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) (or whenever we get around to it) 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
Congress authorizes military force to expel Iraq from Kuwait; Soviet forces begin large offensive against Nazi Germany; First woman elected to U.S. Senate; Writer Agatha Christie dies; ‘All in the Family’ debuts on CBS.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
Breakfast News
President Trump has made more than 2,000 false or misleading claims over 355 days
Puerto Rico fears post-Maria murder surge: 11 days, 32 slain
Missouri governor admits having affair but denies blackmail
Trump-branded condo tower sues for right to erase his name
Lawsuit challenging Alabama’s voter ID law is dismissed
Sea lion attacks fourth swimmer in San Francisco Bay
Walmart boosts starting pay, closing dozens of Sam’s Clubs
Trump work requirement rewrites health care rules for poor
Majority of Egypt’s lawmakers want president to run again
8 earthquakes strike along Iran-Iraq border, rattle Baghdad
Michelin star boosts chef at outdoor Thai kitchen to stardom
Ecuador grants nationality to WikiLeaks founder
Jailed Catalan separatists pledge to eschew unilateral moves
Queen’s bra-fitter says book cost company royal warrant
Breakfast Blogs
If the President* Is Uniquely Dangerous, Treat Him That Way Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump’s Obstruction Defense: Rod Rosenstein Wrote a Letter emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“A monument to Republican complicity in Trump’s jaw-dropping misconduct” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Surgical here, blunt instrument there Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Hillary Clinton Was the More Dangerous Evil Scott lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
UK rejects Ecuador’s attempt to remove old garbage from its London embassy. Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Trumpism Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Donald Trump: Kantian Superman driftglass, at his blog
WILL THE MEDIA GIVE ARPAIO A WIN THE SAME WAY IT HELPED ELECT TRUMP? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Senator Portman Promises To Pass Bills To Harm Tech Companies If They Won’t Support SESTA Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Nebraska The First ‘Red’ State To Craft Its Own Net Neutrality Law Karl Bode, Techdirt
Intelligence Oversight Tries Again With Zero-Reform Section 702 Bill, Criticizes Reform Efforts As Threats To Security Tim Cushing, Techdirt