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
The Lusitania sunk in World War I; Nazi Germany signs surrender in World War II; Vietnam’s Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Composer Peter Illych Tchaikovsky born; Glenn Miller records ‘Chattanooga Choo-Choo.’
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
Breakfast News
Hawaii volcano destroys 31 homes, spews lava 200 feet in air
Connecticut lawmakers vote to join popular vote pact
AP review: More than 30 mishaps from armed adults at schools
Phoenix tops out at 106 degrees, breaking 70-year-old record
Average price of US gas jumps 7 cents, to $2.90 a gallon
Lobster prices high, but dropping as summer approaches
Airplane and oil deals at risk in Trump pullout of Iran deal
Lebanon votes in shadow of Syria war, reflecting divisions
Russian protest leader Navalny out of jail, faces 2 charges
Serbian police seal off village to prevent far-right rally
Tunisia holds 1st local election since 2011 Arab Spring
Guatemala’s crusading prosecutor exits amid praise, threats
Breakfast Blogs
I’m All for Ragging on Mitch McConnell, But This Is Nuts Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Mueller Homing in on Trump’s Inauguration Graft emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Echidne’s Short Sunday Sermons Echidne, at her blog
Will Haspell withdraw? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
But are people better off? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
“To Us, It Was Better Than Citibank.” Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Fort Monroe Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump Unleashing His Inner Nixon Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog
Inner Nixon: Update Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog