The Breakfast Club (The Right Way)

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.

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This Day in History

George Washington dies at age 67; Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his group reach South Pole; Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia sign an internationally-brokered peace treaty; Baseball’s Roger Maris dies at age 51.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.

Margaret Chase Smith

Breakfast News

Aleppo residents await evacuation after ceasefire deal offers hope of survival

Medics in Aleppo fear being killed or tortured for saving lives

French parliament votes to extend state of emergency until after 2017 elections

US to halt planned arms sales to Saudi Arabia over Yemen airstrikes

Thousands protest against rightwing government in Poland

Virginia voter ID law upheld by federal court after Democratic challenge

ohn Kasich vetoes Ohio ‘heartbeat bill’ in favor of 20-week abortion ban

Hawaii’s new homeless regulations could cut shelter places by a third

Wave taller than a six-storey building sets ‘remarkable’ world record

Why don’t humans have a penis bone? Scientists may now know

Breakfast Blogs

So Now We Know the Secret Sauce in Trump’s Cabinet Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

The NYT’s Legitimate Email Detail emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

President Obama takes the gloves off digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Oh, Well, No One’s Perfect, Amirite, Media John Cole, Balloon Juice

The Defense of Liberty Can’t Do Without Identity Politics Jacob T. Levy, Niskanen Center

The Coming Modest Shift to the Right From the Second of America’s Two Similarly Neoliberal Parties Scott Lemiuex, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Most Dangerous People In America driftglass, at his blog

Ohio Legislature Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill That Removes Lots Of Bad Incentives Tim Cushing, Techdirt