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
Civil rights marchers attacked in Selma, Alabama; Nazi Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler sends troops into the demilitarized Rhineland; Movie director Stanley Kubrick dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
Breakfast News
Supreme Court Sides With Latino Man Who Says He Didn’t Get a Fair Trial
Supreme court rules that jury secrecy can be lifted if racial bias is suspected
Supreme court returns transgender rights case back to lower court
Clarence Thomas Questions Legality Of Letting Cops Take Innocent People’s Stuff
Montana Dems Nominate A Banjo Player For Special Election — And He Might Actually Win
Oil price will soar without investment in capacity, says watchdog
Arctic sea ice could disappear even if world achieves climate target
Eddie ‘the Eagle’ soars again: ski jumper returns 30 years after Calgary Olympics
Breakfast Blogs
The Feedback Loop in Christopher Steele’s Dossier emptywheel aka Marcey Wheeler, emptywheel
Why Republicans Can Never Fully Separate Themselves from Trump Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
In the Trump Reality the Sky Has Flying Unicorns. Their Poop is Polka-Dotted Echidne, at her bog
“If they want a war, let’s let them have it. “ digby aka Heather Digby Partom, Hullabaloo
A modern Dust Bowl would be just as devastating as the original (or, What kind of emergency will it take?) Gaius Publius, Hullabaloo
Dear Republicans: Help Is Not On The Way driftglass, at his blog
Could the Greatest Neoliberal Sellout in Known Human History Be Good At His Job? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH STAFFERS, BUT IT HAS PLENTY OF ENABLERS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
TSA Now Making Its Intrusive Searches Even More Gropey & Assaulty Mike Masnick, Techdirt
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