The Breakfast Club (One Of Us)

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

Elvis Presley born; President Lyndon Johnson declares war on poverty; Ramzi Yousef sentenced to life in prison for first World Trade Center bombing. Physicist Stephen Hawking born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

All the pain and the poverty. Hypocrisy fuels my truth. Ain’t no stopping me.

Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-NY)

Breakfast News

Judge allows tribes to challenge Corps’ Dakota Access study

Politician cannot block critic on social media: US appeals court

Supreme Court rejects Exxon in climate change document fight

3D-printed guns may be more dangerous to their users than targets

Alabama civil rights institute rescinds Angela Davis honor

Expert: Census citizenship question would hurt Latino count

California storm brings power outages, shuts down highway

Environmental groups withdraw from Oregon wolf plan talks

Saudi woman seeking asylum can stay temporarily in Thailand

Trump’s shift on Syria leaves allies scrambling

Britain testing ‘no-deal’ scenario as Brexit vote nears

Guatemala to withdraw from UN anti-corruption commission

Amnesty International calls on Poland not to deport Chechen

Alps avalanche risk high, several dead in weather incidents

Breakfast Blogs

This Is the Biggest Voting-Rights Bill to Appear in Congress Since the Civil Rights Movement Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Will the Press Recognize They Also Deserve a Scolding for Parroting Eric Dubelier’s Nude Selfie Stunt? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Hillarization of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Not Going Well. Echidne, at her blog

“The right way” digy aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

The electric future sneaks up Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

If Trump’s Syria and Afghanistan Decisions Seem Bad, Imagine What He’d Do in a Crisis John Geitzer, Just Security

Case Closed: The Justice Department Won’t Stand Behind Its Report on Immigrants and Terrorism Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare

These Are Not Very Bright Guys Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The mysterious case of Mme. Calment Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

David Brooks: Every Now and Then driftglass, at his blog

The Only Talking Point: The Wall Is a Lie The Rude Pundit, at his blog

TRUMP TO HIS OPPONENTS: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WIN YOUR LOVE? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog