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
‘Saturday Night Massacre’ takes place during Watergate scandal; Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns to Philippines; Jacqueline Kennedy weds Aristotle Onassis; Three Lynyrd Skynyrd members die in plane crash.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.
ACLU takes on Fisa court over secret decisions on surveillance laws Wells Fargo under criminal investigation in California over sales practices scandal Russian alleged hacker arrested in Prague over cyber-attacks in US Theresa May to tell EU’s other leaders ‘there will be no second referendum’ Samsung exploding phone issue extends past Note 7, lawsuit says
Breakfast Blogs
The State of Kansas Is Now Citing Pro-Slavery Court Decisions Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Some Cops Will Stand against Grabbing Women By Their P*$$y, But Not the National Fraternal Order of Police emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Wavering women in Real America digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Maybe The Key TO Trumpism Is Immaturity Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Documents Show Chicago PD Secretly Using Forfeiture Funds To Buy Surveillance Equipment Tim Cushing, Techdirt