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
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer gets life in prison; House lawmakers pick a president; Garry Kasparov beats IBM’s Deep Blue at chess; NBA star Michael Jordan born; The Eagles release their greatest hits.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When I sing, I don’t want them to see that my face is black. I don’t want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.
Breakfast News
Monsanto loses bid to stop Arkansas ban on farm chemical
U.S. top court mulls whether to take up ‘Dreamers’ dispute
Facebook faces big challenge to prevent future U.S. election meddling
‘Sinister and systematic attack’ by Russians prompts U.S. Congress calls for action
Maryland jury awards $37 million to family of woman shot by police: report
NY judge rules Charter Communications must face lawsuit over slow internet
U.S. man indicted for identity fraud in Russia probe ‘made a mistake’: lawyer
Gone with the wind: storms deepen Florida’s beach sand crunch
Powerful 7.2 quake rocks buildings in Mexico, minor damage reported
Exclusive: Haiti president says many aid organizations hid misconduct
Oxfam agrees not to bid for new funding from UK government
Venezuela’s hardline opposition party to boycott ‘fraudulent’ election
Brazil army ordered to take over security in violent Rio de Janeiro
Turkey frees German-Turkish journalist, who flies to Berlin
Ethiopia declares state of emergency after PM’s resignation
Breakfast Blogs
Mueller Has the Goods Now, and Trump Knows It Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Rosemary Collyer Moves to Lock Down the FISA Court emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Short Posts, 2/16/18. On Russian Election Interference, Porn As Sex Education And Other Interesting Topics Echidne, at her blog
Trump was making political speeches in New Hampshire in 2014. Even Russians knew what that meant. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
A bullet in the head Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump Absolutely Can Be Blackmailed Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Ongoing GOP War on the 17th Amendment Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Paul Krugman Calls For David Brooks To Be Fired driftglass, at his blog
ON GUN VIOLENCE, ARE AMERICANS TAKING TRUMP SERIOUSLY AND LITERALLY?