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 Lusitania sunk in World War I; Nazi Germany signs surrender in World War II; Vietnam’s Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Composer Peter Illych Tchaikovsky born; Glenn Miller records ‘Chattanooga Choo-Choo.’
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
Edwin Land
Breakfast News
US military admits troops are operating inside Yemen to combat al-Qaida
Labour’s Sadiq Khan elected mayor of London
IMF threatens to pull out of Greek rescue
UN outrage over refugee deaths as bombing denied by Syrian government
Panama Papers source breaks silence over ‘scale of injustices’
Jane Goodall’s bid to save grizzly bears threatened by $50 hunting licenses
Oregon outlines sweeping protections for transgender students
Breakfast Blogs
Happy Friday. ‘Dangerous Donald’ Is Childish and Stupid. Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Intelligence Community Casts Its Vote for Hillary Clinton emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
David Brooks: The Man With Three Buttocks driftglass at his blog
Former U.S. Diplomats Decry the U.S.-Backed Saudi War in Yemen Alex Emmons and Ziad Jilani, The Intercept
At Conference of Elites, the Distress of Others Is an Investment Opportunity David Dayen, The Intercept