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
Militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seize its occupants; Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated; Soviet troops move in to crush the Hungarian Revolution in Eastern Europe; Baseball hall-of-famer Cy Young dies; Rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
Breakfast News
In clash with Trump, U.S. report says humans cause climate change
Former Puerto Rico official denies any role in Whitefish deal
Judge denies request to return to U.S. by Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr.
BMW recalling 1 million vehicles in North America
New set of 300 pages of super secret CIA documents released on JFK assassination
Toddlers can hunt with guns in Wisconsin in new bill
Islamic State on verge of defeat after fresh losses in Syria, Iraq
Spain issues arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader
Venezuela opposition coalition split ahead of new vote
Canada imposes sanctions on 30 Russians over death of lawyer
Breakfast Blogs
This Tax Bill Isn’t Just Bad Economics. It’s Got a Backdoor Anti-Abortion Measure, Too. Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
On Metadata and Manipulation: the First Guccifer 2.0 Documents emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Donald Trump: Swamp King digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Where’s the MacGuffin? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump “very frustrated” that he can’t (yet) order the FBI and DOJ to go after his political enemies Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks Talks To America’s Kids About Sexytime driftgass, at his blog
JOE RICKETTS: DINESH D’SOUZA PATRON, JEREMIAH WRIGHT OBSESSIVE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Dianne Feinstein Wants Twitter To Just Hand Her A Bunch Of Private Communications Tim Cushing, Techdirt