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
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau; Peace accords signed ending US military role in Vietnam; 3 US astronauts die in Apollo One fire; Mozart born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
‘But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ said Alice. ‘Oh, you can’t help that,’ said the cat. ‘We’re all mad here.’
Breakfast News
‘Global gag rule’: stop playing politics with women’s lives, MSF tells Trump
Doomsday Clock closer to midnight in wake of Trump presidency
Turkey and Russia skeptical of Trump’s plan to create safe havens in Syria
New Gambian president Adama Barrow returns home to joyous scenes
US could face human rights crisis after Trump’s xenophobic immigration orders
‘Over my dead body’: tribe aims to block Trump’s border wall on Arizona land
Standing Rock Sioux tribe says Trump is breaking law with Dakota Access order
US federal communications crackdown: what we know and what we don’t
Breakfast Blogs
Any Democrat Who Votes for Jeff Sessions Should Be Excommunicated from the Party Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
On Russian Treason emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
What Women Do Wrong. David Brooks And Others Explain Why The Women’s Marches Failed. Echidne, at her blog
I gotcher red meat for you right here digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Unpresidented. The Media and How They’re Spun Spocko, Hullabaloo
From “the dark side” to the Dark Ages Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The State of American Journalism in Two Tweets driftglass, at his blog
The Mainstream Media Lives Rent-Free In Steve Bannon’s Head, And It’s Killing Him Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Heckuva Job! Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
. Germany Finally Dumps Law That Says It’s A Crime To Insult Foreign Leaders Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Lock Them Up! Trump Staff Still Using Private Republican National Committee Email Accounts Tim Cushing, Techdirt