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 10:00am (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 George W. Bush signs USA Patriot Act; Henry Kissinger says ‘peace is at hand’ in Vietnam; Gunfight at the OK Corral takes place; Actor Bob Hoskins and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host Pat Sajak born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We can be fervent in our disagreements without being factitious with our beliefs.
Breakfast News
Supreme Court dismisses Hawaii’s challenge to Trump travel ban
U.S. black rights group warns travelers off American Airlines
Immigrant teenager at center of U.S. legal fight has abortion
Manhattan U.S. attorney adds to probes of ex-Trump aide Manafort: reports
U.S. proposes fee hikes at national parks to pay for upgrades
Crisis over Catalan independence nears crucial few days
Amid Brexit timetable confusion, UK aims for transition outline by early 2018
German parties brace for tough coalition talks on migration
Iran says defense capabilities not negotiable amid U.S. pressure
Kurds offer to suspend independence drive, seek talks with Baghdad
Breakfast Blogs
Here’s What Happened Among Republicans a Few Hours After Jeff Flake’s Speech Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
Camdbridge Analytica and the Hillary Emails emptywheek aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Meet The Republican Party. Or Echidne’s View Of It. Echidne, at her blog
Making America Great Again one onerous fee at a time digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
A curious factoid Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
How Your Clinton Rules Sausage Gets Made Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
More adventures in creating other new realities Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks: Super Fanaticism Defeater Guy driftglass, at his blog
THE GOP CONGRESS’S VERSION OF “SHOOT SOMEBODY ON FIFTH AVENUE” Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
New DOJ Policy Restricts Use Of Warrant/Subpoena Gag Orders Tim Cushing, Techdirt
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