The Breakfast Club (Nobody Knows)

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

An aborted mission to free American hostages in Iran ends in disaster; Ireland’s ‘Easter Rising’ begins; Armenians face mass deportation during World War I; Singer Barbra Streisand born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.

Richard Holbrooke

Breakfast News

Arizona governor pushes for teacher pay deal as strike looms

Court sides with human in copyright fight over monkey selfie

Appeals court sides with states over fuel economy standards

Waffle House shooter’s guns were seized but then returned

After brief relief, forecasts indicate drought will continue

Cuomo proposes statewide ban on disposable plastic bags

Michigan water activist, 6 others win environmental prize

Van kills 10 and injures 15 in Toronto; driver in custody

Armenia’s leader quits amid protests, saying ‘I was wrong’

Ahead of summits, US tones down its war games with S. Korea

Saudi-led airstrike at Yemen wedding killed at least 20

Jailed Egyptian photojournalist wins UN press freedom prize

Breakfast Blogs

This Is Nothing Short of Cruelty Disguised as Law Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Counterintelligence versus Criminal: George Papadopoulos emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Oh God. They’re going to try to re-run the 2016 campaign digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

‘Rapture to begin TODAY.’ Or not. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

“We Did Nothing Wrong Ever,” The Ballad of Dean Baquet Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

MSNBC: History Rewritten While U Wait driftglass, at his blog

WHAT TRAVIS REINKING’S FATHER WAS ALLOWED TO DO IS EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH THE GUN CULTURE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

It’s Spreading: Lindsey Graham Now Insisting ‘Fairness Doctrine’ Applies To The Internet Mike Masnick, Techdirt