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
The Boston Tea Party takes place; World War Two’s Battle of the Bulge begins; Ludwig van Beethoven is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Breakfast News
Aleppo Syria battle: Evacuation of rebel-held east
Images show ‘significant’ Chinese weapons systems in South China Sea
UK and US ramp up criticism of Russia and Iran over Aleppo crisis
EU extends Russia sanctions over Ukraine
Killings by US police logged at twice the previous rate under new federal program
Justice department sues Michigan city over denial of proposed mosque
Resignation of FCC chair Tom Wheeler paves the way for net neutrality battle
Twitter blocks government ‘spy centers’ from accessing user data
Facebook now flags and down-ranks fake news with help from outside fact checkers
New York Public Library launches imprint to publish books inspired by its collections
Breakfast Blogs
Republicans Are Staging a Coup in North Carolina Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Craig Murray’s Description of WikiLeaks’ Sources emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The “Pizzagate.” Or Down The Rabbit Hole of Fake News. Echidne, at her blog
My Response To Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “My President Was Black” driftglass, at his blog
If you’re honest about your corruption can you call it unethical? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Smite makes right Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
One Bathroom Accident Could Be What Saved Us From Secretary Of State Giuliani Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
“FAKE NEWS” Is a Distraction From the Disastrous Performance of “Real” News Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Supreme Court Will Hear A Case That Could Finally Shut Down East Texas As The Patent Troll Mecca Mike Masnick, Techdirt