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.
This Day in History
Columbus lands in Americas; USS Cole bombed in Yemen; Soviet leader Khrushchev bangs shoe at UN; Blast rips Bali nightclub; Opera’s Luciano Pavarotti born; Singer John Denver dies in plane crash.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don’t know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.
Breakfast News
Fast-moving fire drives thousands from California homes
Trump administration pays NGOs who helped migrants
Judges block green card denials for immigrants on public aid
UAW letter to GM indicates that strike won’t end quickly
US appeals court skeptical of Trump’s Medicaid work rules
Appeals court rules House should get Trump financial records
Former envoy defies Trump, testifies he pushed to oust her
Judge will halt lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, its owners
Greta Thunberg tells Denver rally: ‘We are the change’
Big avocado earns Hawaii family Guinness World Records honor
Ethiopia’s reformist PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel peace prize
Tokyo eerily quiet, bracing for worst typhoon in 6 decades
Turkish forces advance in Syria as US troops come under fire
Iran says missiles strike its oil tanker off Saudi Arabia
Turkish invasion raises fears of Islamic State prison break
Thousands of Nigerian hunters prepare to chase Boko Haram
Spanish government vows to exhume Franco before election
Broken angels: Inside the lab working to restore Notre Dame
Breakfast Blogs
The Latest Hero Exposing Trump’s Corruption Has a Name, and She Is Not F*cking Around Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Consider How Paul Manafort’s Fate May Have Affected Marie Yovanovitch emptwheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Do Lev Parnas and David Correia Have A Connection To Sale Of Trump Properties To Russians In South Florida? Jim White, emptywheel
Hey, those Kurds don’t pay, Saudi Arabia does. Soooo… digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
You’re all in or you’re out Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Need for a Bipartisan Stand Against the White House Counsel Letter Greg T. Nunziata, Just Security
The Cipollone Letter: Trouble in the White House Counsel’s Office Bob Bauer, Lawfare
You still don’t understand what you’re dealing with do you? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
“They’re All Friends” Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Medium Cool Indeed Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
In Case You Were Wondering About Me and Facebook… driftglass, at his blog
DONALD TRUMP AND THE INTENTIONAL FALLACY Steve M., No More Mister Mice Blog
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Is In Ur Congress Telling The Ukraine Secretz Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
Let’s Meet Rudy Giuliani’s Team Of Dipsh*ts, Most Of Whom Are In Jail Or Under House Arrest In Vienna Right Now Evan Hurst, Wonkette
At CNN Town Hall, Democrats Talk About LGBTQ People Like They Are People Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Sorry About Your Trump Slob Picnic, Minneapolis Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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