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
‘Black Tuesday’ on Wall St. as the Great Depression begins; Osama bin Laden admits ordering the Sept. 11th attacks; Suez crisis heats up Mideast; McKinley assassin executed; John Glenn returns to space.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that’s uncivil.
Breakfast News
North Carolina judges throw out current congressional map
Florida child migrant detention facility shuts down
Hearing begins on fate of Missouri’s lone abortion clinic
Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires
Chicago gets tentative staff deal as teachers stay on strike
US experiments in Texas with plan to speed asylum decisions
US extends protections for many Salvadorans living in US
Park Service drops new rules for protests in Washington
IS leader’s death ushers in new phase for the group
EU delays Brexit to Jan. 31; Johnson election bid fails
Hong Kong protesters use skin and ink to support movement
A divisive Peronist returns to power as VP in Argentina
Pope declares Vatican’s Secret Archive not so secret anymore
Vote for mayor of Bogota breaks a Colombian ‘glass ceiling’
South Africa urges water restrictions as dam levels drop
Strong quake shakes southern Philippines, no damage reported
Breakfast Blogs
Nancy Pelosi’s Impeachment Letter Suggests Sh*t Is Getting Real, Constitution-Wise Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Sidney Powell Accuses Mike Flynn of Lying to the FBI on January 24, 2017 emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Oh look, Trump leaves his cozy bubble and finds out that America doesn’t like him digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Three Observations on the Death of al-Baghdadi tristero, Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/tricks-traps-and-pretexts-by-bloggersrus.html Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Why Officials Keep Testifying Despite White House Counsel’s Letter on Impeachment Inquiry Michael Stern, Just Security
The Justice Department Should Share More Information on the Durham Investigation Robert S, Litt, Lawfare
Canine Bites Man, Trump Brags about Classified Material Dan Nexon, Lawyers,, Guns and Money
More shocking scenes from the outrageous attack on the Creamsicle-in-Chief’s fragile ego Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Well, I was saying “Lock Him Up” Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 571 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Mika Hears a Who … And Hates It driftglass, at his blog
Sir Story Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
BUT IT’S DEMOCRATS WHO ARE UNCIVIL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Nancy Pelosi Is Not Here For GOP Impeachment Pisspants Tantrums Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
John Conyers Dies At 90, Leaving Behind Complicated Legacy Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Katie Hill’s Ex-Husband Wanted To Ruin Her Life With Revenge Porn. And He Won. Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Senate’s Dumbest Republican Up To Ass In Trump-Ukraine Scandal Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Betsy DeVos Contemptible, Also In Contempt Of Court Doktor Zoom, Wonkette