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
Guerrilla leader Che Guevara executed in Bolivia; Anthrax-laced letters sent to Capitol Hill; Achille Lauro hijackers surrender; Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize; Musician John Lennon born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
Breakfast News
California faces historic power outage due to fire danger
Facebook to settle advertiser lawsuit for $40 million
Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal maker hit with $8B verdict
GM talks hit snag as union seeks products for UAW factories
California governor signs law capping rent increases
Swedish teen urges youth to demand climate change action
Arizona now has misgivings about Purdue opioid settlement
North Dakota, EPA allow companies to self-report violations
Are we alone? Nobel Prize goes to 3 who tackled cosmic query
‘Big Bang Theory’ gets shout out to Nobel Prize announcement
US bars Chinese officials for crackdown on Muslim minorities
Trump shifts tone on Turkey in effort to halt Syria invasion
US pullback could boost Islamic State group revival in Syria
Turkey says it won’t bow to US threat over its Syria plans
UK says chances of Brexit deal slim; EU chides ‘blame game’
Protesters move into Ecuador’s capital; president moves out
Hong Kong’s undercover medics reveal hidden toll of protests
Breakfast Blogs
If You Had ‘Nixon Got a Raw Deal’ on Your Bullshit Legal Arguments Bingo Card, Congratulations Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
This is now officially a constitutional crisis digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
“The fiery trial through which we pass” Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
A Formal Vote to Authorize Impeachment Won’t Fix White House Obstruction — And Could Create More Roadblocks Molly Claflin, Just Security
Target: Roe Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
When normal politics are no longer possible Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Krugman Goes Full Driftglass. Almost. driftglass, at his blog
Great and Unmatched Wisdom Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
That Letter From Trump Is Punk Ass Bitchery The Rude Pundit, at his blog
WILL MITT ROMNEY SAVE US? (PROBABLY NOT.) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Rudy Giuliani And Lindsey Graham Gonna Impeach The Impeachers With UKRAINIAN SCIENCE FACTS! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
SHUT UP! The GOP Is Not Panicking About Impeachment Poll Numbers, YOU LIE! Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
Desperate Trump Wants To Use Polygraphs, Probably Divining Rods, To Find White House Leakers Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Republicans BIG MAD About Trump’s Syria Pull-Out, Still OK With All The Treason Doktor Zoom, Wonkette