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 10:00am (ET) (or whenever we get around to it) 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
Rutherford B. Hayes declared U.S. President after disputed election, Mikhail Gorbachev born, “King Kong” and “The Sound of Music” premiere in NYC.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If not me, who? And if not now, when?
Breakfast News
Only $20m in existing funds found to pay for Mexico wall, document says
Private investor divests $34.8m from firms tied to Dakota Access pipeline
Forced evacuation of east Aleppo was war crime, says UN
Angela Merkel urged to ban Erdoğan over jailed German journalist
Theresa May faces likely defeat in Lords over rights of EU citizens
World’s oldest fossils found in Canada, say scientists
Breakfast Blogs
Why Trump Sounding ‘Presidential’ Only Makes Him More Dangerous Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
What’s A Little Perjury Between Comrades?
Democrats Need to Respond to Trump’s Narrative about Solving American Disinvestment emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Presidential Speech Echidne, at her blog
Hey press corps, I’ve got a great deal on some Trump steaks. You in? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Trail of Fears Dennis Hartley, Hullabaloo
A piece of the action Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
7 TODAY IN “WHY DOES CHRIS CILLIZZA HAVE A JOB?” Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Body Worn Cameras Continue To Reduce Police Misconduct, Citizen Complaints In San Diego Tim Cushing, Techdirt