The Breakfast Club (French Fries)

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

Sen. Joseph McCarthy confronted over his anti-communist tactics; Author Charles Dickens dies; Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns; Secretariat wins Triple Crown; Electric guitar pioneer Les Paul born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

I was ecstatic they re-named ‘French Fries’ as ‘Freedom Fries’. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.

Johnny Depp

Breakfast News

British shock: PM May’s election gamble appears to backfire

Kuwait steps up efforts to end Qatar blockade

US-backed forces fighting Islamic State enter Syria stronghold of Raqqa

Chief prosecutor urges Venezuelans to reject Maduro’s constitution rewrite

Japan opens the door to debate on female succession to the Chrysanthemum throne

Japan enacts law for Emperor Akihito, 83, to abdicate

House backs legislation to undo most of Obama’s landmark banking reforms

Idaho high court: Unmarried gay partner has no custody right


Branson calls Trump ‘naive’ for exiting Paris climate accord

Chimpanzees do not have same legal rights as humans, US appeals court rules

Faster-moving sea ice forces polar bears to use more energy

Frank Lloyd Wright Phoenix home given to architecture school

Breakfast Blogs

While You Were Comey-ing, the House Was Up to No Good Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

What a Difference a Day Makes to the Privileges of a King What a Difference a Day Makes to the Privileges of a King emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

I Heard Comey Echidne, at her blog

The nub of the Comey hearing digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Why Congressional Republicans Are Enabling Trump Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Speaking of senile hackery Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

At The Comey Hearing: The Rime of the Ancient Maverick driftglass, at his blog

WHY WOULD REPUBLICANS DUMP TRUMP IF THEIR BILLS GET ENACTED WITH HIM IN OFFICE? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Reporter Indicted For Covering Trump Inauguration Protests Mike Masnick, Techdirt