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
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.
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