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
Thomas Edison perfects workable electric light; Anthrax scare claims first of two U.S. postal workers in Washington, DC; Britain wins Battle of Trafalgar; Actress and author Carrie Fisher born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Instant gratification takes too long.
Documentary film-makers face decades in prison for taping oil pipeline protests Emergency order for Flint water crisis should have come sooner, EPA admits Colorado poll workers trained to respond to mass shooting EU leaders fail to agree on threatening Russia with sanctions over Aleppo Australia joins bid to outlaw large-scale commercial and ‘scientific’ whaling Global wine production expected to fall by 5% due to ‘climatic events’ Bob Dylan website acknowledges Nobel literature prize win after five-day wait
Breakfast Blogs
Why Are You Surprised Trump Won’t Respect the Results of the Election? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Has there ever been a bigger whiner than Donald Trump? Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Joe Scarborough and Bill Kristol — Cannibals Fighting Over The Place Settings driftglass, at his blog
Angry Wingnuts Just Want To Be On The Side That’s Winning Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog