The Breakfast Club (Handle With Care)

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) 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.

Columbus lands in Americas; USS Cole bombed in Yemen; Soviet leader Khrushchev bangs shoe at UN; Blast rips Bali nightclub; Opera’s Luciano Pavarotti born; Singer John Denver dies in plane crash.

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.

Dick Gregory

At least 23 dead, hundreds missing as winds fan California wildfires

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz on Trump exchange: ‘I don’t give a (expletive)’

Most Of Puerto Rico Still Without Power & Extremely Desperate: ‘You Can’t Get Sick Now’

Bloomberg’s charity donates $64 million to ‘war on coal’

Brazilian who led U.S. to $17 million under mattress to plead guilty

Boy Scouts of America to allow girls to join, earn Eagle Scout rank

Spain gives Catalan leader eight days to drop independence

Colombia peace deal cannot be modified for 12 years, court rules

Brazil Supreme Court allows Congress last word on removal of lawmakers

A Plea for a President Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

On the Kaspersky Hack emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

It’s not just Donnie and Harve, folks digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

They’re not anti-government. They’re pro-oligarch. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

The fantastic effectiveness of the right wing noise machine Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 153 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Sigh driftglass, at his blog

BANNON HOPES HE CAN WORK THIS DESTROY-THE-GOP SCAM FOR YEARS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog