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 Harry Truman orders desegregation of U.S. Military; Cuba’s Fidel Castro attacks Moncada barracks; Argentina’s Eva Peron dies; Playwright George Bernard Shaw and rock star Mick Jagger born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.
Breakfast News
Saudi Arabia suspends oil exports through Red Sea lane after Houthi attack
Pakistan election results delayed as Khan leads, opponents cry foul
Venezuela to remove five zeroes from ailing currency
Opposition parties blast Merkel over meeting with Russian officials
Emmanuel Macron says he takes the blame over Benalla scandal
Jamaica to roll up sleeves and review sexist clothing rules: ‘We must evolve’
Vanilla villainy eats away at Madagascar’s sweet reputation
Immigrant parents misled by U.S. when they agreed to deportation: filing
U.S. judge may consider gag order in case of accused Russian agent
Emoluments case alleging Trump violated Constitution can proceed: U.S. judge
U.S. State Dept. warned against ending temporary protection for immigrants
U.S. court weighs challenge to Boston gun restrictions
Senate liberals seek new Puerto Rico debt relief
Water rescues, flooded roads as rains hammer U.S. mid-Atlantic
First lake of liquid water is discovered on Mars
Red planet and ‘blood moon’ pair up to dazzle skygazers
Breakfast Blogs
Where Will You Be for the Aquapocalypse? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Journalist Records from the “Last Five Years” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Oh look, it turns out friends can be helpful digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Shakedown Nation tristero, Hullabaloo
Shameless is as shameless does Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Donald Trump may well be dead broke Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Freedom is Slavering for Trump Caucus Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Ground Rules Jamelle Bouie, Slate
He’s In The Twitter Jailhouse Now driftglass, at his blog
OUR NARRATIVE! OUR PRECIOUS NARRATIVE! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Lede From Behind Yastreblyansky, Rectification of Names
Trump Gives ISIS, MS-13, And Next Boston Bombers Plastic Guns That Evade The Metal Detector At Your Kid’s School Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Massachusetts Just The Latest State To Embrace Net Neutrality Karl Bode, Techdirt