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
U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion; Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty; Queen Victoria dies; “The Crucible” opens; “Laugh-In” premieres.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Breakfast News
Teachers union: Los Angeles strike to go into 6th school day
Notre Dame to cover up murals of Columbus in the New World
TSA screener sick-outs hit 10 percent over holiday weekend
North Dakota’s GOP-led Legislature mulls abortion bills
New Hampshire Democrats consider emergency shutdown funding
Frigid air, high winds sweep the Northeast; at least 7 dead
High tide creeps up on Florida eclipse-watchers, floods car
Video captures moose chasing skiers at Colorado resort
Venezuela quells soldiers’ revolt, top court blasts congress
UK leader unveils Brexit Plan B, looks a lot like Plan A
France summons Italian envoy over Di Maio’s migrant remarks
After violence, Greek parliament debates deal with Macedonia
Reinvented legacy: Nazi’s paintings fund foundation for Jews
Breakfast Blogs
The Bank of Justice Is Not Bankrupt Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump’s Lawyers Raised Concerns with Mueller’s Office about Testimony They Shouldn’t Know Whether Is Phony or Not emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Bizarro World Judiciary Committee digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Thanks, Gaga, and Thank God tristero, Hullabaloo
Two years in Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Why It May Not Matter If BuzzFeed Got It Wrong: “Encouraging” Perjury is Also a Crime Ryan Goodman, Just Security
Can the Senate Decline to Try an Impeachment Case? Bob Bauer, Lawfare
Donald Trump Is Very Unpopular and the Tax Cut Won’t Help Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sunday Morning Comin’ Down: Thee Shutdownes Of Olde driftglass, at his blog
Martin Luther King Would Fuck Trump’s Shit Up (2019 Edition) The Rude Pundit, at his blog
THE COVINGTON CATHOLIC KIDS HAVE A FAN IN POLAND Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog