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
Martin Luther leads start of Protestant Reformation; President Lyndon B. Johnson halts U.S. bombing of North Vietnam; India’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated; Magician Harry Houdini dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Don’t taunt the alligator until after you’ve crossed the creek.
Dakota Access pipeline protesters see bias after Oregon militia verdict Syrian rebels’ Aleppo offensive could amount to war crimes, UN envoy Descendants of Jewish refugees seek German citizenship after Brexit vote Iceland Iceland elections leave ruling centre-right party in driving seat Italy earthquake: historic structures levelled in biggest quake since 1980 300 million children live in areas with extreme air pollution, data reveals Van Gogh ‘cut off his ear after learning brother was to marry’
Breakfast Blogs
Dylan Does What He Wants. That’s the Way This Whole Thing Goes. Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Story About Judicial Dysfunction Behind the Comey Whiplash emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler. emptywheel
Stopped clocks digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Comeygate: An Eric Garner Connection? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Syria Is Another Pipeline War Gaius Publius, naked capitalism