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
China enters Korean War; Nazis force half a million Jews into walled ghetto; Nixon’s secretary tries to explain gap on Watergate tapes; ‘Casablanca’ premieres at Hollywood Theater; Tina Turner is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There’s a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
Breakfast News
Failing ice cellars signal changes in Alaska whaling towns
Jerome meets Jasmine: Fed chief observes economic struggles
McDonald’s agrees to $26M settlement with California workers
4 health company executives accused in $1B fraud scheme
Official: Sale of train tracks enhances Maine’s connectivity
3 Maryland men exonerated after 36 years in prison
Sports betting approved in New Hampshire for next year
Agency agrees to designate habitat for threatened ice seals
No easy mark: Female bodybuilder, 82, clobbers intruder
Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewel sets from Dresden museum
Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work
Hong Kong leader refuses to give ground after poll setback
Lebanon clashes threaten to crack open fault lines
France pledges millions to stop deadly domestic violence
Activists confront far-right leader on gender violence law
Attorney general: Israel’s Netanyahu not required to resign
At least 9 dead as heavy rain hits France, Italy, Greece
More polio cases now caused by vaccine than by wild virus
Breakfast Blogs
The Company Behind the Keystone Pipeline Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Run a Gas Station at This Point Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Virgin Birth of the First Rudy Giuliani-Mike Pompeo Call emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
I feel sick digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Justice in fiction vs reality. What I learned from Watchmen, Chernobyl and The Good Place Spocko, Hullabaloo
If Only… tristero, Hullabaloo
Trump impeachment in review Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Clear Goal of Barr/Durham Probe is to Scare Off Intelligence Community Alex Finley, Just Security
Some Relevant Points of Law on Impeachment Robert S. Litt, Lawfare
This whole thing needs to be nuked from space Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Mass Incarceration Industrial Complex Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Conspiracy, Inc. driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Just to make sure it’s clear Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Note to Democrats: Call the GOP’s Bluff The Rude Pundit, at his blog
EMERSON POLL THAT SHOWED PLUNGING SUPPORT FOR IMPEACHMENT ALSO SHOWED RASMUSSEN-LEVEL BLACK SUPPORT FOR TRUMP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Professor Bigot Says What? Anything He Likes, As Long As He’s Not Discriminating IRL! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Devin Nunes Keeps F*cking That Turkey Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Rudy And The Chucklefux Were Shaking Down ALLLLL The Oligarchs, ALLEGEDLY Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
Donald Trump Hides In His Room So You Evil Gnomes Can’t Steal His Magic Bag Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
The Legend of Zeldin: Impeachment Time! Michael Mora, Wonkette
Bloomberg 2020: Not *That* Rich Assh*le. *This* Rich Assh*le! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette