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
Nazi Germany bombs English town of Coventry during World War II; ‘Moby-Dick’ published; Nellie Bly begins globe-trotting trek; Leonard Bernstein makes conducting debut; Composer Aaron Copland born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
Breakfast News
Asylum-seekers get attorney access before return to Mexico
NTSB: Coast Guard ignored duck boat safety proposals
US superbug infections rising, but deaths are falling
Doctors: Warmer world is unhealthier place for children
NYPD kept database of juveniles’ fingerprints, violating law
Sour grapes: Trade war puts cork in US wine sales to China
US proposes tougher rules on work permits for asylum-seekers
Arctic blast spreads shivers from Maine to Deep South
NJ will trap turkeys troubling Jersey Shore neighborhood
Explorers discover WWII submarine that sank in 1944
Greta Thunberg hitches low-carbon ride across Atlantic
Hong Kong endures more transit disruptions, more violence
US and Turkey have friendly talks but differences persist
Venice ‘on its knees’ after second-worst flood ever recorded
Clashes rock Bolivia as new interim leader challenged
Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s Houthi rebels in indirect peace talks
Former Conservative minister urges UK to reject the party
German parliament committee ousts far-right chairman
Afghan capital’s air pollution may be even deadlier than war
apan emperor’s harvest rite is his 1st communion with gods
Breakfast Blogs
Republicans Barely Questioned the Witnesses. They Went for Delay Tactics, Half-Truths, and Utter Bullshit. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Time to Start Calling Bill Barr “Prosecutor General” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The FBI Hate Crime Report For 2018. My Criticisms. Echidne, at his blog
Trump and the Turks digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Coming attractions Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Highlights of Taylor-Kent Hearing and Connections to Other Witnesses Kate Brannen, Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman, Just Security
How in the tank for Trump is the Roberts Court? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Remember how the 2016 election was all about government officials using the proper information security protocols? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Impeachment Hearings: Devin Nunes Leads the GOP Shit Spewers The Rude Pundits, at his blog
IT’S THE STREAMING WARS, BUT POLITICAL Steve M., No More Control Mister Nice Blog
Is Stephen Miller A White Nationalist? A Head-Scratcher For The Ages! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
The Ratf*cker’s Dilemma Five Dollar feminist, Wonkette