The Breakfast Club (Only Human)

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.

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This Day in History

The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York; Benito Mussolini takes control of the Italian government; The Cuban Missile Crisis ends; Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and actress Julia Roberts are born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

Breakfast News

First charges filed in U.S. special counsel Mueller’s Russia probe: CNN

Divided U.S. court upholds gun seizure in ‘parking while black’ case

U.S. court allows evidence from FBI child porn site probe

Trump to shrink Utah national monuments in bid to boost drilling, mining

US winter has shrunk by more than one month in 100 years

Iraq orders truce with Kurds to allow peaceful deployment at border crossings

Spanish PM dissolves Catalan parliament and calls fresh elections

Kenya election: government accused of ‘genocide’ against ethnic minorities

German groups mobilize against rise of far right

Poland to white nationalist Richard Spencer: keep outPoland to white nationalist Richard Spencer: keep out

A small asteroid or comet has become the first ‘visitor’ from beyond our solar system

Breakfast Blogs

Education Is Not a Business—or It Shouldn’t Be Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Did Manafort Prep Trump for the Dossier Lawfare emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

This Happened. Matt Taibbi and the Ames-Taibbi book on Russia. Echidne, at her blog

Yes, these people are utterly deplorable. And depraved. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

How Sexual Harassers Quash Stories Spocko, Hullabaloo

Of opioids and pitchforks Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

The Media Can’t Quit Chasing Republican Snipe Hunts Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Birthday Fundraiser: Leon Trotsky Never Had A SuperPAC driftglass, at his blog

ROY MOORE WILL SAY AND DO APPALLING THINGS AS A SENATOR AND IT WON’T HURT THE GOP AT ALL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Trump Campaign Tries To Defend Itself With Section 230, Manages To Potentially Make Things Worse For Itself Cathy Gelis, Techdirt