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.
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
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