The Breakfast Club (Magic)

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.

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This Day in History

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of Cold War espionage; Lt. William Calley, Jr. convicted in the Vietnam War’s My Lai massacre; U.S. troops leave South Vietnam; Attorney Johnnie Cochran dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

Eugene McCarthy

Breakfast News

Maryland Senate votes to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’

Abortion dispute leads to budget stalemate in Nebraska

Oklahoma Senate gives final OK to tax hikes for teacher pay

Students rally against gun violence in Paul Ryan’s town

Governor frees reporter arrested for using phone in Capitol

US: Won’t pay over 25 percent of UN peacekeeping anymore

Ex-US diplomat Rosemary DiCarlo gets top UN political post

Rival Koreas begin high-level talks meant to set up summit

Russian ex-spy likely poisoned at front door, UK police say

Hamas prepares for mass rallies along Gaza-Israel border

Ecuador cuts WikiLeaks founder Assange’s internet at embassy

Breakfast Blogs

I’m Skeptical About a Blue Wave in November Charles Pierce, Esquire Politicx

They actually have the chutzpah to talk about a balanced budget amendment digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Hoping Mueller’s Made Contingency Plans tristero, Hullabaloo

A tangled web indeed Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Why Dangling a Pardon Could Be an Obstruction of Justice—Even if the Pardon Power is Absolute Alex Whiting, Just Security

The Inefficient Construction of Infrastructure Is A Major Problem Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Terrible Takes on Journalism From America’s Beltway Elites Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Bud Light Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

There is a Club… driftglass, at his blog

YOU’RE SHOCKED THAT THE RIGHT IS CALLING THE ANTI-GUN KIDS NAZIS? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN FOR THE PAST FEW DECADES? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

UN Advisor Tells Italy To Drop Its Terrible ‘Fake News’ Law Before It Does Any Real Damage Tim Cushing, Techdirt