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
UN war crimes panel to try Slobodan Milosevic for genocide in Bosnia; Ukraine’s Viktor Yushchenko declares win in disputed vote; ‘Life’ first hits newsstands; Singer Enrico Caruso makes American debut.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.
Aleppo siege is ‘war of extermination’, says injured doctor Turkey: Erdoğan rule could extend until 2029 under proposal Colombia’s new peace deal with Farc rebels rejected by opposition Dakota Access pipeline protester ‘may lose her arm’ after police standoff Net neutrality regulations under threat by Trump’s new FCC appointments ‘Extraordinarily hot’ Arctic temperatures alarm scientists Asian transport projects may thwart efforts to save world’s tigers French man discovers gold coins and bars worth €3.5m in inherited house
Breakfast Blogs
It’s the Medicare, Stupid Tom Hilton, No More Mister Nice Blog Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog
It’s good to be the king. At least it’s good for business.
Don’t help him (at least until we can figure out what the hell is going on) digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Our Pain, Moonves, Zucker, Mercer and Breitbart’s Profits Spocko, Hullabaloo
Trump Formally Picks Two Net Neutrality Opponents To Head FCC Transition Karl Bode, Techdirt
Another State Court Says Speedy Fourth Amendment Violations Are Still Just Fourth Amendment Violations Tim Cushing, Techdirt
David Brooks: They Blinded Him With Equivalence drftglass, at his blog
Let’s Not Follow Sanders Off the Cliff Betty Craker, Balloon Juice
Flashback: This Miserable State Rayne, emptywheel