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
Iran-Contra scandal begins to unfold; Chile’s Salvador Allende takes office; Carol Moseley-Braun is first black woman elected to U.S. Senate; Former pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura elected Minnesota governor.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
Cubs win first World Series title since 1908 after beating Indians in Game 7 Police ordered to arrest Dakota pipeline protesters and destroy bridge they built Central Italy hit by another earthquake Mosul civilians flee heavy fighting and Isis: ‘They killed people in front of me’ US accused of gross incompetence in cases of eight Afghans at Guantánamo
Breakfast Blogs
With 6 Days Left, a Single Theme Unites the Republican Party Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Signaling: Schumer Has Lost Faith in Comey emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
People Who Went to Jail after Bundy’s Oregon Standoff Trial Spocko, Hullabaloo
The GOP tantrum will continue digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Hidden Hand Of Dancin’ David Gregory driftglass, at his blog
Republican Partisans In The FBI Aren’t Even Afraid Of A Clinton Win Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog