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
Israel and the Palestinians sign a major accord; President George W. Bush takes responsibility for the federal response to Hurricane Katrina; Attica prison uprising ends; Rapper Tupac Shakur dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.
Breakfast News
Trump administration puts tough new asylum rule into effect
Trump administration drops Obama-era water protection rule
Crew was asleep when fatal boat fire ignited, officials say
Chaotic talks show challenge of reaching opioid settlement
Oregon pot retailers begin pulling vape brands in lung scare
GOP rejects cuts to wall funding, Dems threaten filibuster
CEOs speak out on gun violence, want Congressional action
New York City looks to repeal ‘gay conversion therapy’ ban
Sage grouse numbers stumble in Montana, across US West
Johnson denies lying to queen, wins Brexit court case
Bahamas tackles massive clean-up after Dorian, 1,300 missing
Under US pressure Mexico shifts immigration policy
New data shows Israeli settlement surge in east Jerusalem
Russian police raid opposition activists’ homes in 43 cities
Southeast Spain hit by worst storms on record, 2 dead
English Channel dolphins carry ‘toxic cocktail’ of chemicals
Breakfast Blogs
North Carolina Just Came Storming Back in the Race to Be the Nation’s Most Insane State Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The January 30 Memo Doesn’t Help Flynn Like the Frothy Right Thinks It Does emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
What happens if the House doesn’t impeach … and he wins? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
”We are the Corp. Resistance is futile.” Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
If National Security Was Driving Immigration Arrests, Employers Would be Charged Too Brain Owsley, Just Security
Supreme Court Stays Asylum Injunction: Signal on the Merits or Procedural Snag? Peter Margulies, Lawfare
Forget the long con Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
NC Republicans Want to Destroy Representative Democracy So More Poor People Will Die Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Future of Our Fascist Government Agency Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Whom Should Facebook Believe About Medically Necessary Abortions, Actual Doctors or Lila Rose? Roby Pennacchia, Wonkette
Eugene Scalia As Trump’s New Secretary Of Labor? Smother Us With A Pillow, We’re Dead! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Is Mike Pompeo A Heat-Seeking Missile For Henry Kissinger’s Ass? The News Says Maybe! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
TRUMP IS GOING TO BE SO TICKED OFF WHEN THEY DON’T GIVE HIM THE NOBEL FOR THIS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog