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
Cornerstone laid for what becomes the White House; Britain’s Margaret Thatcher born; Boston wins baseball’s first World Series; TV variety show host Ed Sullivan dies; Musician Paul Simon born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.
Breakfast News
Wells Fargo chief John Stumpf retires in wake of fake account scandal
DoJ review of San Francisco police finds ‘institutional bias’ against minorities
The Human Rights Abuses in Yemen’s “Forgotten War”
Kerry Opens a New Diplomatic Push for a Cease-Fire in Aleppo
Questioning of Julian Assange by Swedish authorities postponed
ncient Greeks ‘may have inspired China’s Terracotta Army’
On the line: call for Danish anglers to help catch escaped trout
Breakfast Blogs
Dead Hogs and the Dirty Ground Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Election Update: Women Are Defeating Donald Trump Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
In Latest Russian Plot, WikiLeaks Reveals Hillary Opposes ISDS emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
U.S. can unilaterally withdraw from TPP and NAFTA as soon as the President chooses to Gaius Publius, Hullabaloo
No more boomer pipe dreams Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Sex With The Ex driftglass, at his blog
On November 9, Trump’s Followers Will Probably Be More Dangerous Than Trump Steve M., No More Mister NIce Blog
Study Says Body Cameras Can Reduce Force Usage… But Only If Officers Turn Them On Tim Cushing, Techdirt