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
Allies celebrate the end of World War Two; Native Americans holding the hamlet of Wounded Knee surrender; Coca-Cola invented.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.
Breakfast News
Georgia governor signs restrictive ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
Proposed tobacco ban sparks fiery debate in Beverly Hills
Cash is still king: San Francisco bans credit-only stores
Democratic state lawmakers try to get Trump tax returns, too
Feds sue WV governor’s coal companies over safety violations
South Dakota governor, Oglala Sioux in protests standoff
US pregnancy deaths are up, especially among minorities
Cyberattack cripples Baltimore’s government computer servers
UK concedes it must hold EU election amid Brexit delay
Venezuela’s top court targets opposition lawmakers
Gandhi scion comes into his own as India polls near finish
Post-apartheid South Africa is world’s most unequal country
Erdogan defends Istanbul vote redo, critics see power grab
Report: Iran prepares to withdraw from parts of nuclear deal
Pressured over media rights, Myanmar frees Reuters reporters
Breakfast Blogs
Mitch McConnell Will Not Act in Good Faith, Even When the Security of the Country Is at Stake Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Candy And The Wrapper. Or on Women, Abortions And Pregnancies. Echidne, at her blog
If they had wanted to sabotage him, they certainly could have done it digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
We can stop predicting arrival of a constitutional crisis Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Intelligence, Ethics and Bureaucracy: The Duty to Warn Jamal Khashoggi Larry Siems, Just Security
Bill Barr’s Actions on the Mueller Report: A Response to Jack Goldsmith Robert Litt, Lawfare
The Problem of White Athletes Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Impeachment and the rule of law Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Reality Spills Outside Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
ANOTHER ELITE JOURNALIST WHO DOESN’T GET IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog