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
U.S. forces capture Iraq’s ousted dictator Saddam Hussein; Authorities in communist Poland impose martial law; Union forces suffer defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia; Actor Dick Van Dyke is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
Senate torture report to be kept from public for 12 years after Obama decision Pipeline rupture spews oil into creek 150 miles from Standing Rock Loretta Lynch: ‘a pernicious thread’ links rise in hate crimes after US election Texas rule requiring burial or cremation of fetal tissue shames women, suit says Trump’s tweet about Lockheed-Martin cuts $4bn in value as share prices fall Brazil president Michel Temer accused of soliciting millions in illegal donations Saudi Arabia row could wreck attempts to end Yemen conflict, MPs told Oil price surges as Opec and non-Opec members agree deal to cut output Thieves in France steal ‘dozens of kilos’ of gold in armoured van raid Google and Cuba sign deal to store data on island’s servers
Breakfast Blogs
Why Is CIA Avoiding the Conclusion that Putin Hacked Hillary to Retaliate for Its Covert Actions? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Two ways of looking at U.S. industrial policy Gaius Publius, Hullabaloo
Dear Trump: Even the Smartest People Alive Are Intimidated by the Presidency Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Here’s What I Know About Daily Intelligence Briefings Robert Bateman, Esquire Politics
The Russian Connection Echidne, at her blog
Meanwhile, Trump moves toward WWIII digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Best $8 Million Of Your Money They Ever Spent driftglass, at his blog
The Orange Devil’s Theory of the Bully Pulpit Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The $713 Million Dollar (and then some) Man Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
If You’re Worried About What President Trump Can Do To The Press, Blame President Obama Mike Masnick, Techdirt