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
Nazi Blitz on Britain begins in World War II; Mobutu Sese Seko dies; Panama Canal Treaties signed; Rapper Tupac Shakur shot; ESPN debuts; Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated; Rock star Buddy Holly born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give ya shelter from the storm.”
Breakfast News
US to suspend immigration enforcement in areas hit by Hurricane Irma
Two Florida nuclear plants likely to shut if Irma stays on path
U.S. appeals court says Texas can implement voter ID law
Charlottesville OKs removal of second Confederate statue
Wildfires sweep across U.S. West, slow push toward Portland
NY teamsters weigh pension cuts in groundbreaking vote
Florida sheriff offers suspects shelter from Irma … in jail
France overseas minister says two killed in French Caribbean islands after Irma
EU to ask Britain to look for ‘solutions’ to Ireland border Guardian
Catalonia parliament votes for Oct. 1 referendum on split from Spain
German minister threatens action against EU states over refugees
Russian court tells Aeroflot it cannot tell stewardesses what size clothing to wear
How northern lights and stranded whales might strangely be connected ZME Science
Breakfast Blogs
Chuck and Nancy Just Played Don Like a Fiddle Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Post-Press Michael Cohen Details in the Steele Dossier emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Short Posts, 9/6/17. On Political Tribalism, Gendered Workers and Geniuses Echidne, at her blog
Why the plight of the DREAMers is unprecedented digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
The Great Leader Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
And Ever So Slowly, Relentless Reality Continues to Force Mr. Both Sides to Notice… driftglass, at his blog
THIRD-PARTY VOTERS: STILL NOT GETTING IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Case Dismissed: Judge Throws Out Shiva Ayyadurai’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Techdirt Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Military Appeals Court Says Demands To Unlock Phones May Violate The Fifth Amendment Tim Cushing, Techdirt
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