The Breakfast Club (Knowledge Is Power)

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

Israel and the Palestinians sign a major accord; President George W. Bush takes responsibility for the federal response to Hurricane Katrina; Attica prison uprising ends; Rapper Tupac Shakur dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

We give you the facts. I told you information is power – knowledge is power. We can’t be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don’t have the facts.

Tavis Smiley

Breakfast News

Bombed: A Potato Chip Factory, a School, a Doctors Without Borders Facility, and Now a Water Well

Syria’s seven-day ceasefire takes effect but violence erupts within hours

Philippine President Duterte orders US military advisers out of southern part of the country

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/12/amy-goodman-arrest-warrant-north-dakota-oil-pipeline-protest

‘Climate Change Is Here’: August Was Another Hottest Month for the Record Books

Swedish appeals court to rule on Julian Assange’s case this week

Breakfast Blogs

If Trump Wants to Be Seen as ‘Reasonable,’ He Can Start by Apologizing for Birtherism Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

9/11: A Story of Attacks, Horror, Victims, Heroes and Jingoistic Shame bmaz, Hullabaloo

Trade update — TTIP dying; TTP possible, perhaps likely, in Lame Duck Session by Gaius PubliusTrade update — TTIP dying; TTP possible, perhaps likely, in Lame Duck Session Gaius Publius, Hullabaloo

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/and-now-word-from-couple-of.html digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Sunday Morning Comin’ Down: I Was Just Holding This Big Bag of Bigot For a Friend, Officer driftglass, at his blog

Basket of Deplorables Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Colin Powell’s Email To Clinton About Personal Devices Shows Routing Around FOIA Is Business As Usual Tim Cushing, Techdirt