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
Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American in orbit; the Rhode Island nightclub fire; Actor Sydney Poitier born; Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold medalist in the Winter Olympics.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I lived in a country where I couldn’t live where I wanted to live. I lived in a country where I couldn’t go where I wanted to eat. I lived in a country where I couldn’t get a job, except for those put aside for people of my colour or caste.
Breakfast News
Northern California residents face new evacuation warning after Oroville threat
Employees Across U.S. Fired After Joining Day Without Immigrants Protest
‘I Am a Muslim Too’: Hip-hop Mogul Russell Simmons Headlines Unity March
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/19/epa-trump-boston-science-protest
UN says civilians at extreme risk as west Mosul offensive begins
US Aircraft Carrier, Warplanes and Destroyer Begin ‘Routine Operations’ in South China Sea
Breakfast Blogs
Our President* Spent His Saturday Lying to Our Faces Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Stephen Miller’s and Trump’s Gross Re-Politicization of DOJ bmaz, emptywheel
More Alternative Facts: Trump on the Prevalence of Autism Echidne, at her blog
The Swedish Nightmare digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Magical Battle of America Hecate Demeter, at her blog
This Post Is A Trick driftglass, at his blog
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 71 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Beauty and the Beast: Donald Trump as the Interior Decorator in Chief Corey Robin, at his blog
MEET ONE OF THE “MODERATE CONSERVATIVES” WHO, SHOCKINGLY, ISN’T OFF THE TRUMP TRAIN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog