The Breakfast Club (Laurels)

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.

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This Day in History

Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier; Britain’s Battle of Hastings takes place; Martin Luther King, Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize; Former President Theodore Roosevelt shot; Singer Bing Crosby dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Bob Dylan wins Nobel prize in literature

I’m speaking for all of us. I’m the spokesman for a generation.

Bob Dylan

Breakfast News

FBI to begin collecting self-reported data on fatal police encounters in 2017

US denies seeking wider role in Yemen war a day after firing missiles

Armed ‘3%’ militia fights against proposed mosque in tiny Georgia town

Syria’s Assad says taking Aleppo from rebels key to pushing ‘terrorists’ back to Turkey

Colombia’s president extends ceasefire with FARC through yearend

Japan’s little prince could be last emperor on unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne

Power stations to get early warning against jellyfish invasions

Breakfast Blogs

Chris Christie Is Gonna Get His Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

In Latest Russian Plot, WikiLeaks Reveals Hillary Opposes ISDS emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Defend the future Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Report From High Above My Pay Grade driftglass, at his blog

I’m Not Sure The republicans Could Have Headed Off The Trumpcalypse Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

As Donald Trump Ramps Up Threats To Sue Newspapers, A Reminder Of Why We Need Free Speech Protections Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Judge Tears Apart Law Enforcement’s Ridiculous Assertions About ‘Suspicious’ Behavior Tim Cushing, Techdirt