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
“Star Wars” — the classic sci-fi movie written and directed by George Lucas — premieres; Former Enron execs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are convicted of conspiracy and fraud; Comedian Jay Leno begins his run as host of N-B-C’s “The Tonight Show
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
Breakfast News
U.S. Supreme Court blocks redrawing of Ohio, Michigan electoral maps
Federal judge blocks Mississippi abortion law
Missouri governor signs bill banning abortions at 8 weeks
Disaster relief bill stuck in the House following GOP lawmaker’s objection
Health tax splits California amid need for Trump’s approval
Administration moves to revoke transgender health protection
At $2M, priciest ever medicine treats fatal genetic disease
Maine to end non-medical exemptions for vaccinations
Judge axes 3 of 4 lawyers in NFL concussion case
Lake Tahoe’s famed water gets clearer after all-time low
Trump declares emergency to expedite arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
Theresa May: A prime minister defined and defeated by Brexit
Japan trade a problem for Trump, but not as bad as China
Kenyan court upholds laws criminalizing same-sex relations
Russian court extends arrest for American accused of spying
NKorea says talks won’t resume unless US changes position
Voting in Ireland kicks off Day 2 of EU elections
Climate change is hot topic in the European Parliament vote
Volcano on Indonesia’s Bali erupts, flights canceled
Colombian breeds rare frogs to undermine animal traffickers
Breakfast Blogs
Robert Mueller Needs to Testify in Front of the American People. Period. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Logic of Assange’s EDVA Indictment Is Inconsistent with Mueller’s Apparent Logic on Assange’s Declination emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
When I Was Little. A Trivial Story For Friday. Echidne, at her blog
Barr takes the wheel. The entire IC is now on notice: Trump is untouchable. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
He’s slipping in more ways than one Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The American Way of War Includes Fidelity to Law: Preemptive Pardons Break that Code Donald J. Guter, Rear Admiral, JAGC, USN (Ret.), John D. Hutson, Rear Admiral, JAGC, USN (Ret.) and Rachel VanLandingham, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.), Just Security
The U.S. Media Is in the Crosshairs of the New Assange Indictment Jack Goldsmith, Lawfare
The Incredible Unseriousness of Electoral College Defenders Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
When the Spell is Broken Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Schlepping past Watergate Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Stupid Shit Andrew Sullivan Says driftglass, at hi blog
Paper Music Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Nancy Pelosi Is Skullfucking Trump and It’s Making Him Crazier The Rude Pundit, at his blog
WHO’S REALLY OBSESSED WITH IMPEACHMENT? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog