The Breakfast Club (Take It Easy)

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

Noblemen in Russia murder Gregory Rasputin; Wounded Knee massacre takes place; Texas joins the United States as the 28th state; Dissident playwright Vaclav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia; First YMCA opens in Boston.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

There is a barbarism in the American soul, and we must protect some of it by law. To root it out is to endanger our lives on the one hand, and our liberty on the other.

Charlie Pierce

Breakfast News

Kerry defends US decision not to veto UN resolution against Israeli settlements

Turkey and Russia ‘agree terms of Syria ceasefire’

Obama set to hit Russia with further sanctions before leaving office

Export-Import Bank gave $8.5bn to Mexico oil firm despite deadly accidents

Barack Obama designates two national monuments in west despite opposition

Breakfast Blogs

There’s a Very Good Reason Paul Ryan Wants Congress Doing Business in Secret Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Latest Chinese Hacking Story: Bots within Bots emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

And now for something completely frightening digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

On The Importance Of Having Many Different ResumesOn The Importance Of Having Many Different Resumes driftglass, at his blog

Thanks, New York Times, for compromising away seniors’ Social Security income The New York Crank, No More Mister Nice Blog

Microsoft Finally Admits Its Malware-Style Windows 10 Upgrade Sales Pitch Went Too Far Karl Bode, Techdirt