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 hydrogen-filled airship Hindenburg explodes and crashes; Psychologist Sigmund Freud and actor-director Orson Welles born; Roger Bannister is the first athlete to run a mile in fewer than four minutes.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The Republican and Democratic parties have accomplished an amazing feat with the red state/blue state paradigm. They’ve convinced everyone that regardless of how bad they are, the other guy is worse.
Jonathan Turley
Breakfast News
Syria accused of airstrike on refugee camp as Assad pushes for ‘final victory’
Panama Papers: US launches crackdown on international tax evasion
Turkish PM Davutoğlu resigns as President Erdoğan tightens grip
Sandy Hook victims’ families get access to gun manufacturer marketing records
‘We need fundamental changes’: US doctors call for universal healthcare
Breakfast Blogs
Hate Crimes Rise Along With Donald Trump’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept
Do Republicans Really Think This Man Will Save Them from Trump? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Walker Bragman, What Are Your Thoughts? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
The GOP Goes To The Mattresses driftglass at his blog
Chris Hayes called it digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo