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
Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated; Taliban regime flees Afghan capital; President Bill Clinton to pay Paula Jones; Alabama’s top judge removed amid Ten Commandments flap; ‘Lion King’ opens on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
Breakfast News
Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills more than 140
Southeast Asia nations to start talks with China on sea code
Uncertainty clouds plans for Venezuela’s financial recovery
Australian senators must prove they are not dual nationals
Lebanon PM says he will return to seek settlement
Ex-members say church uses power, lies to keep grip on kids
Colleges draw fewer foreign students but avoid crisis so far
High court to hear appeal in Newtown school shooting case
‘Stealth’ Turkish businessman a no-show for trial this month
Whitefish Energy charged Puerto Rico $319 per hour for linemen — then paid
Photo of deported veterans saluting US flag goes viral International Business Times
Your dog isn’t colorblind after all
Breakfast Blogs
The Republican Tax Plan Is Doomed, But It’s Still Worth Gawking at in Amazement Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
At Some Point Trump’s Denials Are about Criminal Defense, Not Just Denial emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Famous And Not-So-Famous Flashers Echidne, at her blog
This is why I can’t sleep digby, Hullabaloo
To serve and protest digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
White People Discover That Being Racist Assholes Has Consequences Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Welcome Back My Friends To The Scam That Never Ends driftglass, at his blog
SOMETIMES THE FOX NEWS HYPOCRITES MAKE IT TOO EASY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog