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
A divided U.S. Supreme Court halts the presidential recount in Florida, effectively making Republican George W. Bush the winner.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.
Istanbul explosions: 38 killed, 155 wounded in twin blasts Bombing Near Cairo Coptic Christian Cathedral Kills 25 ISIS Militants Retake Ancient City of Palmyra From Syrian Forces Boeing, Iran Air Clinch $16 Billion Deal for 80 Planes Intelligence Agencies Distressed by Trump’s Rejection of Findings on Russia Russian Hacking: Republican, Democratic Senators Call for Joint Action Ahead of Pro-Trump Rally, KKK Members Claim They’re ‘Not White Supremacists’ ‘Cajun John Wayne’ Goes to Washington: Louisiana Elects Tough-Talking Former Sheriff Clay Higgins 1,600 Flights Across Midwest Canceled as Winter Blast Rolls East
Breakfast Blogs
Russia’s Interference in This Election Should Not Be a Surprise Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
While America Debates Rex Tillerson Nomination, Saudis and Russians Join Hands to Raise Oil Prices emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Russian snow job digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Democrats Should Fight All of Trump’s Nominees. Yes, All of Them. Joan Walsh, The Nation
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 61 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Russians Hacked The Election — What Would The GOP Do If This Happened To A Republican? (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog