The Breakfast Club (Stumbling Blocks)

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

Josef Stalin consolidates power in USSR; World War II’s naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins; Women’s rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Actress-turned-royalty Grace Kelly and singer Neil Young born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/elizabethc155802.html

Breakfast News

Betraying Water Protectors, Obama Set to Approve Dakota Access Pipeline

Serbia deports Russians suspected of plotting Montenegro coup

Isis deploys child suicide bombers as Iraqi army advances

Paris attacks anniversary to be marked with Sting concert at Bataclan

German coalition agrees to cut carbon emissions up to 95% by 2050

Graves of Muslim sailors who joined allies in WWII are rediscovered

Breakfast Blogs

Here’s the Guy in Charge of Vetting People for Trump’s White House Charlie Pierce, Esquire Politics

Is FBI Still Fluffing Its Encryption Numbers? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Harry Reid speaks for me digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

The Two Gates driftglass, at his blog

NO, Donald Trump Will Not Be Impeached Steve M., No more Mister Nice Blog

Long Time Mass Surveillance Defenders Freak Out Now That Trump Will Have Control Mike Masnick, Techdirt