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.
This Day in History
Arab oil embargo fuels energy crisis; Americans clinch revolutionary victory at Saratoga; Deadly quake hits northern California; Mobster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion; Playwright Arthur Miller born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
A politician finds anything to do with racial problems far more frightening than a gun.
Breakfast News
U.S. police deaths on duty spiked in 2016: FBI
NFL to tackle protests as Trump decries ‘disrespectful’ players
EPA head seeks to avoid settlements with green groups
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo detainee’s appeal
Federal judge: Texas governor was wrong to remove atheist group’s Winter Solstice display
Search goes on for worker missing after Louisiana oil platform explosion
U.S. Senator Menendez’s corruption trial to proceed: judge
Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance
Spain High Court jails two Catalan separatist leaders pending investigation
Venezuela vote dispute increases threat of new foreign sanctions
Austria’s conservative shift opens path to power for far right
U.S.-backed forces in final push against Islamic State Raqqa
Breakfast Blogs
If Only ‘Being a Colossal Dick’ Was an Impeachable Offense Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Discussion of Unmasking Admiral Rogers Gets Closer to Admitting Types of Section 702 Cybersecurity Use emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Slow Death of Neoliberalism: Part 3 The Phillips Curve and Critical Theory Ed Walker, emptywheel
A Trump Mélange: Empathy and Its Lack, Health Care and Judeo-Christian Values Echidne, at her blog
While we’re ditching norms and rules, how about the Goldwater Rule? Digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Last Person You Want to See President tristero , Hullabaloo
The monopolyplace of ideas Tom Sullivan, Huallabaloo
Is the NFL Colluding Against Colin Kaepernick? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Another Attack on Environmentalism Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sunday Morning Comin’ Down driftglass, at his blog
THIS CNN STORY ABOUT TRUMP AND IMPEACHMENT IS NOT REALLY ABOUT TRUMP AND IMPEACHMENT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
White House Cyber Security Boss Also Wants Encryption Backdoors He Refuses To Call Backdoors Tim Cushing, Techdirt