The Breakfast Club (The Hand Of Charity)

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

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to scale Mt. Everest’s peak; President John F. Kennedy born; Patrick Henry gives his “If this be treason” speech; Comedian Bob Hope born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.

Patrick Henry

Breakfast News

Payday lender lawyer sentenced to 8 years in prison

San Francisco to decide whether to ban flavored tobacco

Rescuers seek 1 man still missing after Maryland flash flood

The Latest: Alberto makes landfall on Florida Panhandle

Shortage of key Hawaii crop expected after rains swamp farms

Besides lava and ash, Hawaii volcano is pumping out ‘vog’

A spud is born: UMaine unveils gourmet ‘Pinto Gold’ potato

Artificial reef in Florida will honor lost US submarines

Cuba to update Soviet-era constitution, adapting to reforms

EU foreign ministers seek to keep Iran nuclear deal alive

Looming Italian election seen as plebiscite on EU and euro

Dismayed Colombians weigh uneasy options in runoff race

Embattled Spanish PM to face no-confidence vote this week

Poland seeks permanent US troop presence, offers financing

Ebola vaccinations begin in Congo’s northwest town of Bikoro

France: Macron rewards migrant hero who saved dangling child

Breakfast Blogs

They Did Not Die for What We Have Now—and That’s On Us, Not Them Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Same Day Aras Agalarov Was Talking about Restoring Communication with Trump, Jared Kushner Pitched a Back Channel emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheeL

The Dems are not in disarray? Say it ain’t so! digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

The NY Times Flacks for an Extreme Religious Right Politician tristero, Hullabaloo

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Blowing Things Up Batocchio, Hullabaloo

The NY Times Flacks for an Extreme Religious Right Politician tristero, Hullabaloo

Trump partners with criminals Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Arlington at Midnight: Memorial Day Reflections on President Trump Jeffrey H. Smith, Lawfare

It’s Time For Some Game Theory! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The eloquence of warriors Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 244 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

THE ECONOMY IS BOOMING — JUST NOT FOR YOU Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog