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
Iran releases American hostages; Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy innaugurated as President.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?
Breakfast News
Baltimore’s new police leader faces numerous challenges
Women will march again with aim to become a political force
Los Angeles Times loses publisher, gets union
The Latest: US 101 near reopening after California mudslide
Mattis says US competitive warfighting edge has eroded
Turkey says no turning back from offensive in Syria
South Korea asks North to explain canceled visit
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/test-of-einsteins-theory-shows-our-sun-is-losing-mass/
Breakfast Blogs
The Storm Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Steve King Just Voted to Subject Americans to “Worse than Watergate” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Andrew Sullivan On What A Woman Is Echidne, at her blog
One year in digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Acceptable casualties Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Trump Campaign-Russia Alliance and Campaign Finance Bob Bauer, Just Security
Racists Shut Down Government to Promote Racist Agenda Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Is Trump the Reason the GOP Can’t Do a Deal on DACA? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Word Is Out On Chuck Todd driftglass, at his blog
THOSE TRUMP SUPERFANS IN DINERS AREN’T EVEN 20% OF AMERICA Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog