The Breakfast Club (Bad, Sad Man)

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

U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion; Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty; Queen Victoria dies; “The Crucible” opens; “Laugh-In” premieres.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Francis Bacon

Breakfast News

Teachers union: Los Angeles strike to go into 6th school day

Notre Dame to cover up murals of Columbus in the New World

TSA screener sick-outs hit 10 percent over holiday weekend

North Dakota’s GOP-led Legislature mulls abortion bills

New Hampshire Democrats consider emergency shutdown funding

Frigid air, high winds sweep the Northeast; at least 7 dead

High tide creeps up on Florida eclipse-watchers, floods car

Video captures moose chasing skiers at Colorado resort

Venezuela quells soldiers’ revolt, top court blasts congress

UK leader unveils Brexit Plan B, looks a lot like Plan A

France summons Italian envoy over Di Maio’s migrant remarks

After violence, Greek parliament debates deal with Macedonia

Reinvented legacy: Nazi’s paintings fund foundation for Jews

Breakfast Blogs

The Bank of Justice Is Not Bankrupt Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Trump’s Lawyers Raised Concerns with Mueller’s Office about Testimony They Shouldn’t Know Whether Is Phony or Not emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Bizarro World Judiciary Committee digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Thanks, Gaga, and Thank God tristero, Hullabaloo

Two years in Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Why It May Not Matter If BuzzFeed Got It Wrong: “Encouraging” Perjury is Also a Crime Ryan Goodman, Just Security

Can the Senate Decline to Try an Impeachment Case? Bob Bauer, Lawfare

Donald Trump Is Very Unpopular and the Tax Cut Won’t Help Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Sunday Morning Comin’ Down: Thee Shutdownes Of Olde driftglass, at his blog

Martin Luther King Would Fuck Trump’s Shit Up (2019 Edition) The Rude Pundit, at his blog

THE COVINGTON CATHOLIC KIDS HAVE A FAN IN POLAND Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog