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
U.S. forces capture Iraq’s ousted dictator Saddam Hussein; Authorities in communist Poland impose martial law; Union forces suffer defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia; Actor Dick Van Dyke is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.
Breakfast News
US should recognize American Samoans as citizens, judge says
Vaping illness death count surpasses 50 in US
Civil rights lawyers stake claim in Confederate statue case
California library gains hundreds of presidential documents
Twitter brings back election labels for 2020 US candidates
State orders cleanup of aggregate spill into Detroit River
Regulators to set up 3-digit suicide hotline number like 911
US water chief praises Colorado River deal, sees challenges
Black bears in Florida to remain off limits to hunters
Stolen pit bull to make cross-country trip back home
An octopus caught a bald eagle in a death grip. Thanks to some salmon farmers, the eagle survived
Boris Johnson claims ‘powerful new mandate’ for Brexit
EU ready to get Brexit talks moving again after UK vote
EU leaders break stalemate over climate target, claim deal
US and China near deal that would suspend planned tariffs
Israel’s Netanyahu limps into new election campaign
Hong Kong police slip on banana peel with tear gas tweet
Breakfast Blogs
Days after America Learns to Hate FISA, Lev Parnas’ Co-Conspirator Focuses the Issue emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Even More Guaranteed Fraud From Parnas and Giuliani Jim White, emptywheel
Nearly $2 Million In Corporate Consultation Earnings. Or The Hillarization Of Elizabeth Warren. Echidne, at her blog
Cross currents for blackmail. Once again, Trump’s actions accrue to the benefit of the Russian government. digby aka Heater Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Best Way to Listen to Congressional Testimony tristero, Hullabaloo
The return of “Monica Goodling” Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Day Trump Truly Killed Neoliberalism Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today In Both Sides Do It: Oh Lord, Thy Both Siderist Fish Are So Many And Thy Barrel So Small driftglass, at his blog
NIKKI HALEY’S UNPROVABLE LIBERAL-BASHING HYPOTHETICAL Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
IG Will Investigate Rudy And The FBI’s New York Field Office As Soon As We’re All Dead Evan Hurst, Wonkette
White House: Ukraine Shakedown Was Just ‘Policy Process,’ Totally Normal, Everything You Learned In HS Civics Class Liz Dye, Wonkette
Donald Trump And Two Bigot Pastors Wish You All A Merry Jewish Christmas Doktor Zoom, Wonkette