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
New Orleans marks completion of Louisiana Purchase; South Carolina is first state to secede from Union; Vermont Supreme Court rules in favor of homosexual couples; ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ premieres in New York.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We grow small trying to be great.
Breakfast News
Judge greenlights suit challenging ICE arrests at NY courts
Report: Washington lawmaker engaged in ‘domestic terrorism’
Farm, ethanol groups angered at final EPA ethanol rule
Plan to save sea turtles from shrimp boats scaled way back
North America trade pact deals rare setback to Big Pharma
After ‘flash drought,’ only sliver of Southeast too dry
UK’s Johnson unveils legislative plan to end Brexit deadlock
8 die in protests against citizenship law across India
Iraq protests take toll on economy, vulnerable suffer most
2 firefighters die, 3 hurt as wildfires ravage Australia
Iran’s Rouhani to visit Japan in hope of easing nuke impasse
French unions: Keep retirement strikes going through January
Scientists claim to find ancient seawall off Israeli coast
Breakfast Blogs
Attention Democratic Debaters: It’s No Longer About Healthcare, It’s About the Courts Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Amy Berman Jackson Disputes Claims of “Exculpatory” Information on Russia and Ukraine emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump closest BFF weighs in. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Contagion Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
The Senate Must Conduct an Impeachment Trial That Is Serious and Fair Conor Shaw, Just Security
They’re going to search me when I first meet them, so I can’t have a weapon on me then Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Ratfucking of 2020, an ongoing series Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 598 Erik Loomis, Lawyer, Guns and Money
Note to Democrats: Don’t Fuck Up the Post-Impeachment Process The Rude Pundit, at his blog
For the Record: I was into impeachment before it went mainstream Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
A TERRIBLE POLL FOR TRUMP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Impeachy The Clown Mad About Senate Russian Sanctions Bill, WHAT? NO! REALLY? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Mike Pompeo Fires Ukraine Witness Because BAWK BAWK BAWK BAWK BAWK Liz Dye, Wonkette
‘Democrat’ Richard Neal Bones ‘Surprise Billing’ Bill, America, You, Your Mom Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Fox News, F*ck Your Feelings Stephen Robinson, Wonkette