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
Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, is launched into orbit; U.S. Blackhawk helicopters shot down in Somalia; Silent movie comedy star Buster Keaton born; Rock singer Janis Joplin dies of drug overdose.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Breakfast News
Justice Kennedy on hot seat in major voting rights case
ACLU sues over FDA restrictions on abortion pill access
House Republicans seek $1 billion in Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico
FCC proposes extra funds to restore Puerto Rico comms
Defense Secretary Mattis suggests sticking with Iran nuclear deal
Puigdemont says Catalonia to declare independence in ‘matter of days’: BBC
UK has highest inflation rate among world’s top economies, says OECD
Nobel prize in physics awarded for discovery of gravitational waves
Breakfast Blogs
The Future of American Democracy Is at Stake at the Supreme Court Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Paul Ryan’s priority digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Not polarized. Twisted. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Three Thoughts on the Las Vegas Massacre, in Time Order Echidne, at her blog
The Banality of Information Warfare DNexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Dear Democrats, Please Go After Roy Moore Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks is Waiting For The Miracle To Come driftglass, at his blog
IF YOU WERE DUPED BY POST-PARTISAN TRUMP, DON’T BE DUPED AGAIN BY UNIFIER TRUMP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Known Terrorists Under Witness Protection Roaming The Country Pretty Much Unattended Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trump’s FCC Boss Blasts Apple For Refusing To ‘Turn On’ FM iPhone Chipsets That Don’t Actually Exist Karl Bode, Techdirt