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
President George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I’ve gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn’t kill you, you get stronger.
Breakfast News
Detroit released from active state oversight of finances
Arizona teachers say strike still on despite budget deal
Weedkiller found in granola and crackers, internal FDA emails show
Lawsuits target oil, gas leases in imperiled bird’s habitat
Flooding from snowmelt, rain hits more parts of Montana
America’s air isn’t getting cleaner as fast as it used to
Dry conditions, strong winds worry firefighters in Arizona
Tolerant San Francisco fed up with dirty, smelly streets
Thousands rally in Moscow for internet freedom
Climate experts in Bonn seek to make Paris climate deal work
Top-level UN team meets Myanmar leader in Rohingya probe
Chinese influx transforming Myanmar’s quintessential city
Dominican Republic forges tie with China, breaks with Taiwan
Breakfast Blogs
Only Democrats Could F*ck This Up, Volume Infinity Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
On Manafort’s Referral of the Papadopoulos Offer(s) emptywheel Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Weird And Wonderful World of Sex Inequality. And How Robin Hanson Would Fix the Incel Problem. Echidne, at her blog
Another worry for the future digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
And the pig likes it Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Promise and Failure of the House Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Election Interference Carrie Cordero, Lawfare
On the Deletion of Kevin Williamson Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Let’s Move Nashville DJW, Lawyers, Guns and Money
DWEEB VS. FLAKE: WELCOME TO A PREVIEW OF HOW THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WILL COVER DEMOCRATS IN 2020 Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog