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 golden spike completes America’s first transcontinental railroad; Nazis burn books in Germany; Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland; Nelson Mandela takes office in S. Africa; U2’s frontman Bono born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Breakfast News
Trump Weighs Sending as Many as 5,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
US watched Russia hack French systems during election
Harsher sentences could result from guidance weighed by US
Texas votes to give immigration lockups child care licenses
Sale of Trump Caribbean property revives ethics concerns
Delaware legislature moves to guarantee abortion access in Trump era
In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters
Australian senator makes history by breastfeeding her baby in Parliament
Daring deer licks barrel of Indiana turkey hunter’s shotgun
Breakfast Blogs
Let’s Call ‘Cultural Anxiety’ What It Is Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Tuesday Night Massacre bmaz, emptywheel
Diversity, New York Times Style Echidne, at her blog
Nasty boys and girls digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Sally lays it down Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Today in the Left as Bernie Sanders Personality Cult Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Biggest Conservative Cretin In Hollywood Is Back On Twitter driftglass, at his blog
SO WHICH REGULAR FOX COMMENTATOR WILL BE THE NEXT HEAD OF THE FBI? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
The FCC ‘Investigation’ Into Stephen Colbert Is A Complete Non-Story Karl Bode, Techdirt