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
The Korean War begins; Custer meets his end at the Battle of Little Bighorn; John Dean testifies before the Senate Watergate Committee; Author George Orwell born; Deep-sea explorer Jacques Cousteau dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
Breakfast News
At hub for border crossings, families spread throughout US
Corporate America increasingly avoids gun-industry business
California wildfires destroy buildings, force evacuations
US restaurants host refugee chefs who offer a taste of home
Average gas price falls 6 cents a gallon; 1st drop in months
Teen who stood alone against gun violence to receive award
Erdogan proclaimed winner of Turkey’s presidential election
In about-face, Iraq’s maverick al-Sadr moves closer to Iran
France, Belgium seek UNESCO recognition for WWI memorials
Saudi women in driver’s seat as longstanding ban is lifted
Breakfast Blogs
This Nation Is Beginning to Realize the Full Extent of What It Did to Itself in November 2016 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Mueller Frees Up the Troll Team emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Godwin speaks digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
You can’t eat this red meat Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Where Family Separation Began: A Case in El Paso Shows Flores is the Solution, Not the Problem Katherine Hawkins, Just Security
Who’s Really Crossing the U.S. Border, and Why They’re Coming Stephanie Leutert, Lawfare
Behind the Criminal Immigration Law: Eugenics and White Supremacy Ian MacDougall, ProPublica
Derp, They Did It Again Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Our Media Elites, An Endless Series of Derp Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today In Both Side Do It: Lil Marco driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Little Red Hen Yastreblyansky, No More Mister Nice Blog