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
Dr. Sam Sheppard acquitted of murder in new trial; U.S. and U.S.S.R. form diplomatic ties; Second anthrax letter found sent to Capitol Hill; Actor William Holden dies; ‘Sound of Music’ hits Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H. L. Mencken
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/h_l_mencken.html
US army and CIA may be guilty of war crimes in Afghanistan, says ICC Aleppo airstrikes restart as Russia announces major Syria offensive John Kerry says Yemen’s Houthis and Saudi coalition agree to ceasefire Dakota pipeline operator goes to court after government delays construction Rand Paul: I oppose both Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton for secretary of state ‘Post-truth’ named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries
Breakfast Blogs
How Much Can We Logically Expect Donald Trump to Learn on the Job? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Day Six: Our First Purge emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trumpist Populism in actiondigby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Heard it from a friend who… Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Fanatic Beasts And Where To Find Them driftglass, at his blog
Jared Kushner Will Not Be The Calming Influence Who Saves America Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is for the Media to Care Far More About Email Management Than Racism Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Comey Can’t Say How Often Encryption Thwarts Investigations, But Probably A Lot Tim Cushing, Techdirt