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 10:30am (ET) 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
Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated; Taliban regime flees Afghan capital; President Bill Clinton to pay Paula Jones; Alabama’s top judge removed amid Ten Commandments flap; ‘Lion King’ opens on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
This song was composed in memory of the Haitian slave Toussaint Loverture, who took command of the rebels who wanted to free Haiti by the French colonists, and became president of the island. Napoleon sent against him, general Leclerc, which made him prisoner and deported him to France, where he died before independence of Haiti.
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Desmond Tutu
Breakfast News
No news today because it’s all too depressing and just flat out sucks
Must Read Blog Posts
The Kansas Legislature Has Corporate-Sponsored Lunches Nearly Every Day Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Government (and Its Expensive Contractors) Really Need to Secure Their Data Collections emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
TARP Chief To Lead Minneapolis Fed Dan Wright, ShadowProof
Nominee to Oversee Wall Street Works at Think Tank Dedicated to Blocking Regulation Lee Fang, The Intercept
Ontario Passes Law Targeting Bogus Defamation Lawsuits Tim Cushing, Techdirt