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 …
May 2017 archive
May 26 2017
The Russian Connection: Friday Night News Dump
It’s getting really hard to keep up with all the news that keeps pouring out of this investigation into the Trump campaign collusion with Russia. It’s beginning to look like more than just tampering with the election. The evidence is just piling up and there are more questions, hopefully, to be soon followed by some …
May 26 2017
Trump at NATO: Power Shakes and Shoves
Everyone was wondering how long Donald Trump would be on his good boy behavior. he managed to be at least somewhat unoffensive, with only a few gaffs, during his visits in Saudi Arabia and Israel and his audience with Pope Francis. His good boy act ended with his arrival in Brussels for the NATO Summit …
May 26 2017
The Russian Connection: Getting Close To Home
President Donald Trump has put son-in-law Jared Kushner in charge of several very important initiatives, including bringing peace to the Middle East, ending the opioid crisis, and completely reorganizing the entire executive branch of the federal government. Jared of all trades, so to speak but he is no under the microscope of the FBI for …
May 26 2017
Pondering the Pundits
“Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
May 26 2017
The Breakfast Club (Feelin Groovy)
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 …
May 25 2017
The Rumble In Montana
Update 5/26/2017 01:00 ET Greg Gianforte (R) has been declared the winner of the Montana at-large House seat. Update 20:55 ET: The polls on Montana closed at 10 PM ET. Early results have a very close race with Gianforte with a slight lead 48.3% t0 46% for Quist. Keep in mind most of these votes …
May 25 2017
Court Upholds Ban Against Travel Ban
There are two cases in the federal appellate courts regarding the ban on Trump’s executive order blocking travel from six mostly Muslim countries. This afternoon one of those cases was decided. Federal appeals court largely maintains freeze of Trump’s travel ban By Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals …
May 25 2017
Trump’s Not So Excellent Overseas Adventure
I haven’t bothered to cover Trump’s travels and travails abroad but this struck me as just really mean spirited and speaks volumes about Trump’s “temperament.” Spicer’s absence in papal visit reveals Trump’s family-first rule By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The most visible moment for White House press secretary Sean Spicer on …
May 25 2017
The Russian Connection: It Just Keeps Coming
Everyday there is something else reported on Trump’s Russian connections. Yesterday these were the top stories: Top Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer By Matthew Rosenberg, Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, New York Times American spies collected information last summer revealing that senior Russian intelligence and political officials were discussing how …
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