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
President Franklin Roosevelt dies; The American Civil War begins with the attack on Ft. Sumter; Yuri Gagarin is the first man to fly in space; Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on its first mission; Late night TV host David Letterman born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
Breakfast News
Ohio governor signs ban on abortion after 1st heartbeat
Arizona governor signs repeal of HIV/AIDS instruction law
Gun groups: Million-plus extended magazines flood California
udge says public housing gun ban is unconstitutional
Police again step in as Texas lawmaker halts abortion bill
Medical association blasts military’s transgender policy
Agriculture report shows fewer but larger farms in US
EPA won’t make GE restart Hudson dredging for now
Herbal supplement kratom is tied to more US deaths
‘Bomb cyclone’ snow, wind impacts Midwest, Great Lakes
US bars entry to Palestinian founder of Israel boycott group
Ukraine campaign heats up with new court, truck video
South Korean court orders easing of decades-old abortion ban
France’s Macron plays hard ball in EU Brexit debate
New Zealand’s new gun laws get final assent to take effect
UK’s May says politicians have duty to complete Brexit
WikiLeaks’ Assange hauled from embassy, faces US charge
Sudan’s military overthrows president amid bloody protests
The Dalai Lama recovering fast from chest infection
Breakfast Blogs
Democracy Cannot Survive as This Kind of Puppet Show Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Assange Indictment and The Rule of Specialty bmaz, emptywheel
The Facts: There Is No Crisis and No Emergency, Just Trump’s Campaign Rane, emptywheel
News About Women, 4/11/2019 Echidne, at her blog
Mealy-mouthed anti-anti-Trumper reveals himselfdigby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Brain worms? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Assange Indictment Is Shot Across the Bow of Press Freedom Jameel Jaffer and Ben Wizner, Just Security
Contemplating Trump’s re-election Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Policy Details The Left Should Embrace Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Professional Cover-Up Artist Tries To Create Diversion For Trump Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump Likes to Watch The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Literary Corner: The Size of Texas, the Surprise of Death Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
DO RIGHT-WINGERS REALLY BELIEVE THAT BIGOTRY IS JUST A SCAM? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog