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
On this date in 1941, Japanese forces attack the home base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii – prompting America under President Franklin D. Roosevelt to enter World War II.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
Rouhani: we won’t let Trump tear up US–Iran nuclear deal Angela Merkel endorses party’s call for partial ban on burqa and niqab Theresa May to tell Gulf leaders Iran nuclear deal is ‘vitally important’ Dakota Access company takes its battle to finish oil pipeline to court US supreme court rules for Samsung in $399m patent dispute with Apple FBI’s credibility ‘deeply damaged’ by leaks during election, congressman says Sea ice extent in Arctic and Antarctic reached record lows in November Thousands of snow geese die in Montana after landing on contaminated water Earth’s day lengthens by two milliseconds a century, astronomers find Paris to sell off bridges’ love locks and give the proceeds to refugees
Breakfast Blogs
How Will Trump Handle This Pentagon Mess? Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The #FakeNews about Iraqi WMD Got Hundreds of Thousands Killed emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Comey is not an honest broker digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Congratulations, it’s a Democrat Tom Sulivan, Hullabaloo
Congress & the Goldilocks Presidency Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Vultures, Vultures Everywhere driftglass, at his blog
Trump’s Drop-In-The-Bucket Carrier Deal Polls Better Than Obama’s Big auto Rescue Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Fake News About Fake News Leads To (Fake?) Defamation Threat Mike Masnick, Techdirt
How ‘Just Metadata’ Helped Ruin A Career Diplomat’s Life Tim Cushing, Techdirt