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
Iran-held hostages released, Charles Manson and followers convicted, Jackson settles molestation claims, Alicia Keys is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.
Breakfast News
Official: Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico starting Friday
Belt buckles and beer: Federal shutdown hits businesses hard
Homeowner equipment caused California wine country fire
Illinois office may seek new sentencing in McDonald slaying
Sea lion bites Alaska fisherman, tries to drag him into sea
Deep freeze, wind chills of minus 50 coming to Upper Midwest
Maduro foe’s next step awaited as power crisis deepens
Congo’s surprise new leader in 1st peaceful power transfer
Thousands protest as Greek lawmakers debate Macedonia deal
European divisions beyond Brexit on display in Davos
Melbourne, Australia, set to roast on hottest day in decade
Breakfast Blogs
Build the Wall With Porn Fees! Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
It’s Not So Much that Manafort Lied and Lied and Lied, It’s that His Truth Evolved emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Economics of Health Insurance. Three Stories. Echidne, at her blog
They’re actually begging for another Benghazi digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Ten paces, turn, and fire Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
What the Constitution Says About Trump’s Obstruction of Pelosi’s Afghanistan Trip And Wright, Just Security
Must Bill Barr Abide Ethics Advice on Recusal? A Debate Barbara McQuade and Chuck Rosenberg, Lawfare
Trump’s Wall is the New Confederate Monument Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 404 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump Is Pretty Much Just Trying to Murder Americans at This Point The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Venezuela note Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
NANCY PELOSI UNDERSTOOD TRUMP BETTER THAN I DID Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog