The Breakfast Club (Having Fun)

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

Abraham Lincoln says America cannot remain divided over slavery; Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space; Deadly Soweto riots erupt in South Africa; Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

To love what you do and feel that it matters how could anything be more fun?

Katharine Graham

Breakfast News

Texas governor’s plan after school shooting meets pushback

Lawsuit challenges Texas abortion curbs

California moves to declare coffee safe from cancer risk

Cut off by Hawaii lava, pot growers refuse to let go of dream

Native American food is tied to important sacred stories

Research shows diet shift of beluga whales in Alaska inlet

Fierce fighting intensifies outside Yemen’s Hodeida airport

China announces equal penalties to retaliate for US tariffs

Leaders of Italy, France to pursue migration changes at EU

Spanish govt unveils welcoming measures to help migrants

Stephen Hawking’s ashes buried in Westminster Abbey

McDonald’s to switch to paper straws in U.K., Ireland

Breakfast Blogs

Let’s Not Forget the President*’s Former Campaign Manager Is in Jail Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

After Judge Kimba Wood Rules Any Privilege Fight Would Have to Be Public, Cohen or Trump Withdraw Three Claims of Privilege emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Democracy Against Capitalism: Competing Stories About Wages Ed Walker, emptywheel

Friday Night Soother: the harrowing climb digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

One-trick phony Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Paul Manafort = Evidence of Collusion Ryan Goodman, Just Security

Journalists Remain Incapable of Dealing with Trump DNexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money

“She Can Take It” Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

SPOILED CHILD IN CHIEF Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

NY Senate Passes Bill That Would Make It A Crime To Publish Photos Of The Elderly Without Their Consent Tim Cushing, Techdirt