The Breakfast Club (Rebellion)

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

The Boston Massacre; Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech; The Soviet Union’s dictator Josef Stalin dies; Comedian John Belushi found dead; Country singer Patsy Cline killed in a plane crash.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Albert Camus

Breakfast News

23 dead, dozens missing in tornado-blasted Alabama community

California sues over US abortion rule; 20 states to follow

Oakland teachers go back to class after strike over pay

Plan to protect Colorado River still isn’t done. Now what?

Controversial Georgia ‘religious liberties’ bill stalls

High heat warnings go out too late in some of US, study says

North Carolina Democrats see opportunity in do-over election

Northeast digs out after storm closes schools, slows commute

Guaido returns to Venezuela, calls for more street protests

Putin suspends Russia’s obligations under 1987 nuclear pact

Leading minister resigns over scandal that threatens Trudeau

UK, EU to hold more Brexit talks as May woos opposition

Dutch ambassador recalled from Tehran amid dispute with Iran

Pakistan-India train service resumes as border tensions ease

German Carnival parades defy weather, poke fun at powerful

Breakfast Blogs

Some Democrats Need to Run for Senate—Not President. Luckily, They May Be Able to Do Both. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

In Subpoenaing Chelsea Manning, the Government Picks a Likely Needless Fight with the Transparency Community Again emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia And Google Echidne, at her blog

Mind boggling lunacy digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Are Not the Same Thing Matthew Wein, Just Security

When Is Impeachment the Right Remedy? Keith E. Whittington, Lawfare

Young Neoconfederates Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Erie Strike Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Why is Fox News treated as something other than a propaganda outlet? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

When Reading This From “Reason” Magazine… driftglass, at hos blog

That Fucked-Up Trump Speech Was As Fucked-Up As You Think It Was The Rude Pundit, at his blog

IT ISN’T FOX THAT’S CHANGED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog