The Breakfast Club (Living Free)

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) 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

An armistice ends the fighting in World War I; Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact; Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies; Author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and actor Leonardo DiCaprio born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Aristophanes

Breakfast News

French, German leaders seek more unity 100 years after WWI

11 Trade ministers reach deal on Pacific trade without US

Saudi arrest of Binladin family scion shatters royal entente

Top Catalan lawmaker freed from jail after posting bail

Polish far-right march goes global, drawing people from afar

Russian parliament mulls response to US move on broadcaster

US Justice Department commits to prosecute activists that damage pipelines

Space station getting delivery from Virginia for a change

Farmer finds nearly 100 geese shot dead

Breakfast Blogs

Roy Moore Is Exactly What the Republican Party Is All About Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Flynn-Turkey Deal Raises the Obstruction Stakes for the Preet Bharara Firing emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Slow Death of Neoliberalism: Part 4C Conclusion Ed Walker, emptywheel

Duterte says Obama is “so black and arrogant” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

How would Rove/Hughes Cover Up A Trump Pee Tape? Spocko, Hullabaloo

So long, it’s been #MAGA to know ya Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Matthew Dowd Remains a Fundamentally Ridiculous Person driftglass, at his blog

I DON’T THINK THE POLITICAL CLASS UNDERSTANDS HOW EVIL SOME PEOPLE THINK DEMOCRATS ARE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

And Another Thing: Those Dumb Social Media Guidelines For Journalists Are Going To Paint A Target On Their Backs Timothy Geigner, Techdirt