The Breakfast Club (An Open Fire)

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

Wright brothers conduct the first successful manned, powered flight of the airplane. U.S. test-fires the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile; Simon Bolivar dies in Colombia; television’s Tiny Tim marries his fiancee, Miss Vicky.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves.

Robert A. Dahl

Breakfast Blogs

The Full Release of the JFK Files Could Only Harm the DeadCharles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

War for Ukraine Day 296: What Ukrainian Air Defense Doing? A Damn Good Job! Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Everything is a Learning Experience and I am Ready for Fewer of Them John Cole, Balloon Juice

How Trump and Elon build their cults: Exploiting right-wing insecurity Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Poor Pitiful Kev digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

So now “pro mass shooting” is a thing Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Congress Still Pushing Dangerous ‘Online Safety’ Bill With A Few Flimsy Fixes That Don’t Really Fix Much Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Judge Torches Federal Prosecutors For Flipping A Defendant And Using Him To Spy On Defense Team Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Connecticut’s Inclusive Policy Toward Transgender Student Athletes Upheld, as Court Rejects Claim Runners Lost Their ‘Chance to Be Champions’ Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Ron DeSantis will sign any abortion regulation that a Republican supermajority puts on his desk Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,257 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns & Money

In Just Six Weeks, Elmo Mush Has Managed To Recapitulate The Entire HIstory of Conservative Media driftglass, at his blog

A CRINGE-CLASS HERO IS SOMETHING TO BE (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Nope, Sorry, It’s STILL Not Okay To Charge 10-Year-Olds As Adults Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Hey Baby, It’s Me, Measles. Thanks For Taking Me Back, I’ve Missed You! Gary Legum, Wonkette

Alex Jones Is No Peasant, Cannot Possibly Live On $10K Per Week, He Tells Bankruptcy Court Liz Dye, Wonkette

Joe Biden Also Too Has Some MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Nice Alabama Ladies Feeding, Spaying Feral Cats convicted of CRIMING Doktor Zoom, Wonkette