The Breakfast Club (Grand Theft)

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

The Federalist Papers published in New York City; President Theodore Roosevelt is born; Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin win Nobel Peace Prize; Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since 1918.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Theodore Roosevelt

Breakfast News

Guards for North Dakota pipeline could be charged for using dogs on activists

Central Italy rocked by two earthquakes, two hours apart

US and allies prepare to take Raqqa from Isis as battle for Mosul continues

Philippine president calls for removal of all US troops

US abstains from UN vote to condemn Cuba embargo for the first time

World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns

Rising death toll in Mediterranean makes 2016 deadliest year yet

No clowns allowed: scariest Halloween costume of 2016 faces bans across US

Emojis before the smiling poop: New York museum acquires world’s first set

Breakfast Blogs

Last Week Was Crazy. This Week Is Crazier. Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

In Spying, “Things like phone numbers or emails” Turn Out to Be Far More emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Impeach or imprison? So hard to choose. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Begin The Gingrich Rules Countdown Clock driftglass, at his blog

How Paul Ryan Will De-Cuck Himself Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Facebook’s Arbitrary Offensiveness Police Take Down Informational Video About Breast Cancer Screening Timothy Geigner, Techdirt