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.
This Day in History
FDR wins unprecedented third term in the White House; Richard Nixon elected President; Former President Reagan says he has Alzheimer’s; George Foreman sets boxing record; Pianist Vladimir Horowitz dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don’t want and get it.
Ominous news for Aleppo as Russian frigate reaches Syrian coast Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish party leaders amid claims of internet shutdown Pakistan to deport National Geographic ‘Afghan Girl’ Diver may have found ‘lost nuke’ missing since cold war off Canada coast Nasa begins testing enormous space telescope made of gold mirrors
Breakfast Blogs
North Carolina Voter Suppression Is Real, and It’s Horrifying Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
“Glitch!” FBI’s Three Leaked Claims about the Delay in Obtaining a Warrant for Huma’s Email emptywheel aka Marcy Wheel, emptywheel
The real Clinton email scandal is that a bullshit story has dominated the campaign Matt Yglesias, Vox.com
UPDATED: What’s Obama’s Response to Pre-Election Cyber Attacks Spocko, Hullabaloo
Within the ballpark, time moves differently Gaius Publius, Hullabaloo
Whither National Greatness? drifglass, at his blog
You’ll Be Amused To Know Who In The Media Got That Al Qaeda Warning First Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Judge Says NYPD ‘Accustomed To Disregarding’ Court Orders, Sends Surveillance Settlement Back For Fixes Tim Cushing, Techdirt