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
Britain’s King Edward steps down; Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declare war on the United States; UNICEF organization launches; ‘Magnum PI’ makes television debut
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is the truth, after all, that sets us free.
Breakfast News
Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall
Report: black lung funding cut will cost taxpayers billions
Congress finalizes bill restoring black college funding
Kentucky’s new governor reorganizes school board on day one
Exxon Mobil prevails in lawsuit over climate regulations
Facebook rebuffs US AG over access to encrypted messages
Richmond gets a new soaring statue, this one with dreadlocks
8 macaroni penguins hatch at Kansas City Zoo
Baby white rhino gets name, frolics in mud at San Diego zoo
UK’s Johnson pushes his Brexit message as election nears
Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn: Redistribute UK wealth, tax the rich
Alberto Fernández inaugurated as president of Argentina
Afghanistan’s Karzai tells AP that US cash fed corruption
Nobel winner Abiy says ‘hell’ of war fueled desire for peace
Thousands rally around Holocaust survivor in Milan
In Sweden’s Arctic, ice atop snow leaves reindeer starving
Breakfast Blogs
The Flynn Predication emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Will the Senate muster the cojones to deny Trump his show trial? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
“more than enough proof exists for the House to impeach” tristero, Hullabaloo
All the president’s alchemists Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Republicans are Playing a Dangerous Game Alex Finley, Just Security
Covert Military Information Operations and the New NDAA: The Law of the Gray Zone Evolves Robert Chesney, Lawfare
Bill Barr Ratchets Up Authoritarian Lies Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today in the Sixth Extinction Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Impeachment Day driftglass, at his blog
Urgency Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
A Few Questions for Enraged Republicans The Rude Pundit, at his blog
OUT OF DEEP CONCERN FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
IG Report Takes 476 Pages To Destroy Every Conspiracy Theory In Trump’s Stupid Leaking Brain Evan Hurst, Wonkette
That Creep Who Keeps Running Against Maxine Waters Arrested For Stalking :/ Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Supreme Court: If You Want An Abortion In Kentucky, You Have To Let A Doctor Sexually Assault You Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Who’s Ugly Crying Now? Us, After Reading About Trump’s Newest Judge Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/trump-does-a-favor-though-for-russians-in-oval-office Liz Dye, Wonkette