Notre Dame Echidne, at her blog
Hate works for him digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Children’s Version tristero, Hullabaloo
Pastels or primaries? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Barr’s Playbook: He Misled Congress When Omitting Parts of Justice Dep’t Memo in 1989 Ryan Goodman, Just Security
WikiLeaks and the Lost Promise of the Internet Quinta Jurecic, Lawfare
Exploiting grief to engage in moral preening Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For Sale: A License to Lose Money Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Jennifer Rubin Sings Songs of Love driftglass, at his blog
Moar stupid Trump tricks Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
DEMOCRATS ARE DOOOOOOMED, DAVID FRUM EDITION Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog