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
Elvis Presley born; President Lyndon Johnson declares war on poverty; Ramzi Yousef sentenced to life in prison for first World Trade Center bombing. Physicist Stephen Hawking born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
All the pain and the poverty. Hypocrisy fuels my truth. Ain’t no stopping me.
Breakfast News
Judge allows tribes to challenge Corps’ Dakota Access study
Politician cannot block critic on social media: US appeals court
Supreme Court rejects Exxon in climate change document fight
3D-printed guns may be more dangerous to their users than targets
Alabama civil rights institute rescinds Angela Davis honor
Expert: Census citizenship question would hurt Latino count
California storm brings power outages, shuts down highway
Environmental groups withdraw from Oregon wolf plan talks
Saudi woman seeking asylum can stay temporarily in Thailand
Trump’s shift on Syria leaves allies scrambling
Britain testing ‘no-deal’ scenario as Brexit vote nears
Guatemala to withdraw from UN anti-corruption commission
Amnesty International calls on Poland not to deport Chechen
Alps avalanche risk high, several dead in weather incidents
Breakfast Blogs
This Is the Biggest Voting-Rights Bill to Appear in Congress Since the Civil Rights Movement Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Will the Press Recognize They Also Deserve a Scolding for Parroting Eric Dubelier’s Nude Selfie Stunt? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Hillarization of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Not Going Well. Echidne, at her blog
“The right way” digy aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The electric future sneaks up Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
If Trump’s Syria and Afghanistan Decisions Seem Bad, Imagine What He’d Do in a Crisis John Geitzer, Just Security
Case Closed: The Justice Department Won’t Stand Behind Its Report on Immigrants and Terrorism Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
These Are Not Very Bright Guys Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The mysterious case of Mme. Calment Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks: Every Now and Then driftglass, at his blog
The Only Talking Point: The Wall Is a Lie The Rude Pundit, at his blog
TRUMP TO HIS OPPONENTS: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN YOUR LOVE? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog