The Breakfast Club (Hold On)

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

Charles Lindbergh begins his trans-Atlantic flight; Amelia Earhart starts her trek across the Atlantic; Freedom Riders attacked in the South; Explorer Christopher Columbus, comedienne Gilda Radner die.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Honore de Balzac

Breakfast News

https://apnews.com/7a5359bd35e543eca3a19dce9c0e91ec/Iranians-turn-out-in-large-numbers-for-closely-watched-vote

Brazil’s top prosecutor accuses Temer of obstructing justice

https://apnews.com/872370de94814e5296590383d36a8f0e/Venezuelan-leader-to-Trump:-‘Get-your-pig-hands-out-of-here%22

Rape inquiry dropped, WikiLeaks’ Assange remains in embassy

Appeals court strikes down FAA drone registration rule

Colorado governor pardons felon to stave off deportation

Weiner pleads guilty in sexting case, could go to prison

In New Orleans, Confederate monuments are gone _ Lee last

Always Dreaming looks very much for real as Preakness awaits

Oil company watches over pregnant polar bear under bridge

Breakfast Blogs

Here’s What You Get When You Put Joe Lieberman in There Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Does Vice President Pence Believe He Has Declassification Authority? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Figuring Out What Is Happening In The Russian Investigations Echidne, at her blog

Trump’s other horrifying comment to Comey digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Can liars tell the truth when it counts? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Charles Murray is a Hateful Crackpot Whose Views Should Not Be Legitimized Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Roger Ailes Was One of the Worst Americans Ever Matt Taibbi, at his Rolling Stone blog

Andrew Sullivan Gets One Almost Right driftglass, at his blog

TODAY IN “DONALD TRUMP IS A SLAVE TO HIS EMOTIONS” Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

China To Require Drone Owners To Register, Just As Similar US Requirements Are Struck Down Glyn Moody, Techdirt