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
Colonists go ashore in Virginia to set up Jamestown; Lewis and Clark begin to explore Louisiana Territory; Israel founded; Skylab launched; Movie producer George Lucas born; Singer Frank Sinatra dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
George Lucas
Breakfast News
Pfizer blocks its drugs from being used in lethal injections in prisons
‘A lot of testosterone and little pigment’: Brazil’s old elite deals a blow to diversity
Chicago’s much-criticized police review authority replaced with civilian agency
Spain toxic tyre dump at Sesena forces mass evacuation
Erdoğan says west cares more about gay and animal rights than Syria
‘Killed this here critter’: outrage after US rancher shoots rare wolverine
Three men face charges for killing tiny, endangered fish in drunken rampage
Breakfast Blogs
Privatizing VA care on the table for Republicans in 2016 Steve Benen, The Maddow Blog
Appeals Court Shoots Down ACLU, Says Full CIA Torture Report Is Beyond The Reach Of FOIA Requesters Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Happy Friday. Everybody Gets a Vote. Charles Pierce, Esquire Poltics
Words, Words, Words driftglass at his blog
In Addition To His Other Repulsive Views, Trump’s Butler Thinks Michelle Obama Is A Man Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog