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
China enters Korean War; Nazis force half a million Jews into walled ghetto; Nixon’s secretary tries to explain gap on Watergate tapes; ‘Casablanca’ premieres at Hollywood Theater; Tina Turner is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
Fresh crisis in Brazil as new president faces corruption allegations Erdogan warns Turkey could open gates for migrants if pushed by EU The Irish Prime Minister thinks it will be ‘impossible’ for the UK to hit its Brexit deadline Black Friday violence breaks out across America Jill Stein formally files for Wisconsin recount as fundraising effort passes $5m Firefighters hoping end in sight for Tenn., N.C. fires Lake Ontario shipwreck identified as the Black Duck, which sank in 1872
Breakfast Blogs
Memo to Mayor Bill DeBlasio: Here’s how to deal with Donald Trump’s threat to punish 8.4 million New Yorkers The New York Crank, No More Mister Nice Blog
Another nutter digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Graveyard of Both Siderism driftglass, at his blog
Under the Hood Josh Marshall, TPM Ed Blog
Bannon, Cromwell and Aristocrats riverdaughter, The Confluence
Homeland Security Issues ‘Strategic Principles’ For Securing The Internet Of Broken Things Karl Bode, Techdirt