The Breakfast Club (Presidents’ Day)

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.

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This Day in History

A pivotal battle in the American Revolution; President James Garfield dies; Bruno Hauptmann arrested in the Lindbergh baby case; Unabomber’s manifesto published; ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ premieres.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Abraham Lincoln

Breakfast News

Survivors of deadly school shooting lash out at Trump

Few states let courts take guns from people deemed a threat

Pennsylvania awaits first look at court’s congressional map

Trump once again wants to cut energy assistance to the poor

Museum to discuss efforts to see if bones belong to pirate

Exclusive: For now, U.S. wants Europeans just to commit to improve Iran deal

Netanyahu says Israel could act against Iran’s ’empire’Turkey denies allegation of chemical attack in Syria

All 65 passengers, crew feared dead in Iranian plane crash

Breakfast Blogs

Everything But the Obvious John Cole, Balloon Juice

North Carolina Is Dabbling with 21st Century Segregation Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

ments The Conspiracy to Defraud the United States Backbone of the Internet Research Agency and Manafort Indictments emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Illiberal Hollywood: Kicked in its Pants by a Panther Rayme, emptywheel

The Big Question digby aka Heather Digby Parfton, Hullabaloo

Mine, mine, mine, mine Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Media Fails: Not Just For Politics Anymore! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 206 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

ROSS DOUTHAT DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE GUN CULTURE OR THE ANTI-GUN CULTURE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog