The Breakfast Club (The Land Of The Free)

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.

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This Day in History

Robert E. Lee born; Indira Gandhi elected prime minister of India;President Bill Clinton admits making false statements under oath;Singer Janis Joplin born; Dolly Parton is born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

LL Cool J

Breakfast News

Travel industry fears damage from a long government shutdown

As shutdown drags on, ‘Coast Guard City’ takes a hit

Arizona is only state where tribes avoid Medicaid work rules

Feds confirm jailed Iranian TV anchor not charged with crime

Neo-Nazi publisher ordered to turn over personal information

Weekend winter storm sweeping from Midwest to New England

Researchers come face to face with huge great white shark

Iran’s FM mocks John Bolton with ’10-year challenge’

May’s foes gather as Britain’s Brexit stalemate drags on

Russia warns US missile defense plans will fuel arms race

Night voyages across the Channel: Frigid water, flimsy boats

Breakfast Blogs

There Is No More Loathsome Creature Walking Our Political Landscape Than Mitch McConnell Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Compromise: Before Trump Won His First Primary, Putin Collected His First Receipt emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Mary Oliver, RIP Echidne, at her blog

Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

The Only Argument Against Impeachment tristero, Hullabaloo

Why Trump’s Directing Cohen, Others to Lie Would Be Far Worse Than Watergate Ryan Goodman, Just Security

The Producers Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 399 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

David Brooks’ Open Letter to His Many, Many, Many Critics driftglass, at his blog

They broke the Brexit Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

TRUMP WILL NEVER BE NIXON Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog