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 Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy; a searing image from the Vietnam War; Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran, ending years of exile; actor Clark Gable born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Breakfast News
Russia accuses cybersecurity experts of treasonous links to CIA
African leaders plan mass withdrawal from international criminal court
Kiev and Kremlin trade blame over surge in fighting in east Ukraine
Deutsche Bank fined $630m over Russia money laundering claims
Parliament to debate Trump state visit after 1.6m sign petition
Sally Yates Has Been Nominated For JFK Profile In Courage Award
Four states sue Trump administration over ‘un-American’ travel ban
San Francisco sues Donald Trump over order targeting ‘sanctuary cities’
Water Could Soon Be Unaffordable For Millions Of Americans
Breakfast Blogs
Filibuster the Damn Supreme Court Nominee Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump Fulfills Another Campaign Promise: Kills 8-Year Old American Girl emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
A Bitter Pill: Trump the Weathervane and Big Pharma Echidne, at her blog
Snowball effect of Ryan’s dreams digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
David Brooks, Two Inches To The Right driftglass, at his blog
TWO SPINELESS PARTIES ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE OWNED BY TRUMP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Ballghazi, Except With the World Blowing Up Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Not Only Is Steve Bannon Sitting In On National Security Meetings, The Usual Paper Trail Is Disappearing Tim Cushing, Techdirt