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.
This Day in History
Italy’s dictator Benito Mussolini killed; Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein born; Muhammad Ali refuses military induction during the Vietnam War; The first space tourist; ‘Tonight Show’ host Jay Leno born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
Breakfast News
‘He’s not listening’: Teachers and Arizona governor at odds
Website used in serial killer probe wasn’t contacted by cops
Abortion, Ten Commandments on Alabama’s ballot in November
Texas prosecutor plans to drop most biker shooting cases
Kauai woos travelers as island recovers from floods
US won’t restore Yellowstone grizzly bear protections
US agency may offer $1,000 to people who adopt wild horses
Korean summit provides unusual look at Kim Jong Un
Women, children attend wrestling event in Saudi Arabia
Kenya bans 1st Cannes-bound feature film over ‘lesbianism’
Kosovo honors its wartime missing; 1,650 still not yet found
EU moves to full ban on pesticides that harm bees
Breakfast Blogs
I’m Surprised This Part of the Koreas Summit Wasn’t Mentioned More Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Hole in the HPSCI Exoneration: Trump’s Hiring of Mike Flynn emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Friday Thoughts, 4/27/2018: Kevin Williamson’s Pregnancy, Trump’s Latest Rant and Obligatory Veiling in Iran Echidne, at her blog
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Kompromising Congress? Julian Sanchez, Just Security
Also, If You Tweet Your Disagreement With the Author It Will Be Worse Than Nagasaki and Hiroshima Put Together Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Just Say Yes–To Public Banking! Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
DEMOCRATS COULD NEVER GET AWAY WITH WHAT PAUL RYAN JUST DID Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Appeals Court: Driving Attentively While Black Isn’t Probable Cause For A Traffic Stop Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Innocent Man Charged With Murder Because His DNA Was Found On The Fingernails Of Victim, Whom He Had Never Met Glyn Moody, Techdirt
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