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
President Harry Truman wins re-election in an upset; South Vietnam’s Ngo Dinh Diem killed after coup; Howard Hughes flies his ‘Spruce Goose’; Game show scandal rocks early TV; Singer k.d. lang born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
Governor Issues State of Emergency After Deadly Alabama Pipeline Blast As Flint Suffers, Nestlé Plans Dramatic Expansion of Water Privatization in Michigan NYPD settlement on Muslim surveillance not ‘sufficient’, judge rules In Historic First, ICC Preparing to Investigate US War Crimes in Afghanistan Iraqi troops enter Mosul for first time since 2014 Russia says Syria peace talks halted indefinitely Louvre to offer shelter for world treasures rescued from war zones
Breakfast Blogs
The FBI Is a Player in the 2016 Election, and the FBI Is Out of Control Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
If Richard Burr Jokes about Assassination in Secret, What Else Does He Joke about in Secret? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
From Russia with love? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
David Brooks Has Time Enough At Last driftglass, at his blog
How James Comey Persuades Himself That He’s Really A Straight Shooter Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
What Else Makes Corporations Sad? Eric Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
If You Want To Believe This Country Is Falling Apart, Just Ask Those Who Are Supposed To Be Keeping It Together Tim Cushing, Techdirt
The FBI Seems To Be Leaking Like A Sieve Concerning Details Of Clinton Email Invesgitation Mike Masnick, Techdirt
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