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
Adolf Hitler makes his first attempt to seize power in Germany; Democrat John F. Kennedy wins the presidency; Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California; Bonnie Raitt is born; Led Zeppelin releases the album ”Led Zeppelin Four.”.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.
With Charges Dropped, Climate Documentarian Vows, ‘We Fight On’ Kurdish forces enter town near Mosul as Iraqi troops find mass grave Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians banned by China as crisis grows Top French offices stop work in support of gender pay gap protest Huge sinkhole opens up in Japanese city: ‘I heard a loud boom’ Snake on a plane: reptile panics passengers on Mexico City flight
Breakfast Blogs
We Have Never Resolved the Fight Over What This Country Is Meant to Be Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
How and Why to Report Men With Guns at Polling Places Spocko, Hullabaloo
NYT Ombud Calls for More Unproven Fearmongering emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Sunday Morning Comin’ Down driftglass, at his blog
Conspiracy Theories: Ignore Them Or Expose Them?
If The FBI Can’t Stop All These Leaks About An Investigation, Why Would it Be Able To Keep Encryption Backdoor Secret? Mike Masnick, Techdirt