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This Day in History
Iran-Contra scandal begins to unfold; Chile’s Salvador Allende takes office; Carol Moseley-Braun is first black woman elected to U.S. Senate; Former pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura elected Minnesota governor. (
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.
Breakfast News
Most media outlets claim 70 percent of Puerto Rico is without power — but that statistic is flawed
U.S. Navy orders back-to-basics reforms after deadly collisions
New York to send 350 utility workers to Puerto Rico: Cuomo
California’s marijuana industry gets its first insurer
At long last, ground broken for Eisenhower memorial in Washington
Spanish judge orders Catalan leaders to be held in custody pending trial
Iraqi forces capture Akkas gas field from Islamic State: minister
Canada to take in migrants at ‘gradual’ pace amid integration concerns
Serbian foreign minister rejects U.S. call to choose between Russia and the West
Breakfast Blogs
Oklahoma Just Repealed a Law That Outlawed the Seduction of ‘Unmarried Females’ Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley Has Spent the Week Cowering from His Party’s Legal Problems emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
That Wide Group Guilt, Again Echidne, at her blog
So, is Trump’s justice department part of Hillary’s scam to excuse her election loss too? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
What, me worry? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Epistemic Closure Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
We Don’t Need No Education driftglass, at his blog
FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME: THE PROBLEM IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, STUPID Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
FCC Boss Demolishes Media Ownership Rules In Massive Gift To Sinclair Broadcasting Karl Bode, Techdirt
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