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
President Ronald Reagan is wounded in an assassination attempt; The U.S. reaches a deal with Russia to buy Alaska Territory; Actor James Cagney dies; Musician Eric Clapton born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
Breakfast News
Georgia lawmakers approve ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
Judge blocks California’s high-capacity ammunition ban
US judge: School’s rule for girls to wear skirts breaks law
Judge rejects Trump plan for road in Alaska wildlife refuge
Puerto Ricans struggle to buy food amid funding shortfall
Ban on plastic bags comes close to reality in a 3rd state
Medical marijuana oil bill clears Georgia Senate
Arkansas’ Medicaid plan in jeopardy after work rule decision
Snapshot of extinction: Fossils show day of killer asteroid
Alaska community hits temperature milestone
UK faces new Brexit crisis after lawmakers reject May’s deal
Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after outbreak
Homelessness rises in Argentina’s capital amid crisis
Ukraine minister: President and rival both bribing voters
Red Cross ready to aid Venezuela, warns against politics
Mexico braces for new caravan of Central American migrants
‘I want snow for Christmas:’ Students demand climate action
Breakfast Blogs
William Barr Is the Winston Wolf of Complex Republican Scandals Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Pressure Works: After Four Days, William Barr Capitulates and Gives an Estimated Page Count!! emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Bias in our veins Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Missing Piece of the Mueller Investigation Joshua Geltzer and Ryan Goodman, Just Security
To Understand Mueller’s Work, Focus on Counterintelligence Nate Jones, Lawfare
Multiply this by X Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Institutions Matter Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hey, It’s My 14 Year Blogoversary driftglass, at his blog
These Evil Motherfuckers Won’t Be Satisfied Until We’re All Dead and/or Dumb (Part 2: Dead) The Rude Pundit, at his blog
ANTI-TRUMP BUT ASHAMED IS THE NEW SOCIALLY LIBERAL BUT FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog