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
Four black girls killed in a church blast in Alabama; President George W. Bush vows massive rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina; Nazi Germany adopts Nuremberg laws; Agatha Christie and Oliver Stone born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
Breakfast News
Bayer’s $66bn takeover bid of Monsanto called a ‘marriage made in hell’
Brazil’s ex-president Lula charged with corruption in oil kickback scandal
Obama says US prepared to lift Myanmar sanctions
Bundy trial: Oregon sheriff says he was threatened with ultimatum by militia
1 Billion Stars Mapped! Most Detailed Catalog of Milky Way Is Revealed
Breakfast Blogs
This Is a Powerful Political Moment That Most Americans Are Missing Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Lead Investigator For CIA ‘Torture Report’ Explains Why It Was Necessary To Hijack A Copy Of The ‘Panetta Review’ Tim Cushing, Techdirt
A Busy Day for the Bears emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
NASA: Fracking is source of the massive methane “hot spot” in the American Southwest Gaius Publius, Hullabaloo
Could Donald Trump’s tax returns indicate support for the Bin Ladin family? The New York Crank, No More Mister Nice Blog