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
Galveston hurricane kills thousands; President Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon; Nazis begin Leningrad siege during World War II; Comedian Sid Caesar born; Original ‘Star Trek’ premieres on TV.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.
Breakfast News
Angela Merkel defends immigration policy after election blow
Panama Papers: Denmark buys leaked data to use in tax evasion inquiries
Hong Kong refugees helped hide Edward Snowden after NSA leak
Uber drivers can’t resolve issues through class-action lawsuit, US court rules
Yosemite adds 400 acres in national park’s largest expansion in 70 years
Breakfast Blogs
The Washington Post Screwed Up the ‘Iran Ransom’ Story Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Misunderstandings of the Anti-Transparency Hillary-Exonerating Left emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The privileged won’t suffer if he wins digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
A tale of two stories Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump Demands A Plan He Says He Already has, From People He Says Know Less Than He Does Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Prison Labor: Modern Slavery Eric Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What Net Neutrality? While The FCC Naps, AT&T Now Exempting DirecTV Content From Wireless Usage Caps Karl Bode, Techdirt