The Breakfast Club (Protesting)

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 10:30am (ET) 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

Samuel Morse opens America’s first telegraph line; Four men sentenced for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; Britain’s Queen Victoria born; The Brooklyn Bridge opens; Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Cats don’t like change without their consent.
Roger Caras

Breakfast News

Austria elects Green candidate as president in narrow defeat for far right

Brazil minister ousted after secret tape reveals plot to topple President Rousseff

Two dozen Guantánamo detainees poised for release under Obama deals

TSA security head removed following ‘mismanagement’ hearing

Chelsea Manning files appeal against ‘grossly unfair’ 35-year prison sentence

Purvi Patel’s lawyers appeal 20-year sentence over self-induced abortion

Black bears flock to claim food in evacuated Fort McMurray homes

Contrasting English and French attitudes to children in restaurants

Breakfast Blogs

President-to-Be Mark Cuban Sees ‘Too Much Uncertainty’ with the Economy Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

On Climate Change, Trump Has Soundbites. GOP Has Actual (Terrible) Ideas. Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Vindication for Edward Snowden From a New Player in NSA Whistleblowing Saga Jenna McLaughlin and Dan Froomkin, The Intercept

Mullah Mansour Drone Strike: Important Milestone or Radicalizing Event Jim White, emptywheel

Andrew Sullivan vs. The Children of a Lesser Blog driftglass at his blog