The Breakfast Club (Inclusion)

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.

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This Day in History

Richard Nixon gives his ‘Checkers’ speech; Rome’s Augustus Caesar born; Lewis and Clark finish trek to America’s West; Psychologist Sigmund Freud dies; Musicians Ray Charles and Bruce Springsteen born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

You can’t have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can’t get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.

Bruce Springsteen
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/brucesprin460857.html

Breakfast News

Syrian army launches new offensive on Aleppo as ceasefire plan crumbles

Canadian and US tribes band together to fight Alberta oil sands pipelines

100 countries push to phase out potentially disastrous greenhouse gas

Archeologists denounce Dakota Access pipeline for destroying artifacts

Dismay over ‘crude’ repairs to ancient section of Great Wall of China

Ig Nobel prizes: trousers for rats and the truthfulness of liars

Breakfast Blogs

Charlotte Is Just the Latest City to Explode. There Will Be Others. Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Yahoo’s Three Hacks emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Remember, Remember driftglass, at his blog

Gary’s downside digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Matt Bai: Pathetic Hillary Can’t Win Unless Donald Trump Lets Her Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Judge Orders Release Of Information On Cases Involving Electronic Surveillance Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Senate Comes To Its Senses: Does NOT Support Ted Cruz’s Plan To Block Internet Governance Transition Mike Masnick, Techdirt