The Breakfast Club (Useful Tool)

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.

President Bill Clinton’s grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal aired on TV; Authors H.G. Wells and Stephen King born; ‘Monday Night Football’ premieres; Actor-comedian Bill Murray born.

The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.

Stephen King

Mexico death toll rises as volunteers join frantic search for quake

Hurricane Maria leaves Puerto Rico in total blackout as storm batters island

Brazil Supreme Court sends new Temer graft charges to Congress

Spanish police raid Catalan government to halt banned referendum

St. Louis approves police body cameras ahead of more protests

Bail roulette: how the same minor crime can cost $250 or $10,000

Ancient shipwrecks found in Black Sea dead zone

Don’t Let These Other Stories Get Lost in the News Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Facebook Troll Account Events Happen in Wake of Guccifer 2.0 Released Targeting Data emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The wrecking crew even trying to loosen regs on Equifax digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo