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
President Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address; Egypt’s Anwar Sadat becomes first Arab leader to visit Israel; Ford halts Edsel production; Bandleader Tommy Dorsey and actress Jodie Foster born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Breakfast News
PG&E boss says it wasn’t fully ready for California outages
New, old drugs may offer fresh ways to fight heart disease
Pennsylvania agrees to upgrade inmates’ death row conditions
Long-running coal plant on Navajo Nation stops production
California sues e-cigarette maker Juul over ads, youth sales
Land affected by Keystone pipeline leak bigger than thought
Mine waste gift bags pulled from shelves amid EPA warning
Montana seeks to keep feral pigs from Canada at bay
100 protesters surrounded by police at Hong Kong university
US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements
N. Korea snubs US move to postpone military drill with South
Brazil says Amazon deforestation is worst since 2008
Smoke shrouds Sydney’s skyline as wildfires burn nearby
Russia returns 3 seized ships to Ukraine, talks about summit
Flood-hit Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes
Breakfast Blogs
Two Loony Bill Barr Speeches Show It Didn’t Start With Trump Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Conflict between the GOP’s “Hearsay” and “Whistleblower” Defenses emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Zelensky was alarmed about the bribery last May digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Truth decay: Liars without conscience Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
President Trump is Damaging Our Military: War Crimes Cases are the Latest Example David Lapan, Just Security
What Lt. Col. Vindman’s Testimony Says About Civil-Military Relations and Military Justice Dan Mauer, Lawfare
Campus PC is out of control Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
U.S. Market Power and Regulatory Capacity Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The King and Queen of America driftglass, at his blog
STOP BEING SURPRISED AT ELISE STEFANIK’S EMBRACE OF THE FAR RIGHT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
The GOP Has Found Its Star Witness* Five Dollar Feminist, Wonkette
Senate’s Dumbest GOP Idiot Wishes Whistleblower Had Just Kept Trump’s Ukraine Crimes To Himself Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Lowlife Criminal President Trump Pardons Lowlife War Criminals Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
2020 Dems All Socialist, Except The Ones Who Are Only A Little Socialist Doktor Zoom, Wonkette