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 10:30am (ET) 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
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to scale Mt. Everest’s peak; President John F. Kennedy born; Patrick Henry gives his “If this be treason” speech; Comedian Bob Hope born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963)
Breakfast News
US official mulling greatly expanded airplane laptop ban
Florida could pave new changes in ‘stand your ground’ laws
Baltimore mayor exploring removal of Confederate statues
Mitch McConnell Implicated In Widespread Putin/Ukraine Money Funnel; FBI Notified
Alaska volcano erupts again; aviation alert raised to red
Merkel: Europe must stay united in face of ally uncertainty
Fearing U.S. Withdrawal, Europe Considers Its Own Nuclear Deterrent
Manchester attack transforms Britain’s election campaign
Philippines pounds militants as civilians found shot dead
Breakfast Blogs
Zbig’s Blowback Outlives Him emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department Backed a Mortgage Corporation Over a Veteran Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Alt-right crater digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Who protects gun victims from bearing the costs of their wounds? Spocko, Hullabaloo
21st century reconstruction Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
What Do We Know About Carter Page? Cheryl Rofer, Nuclear Diner
It gets worse Yastreblyansky, No More Mister nice Blog
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