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
The Stamp Act takes effect; The United States explodes the first hydrogen bomb; Sistine Chapel paintings are first shown to the public; Algerian nationalists begin rebellion against French rule; NFL’s Walter Payton dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Canada to let 300,000 immigrants enter country in 2017 Anger as Paris police launch surprise migrant camp clearance Judge Orders More Protections for US Muslims in Landmark NYPD Spying Cases McDonald’s Settlement Could Open Door for Worker Wins Nationwide Día de los Muertos: an antidote to America’s Halloween sugar rush
Breakfast Blogs
Does Hillary Clinton Need More Republican Daddies In Her Administration? (SPOILER: LOL No.) Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What Do You Do When You Can’t Think About Anything Else? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Anthony Weiner Creates a Virgin Birth for Evidence the Clinton Foundation Investigators Want emptywheel aka marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“Emails! The crime!” digby aka Heather Diby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Puke Funnel Now Goes Straight To The FBI Steve M., No More Mister NIce Blog
AT&T’s Already Making Things Up To Get Its Massive New Merger Approved Karl Bode, Techdirt