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
An armistice ends the Korean War; A House panel votes to impeach President Richard Nixon; A pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics; The deposed Shah of Iran and comedian Bob Hope die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
Breakfast News
Venezuela leader’s foes levy new sanctions and fresh strike
Britain to ban sale of new diesel and gasoline cars by 2040
Wildfires threaten French Riviera, inadequate aircraft cited
The Latest: Poor visibility hurts wildfire fight in Portugal
Center called ‘powerful first step’ as Ferguson still mends Ex-Fiat Chrysler executive charged in union official payoff
Mother who took sanctuary in church granted deportation stay
Jumbo airtanker gets approval to fight US wildfires
The Arctic is unforgiving; riding in this icebreaker isn’t
Man arrested for smuggling king cobras to the US in crisp canisters
Century-old warship returns to Athens after repairs
Iowa group sues United over death of giant rabbit, Simon
Things looking up as Los Angeles Zoo unveils baby giraffe
Breakfast Blogs
The Architects of American Torture Are Using an Intriguing Legal Defense Strategy Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
If a Tech Amicus Falls in the Woods but Rosemary Collyer Ignores It, Would It Matter? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Wingnut and the Comedian Ed Walker, emptywheel
What Sells in Political Commentary. A Re-Posting. Echidne, at her blog
This is what leadership looks like to little kids today digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
“We have seen this with cults and religions.” Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Beloved Puppet of Republican Leadership Offers More Meaningless Words Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns, and Money
What Might Single Payer Look Like? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Newt Gingrich: The Greatest Wingnut Welfare Queen of Them All driftglass, at his blog
TONIGHT WE’LL FIGHT A CULTURE WAR LIKE IT’S 1999 Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
CIA Helps National Archive Out By Offering To Trash Its Stash Of Leak-Related Documents Tim Cushing, Techdirt