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
John Brown raids Harper’s Ferry; France’s Marie Antoinette beheaded; John Paul II chosen as pope; Chile’s ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet detained; ‘Baby Jessica’ rescued; Novelist James Michener dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.
Florida executions on hold after court rules death penalty unconstitutional Voter registration in Georgia and North Carolina must be extended, judges rule Saudi-led coalition admits to bombing Yemen funeral Sierra Nevada wildfires: trio of blazes destroys homes and forces evacuations Climate change: global deal reached to limit use of hydrofluorocarbons Tornado strikes Oregon coast: ‘Suddenly the sky was filled with debris’
Breakfast Blogs
The Clinton Campaign Is Flawed, and So Is WikiLeaks Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Scary Trumpalo Clown Trash Talk bmaz, emptywheel
CNN Has A Trump Surrogate Problem Carlos Maza and & Coleman Lowndes, Media Matters
Law enforcement for Trump digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Going Trump Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo