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
Patricia Hearst gets prison time; Author F. Scott Fitzgerald born; ’60 Minutes’ premieres; Baseball’s Dodgers play last Brooklyn game; Muppets creator Jim Henson born; Children’s author Dr. Seuss dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The most sophisticated people I know – inside they are all children.
Breakfast News
Death toll in migrant shipwreck off Egypt rises to 300
Bernie Sanders’ brother to fight David Cameron’s seat for Green party
Cold war: Iceland (the country) may sue Iceland (the chain) over name
White House, government agencies discuss possible shutdown
Yellowstone River reopens after deadly parasite killed thousands of fish
Breakfast Blogs
Finally, Something to Laugh About in This Godforsaken Campaign Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
For Gloria and Mary digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Nothing left but the dogwhistle Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Cruz: Never Mind, I guess There Is No Battle For The Soul Of Conservatism
DOJ Tells Forensic Experts To Stop Overstating The ‘Scientific Certainty’ Of Presented Evidence Tim Cushing, Techdirt