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
Martin Luther King Jr.’s son meets James Earl Ray in prison for assassinating his father; Comedian Milton Berle dies; the FDA approves Viagra; Quentin Tarantino is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You can lead a man to Congress, but you can’t make him think.
Breakfast News
US acknowledges its forces were behind airstrike on Mosul
Iran Strikes Back at U.S. With ‘Reciprocal’ Sanctions on 15 Companies
Nationwide protests bring thousands to Russia’s streets
Non merci: French voters reject corruption in politics
‘Dreamer’ immigrant in Oregon detained by US authorities
Teens wearing leggings barred from United flight
Ahoy, justices! Floating home case winner back to high court
‘Catastrophic Loss’: 33 Reptiles Found Dead at Tennessee Zoo
46 dogs, saved from slaughter, arrive in NY from South Korea
Breakfast Blogs
How Obamacare Became a Preexisting Condition Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Acosta Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Lesson Trump Has (Thus Far) Not Taught Us: Civilian Casualties emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Gazillion Dollar Question: Who Hated The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)? Echidne, at her blog
Why would any foreigner want to come here now? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
IF TRUMP FAILS TO CHARM YOU OR INTIMIDATE YOU, HE HAS NO PLAN B Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog