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
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense; London’s Underground opens; The Beatles first album released in US hits store shelves; Rod Stewart born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
Breakfast News
Talks to secure Cyprus reunification enter ‘final stages’
Germany investigating unprecedented spread of fake news online
Turkish parliament debates controversial new constitution
Brazil ordered to pay $5m to workers formerly enslaved on cattle ranch
Trudeau’s top aides have discussed Nafta with Trump’s advisers, reports say
Indian Point nuclear plant in New York will close after dozens of ‘safety events’
ACLU and Kentucky’s only abortion clinic sue over ultrasound law
Jewish centers report bomb threats in several U.S. states
Washington pot protesters have wary eye on Trump’s attorney general pick
US plans to save polar bears are toothless, says climate scientist
Sandpipers go the extra 8,000 miles to have as much sex as possible
Breakfast Blogs
Noted Grown-Up Mitch McConnell Wants Democrats to ‘Grow Up and Get Past’ Trump’s Win Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Keeping all the conflicts straight is job one digby aka Heather Digby Parson, Hullabaloo
Welcome to Trumpistan Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Sunday Morning Comin’ Down driftglass, at his blog
No, Meryl Streep Is Not The Reason Jeff Sessions Will Be Approved Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Projection is a Hell of a Drug Republicans Want You to Pay For Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money