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
: Pope John Paul II shot; English colonists arrive at what becomes Jamestown; Winston Churchill gives his first speech as British prime minister; The U.S. declares war on Mexico; Singer Stevie Wonder born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
‘s like going into the Senate. You know, the first time you get there, you’re all excited, ‘My God, how did I ever get here?’ Then, about six months later, you say, ‘How the hell did the rest of them get here?’
Breakfast News
Washington to offer first ‘public option’ insurance in US
More ‘heartbeat’ abortion bans advancing in South, Midwest
States seek explicit patient consent for pelvic exams
California reporter vows to protect source after police raid
Heavy rains in South leave some trapped, others afloat
50 trombones given out to honor slain Parkland student
US deployments across Mideast factor in Iran tensions
Millions vote in Philippine elections crucial to Duterte
Maduro’s foes fill embassies in Venezuela as crisis deepens
Oman says it will reopen its embassy in Iraq
South Africa chief vows to purge ANC of ‘deviant tendencies’
UAE says 4 ships targeted by ‘sabotage’ off its east coast
Breakfast Blogs
Mike Pence Blew the Lid Off Trump’s Strategy for the Courts Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump’s Excuse for His Promised Speech on Hillary Clinton emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Yet another assault on America’s system digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Trump To Government: Don’t Publish the Truth If It Makes Me Look Bad tristero, Hullabaloo
Don’t mediate. Organize. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 471 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Centrism Silver (™) May Be Right For You! dritglass, at his blog
Electability Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
ON OUTREACH, BUTTIGIEG SCOLDS, WHILE WARREN ACTS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog