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
British surrender at Yorktown decides American Revolution; Stock market crash hits Wall Street in late 1980s; Napoleon’s forces begin retreat from Moscow; Concorde makes first landing in New York.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
Jack Anderson
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jack_anderson.html
WikiLeaks Ecuador says it cut WikiLeaks founder’s internet over US election interference ‘I Was Doing My Job’: Climate Reporter Facing 45 Years Speaks Out US and UK reject Russian offer of Syria airstrikes ‘pause’ Flint residents sue over alleged denial of special education services to children ottest September on Record Basically “Locks In” 2016 as Hottest Year: NASA Norwegian Youth Taking Government to Court Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Arctic Drilling 50 Groups Urge Investigation Into ‘Wild West’ of Facial Recognition Policing
Breakfast Blogs
Imagine Where We’d Be If Trump Didn’t Go Bananas Every Night Charles Pierce, Esquire Poltics
eting When Reporters Discover Selective Leak Targeting emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Three ways the President alone can rein in prescription drug prices Gaius Publius, Hullabaloo
The Loss Leader/a> driftglass, at his blog
Trump Os Even Losing His Idiot Troll Skills (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
FBI Facial Recognition Expert Helps Denver PD Arrest Wrong Man Twice For The Same Crime Tim Cushing, Techdirt