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
Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, is launched into orbit; U.S. Blackhawk helicopters shot down in Somalia; Silent movie comedy star Buster Keaton born; Rock singer Janis Joplin dies of drug overdose.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.
Breakfast News
Battle for Trump’s tax returns pits feds against state
Consumer watchdog agency probes Juul and 5 more vaping firms
US authorities seek access to Facebook encrypted messaging
Finland agrees to return Native American remains to tribes
Western utility to quicken move away from coal-fired power
Bar donates bills taken from wall for Bahamas storm victims
Home sweet volcano: Alaska fur seals thrive at unlikely spot
Boris Johnson’s conciliatory tone on Brexit falls flat on EU
Pakistan, Afghan Taliban call for resumption of peace talks
Iraqi protesters defy curfew as violence leaves 33 dead
US-Europe dispute threatens main artery of world trade
EU court: Facebook can be forced to remove content worldwide
Deadly protests squeeze Haitians in shrinking economy
Ukraine’s president defends election in rebel-held east
Winds from ex-hurricane Lorenzo roar toward Ireland, UK
Breakfast Blogs
Apparently Knuckling the Homeless Is Now Part of the Republican Platform Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Trump Has Weaponized the Departments of Justice and State to Accomplish These Extremely Dumb Tasks Jack Holmes, Esquire Politics
The Conspiracy Theories Flynn Wants to Resuscitate and the McCabe Investigation emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Was The Trump Phone Call With Zelensky Paused For Discussion On US Side? Jim White, emptywheel
“I really don’t like where we are right now,” said one prominent Republican pollster. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Precious bodily fluids Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Trump’s Extortion of Ukraine Is an Impeachable Abuse of Power Frank Bowman, Just Security
Three Lessons From the First Time a Head of State Was Impeached Michel Paradis, Lawfare
Poll finds nearly two-thirds of Americans don’t oppose removing Trump via impeachment and conviction Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today in Dean Baquet Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Lowlife] Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE MEDIA’S TRUMP RULES ARE KILLING HIM NOW Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
You Know What Liz Warren Was Missing? SEXY. Thanks Jacob Wohl And The Other One! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
GOP Impeachment Plan To Dress Up Like Grandma And Devour Swing State Dems Hits A Snag Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
Trump Can Add ‘GINA To His Articles Of Impeachment, Please? Evan Hurst, Wonkette