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
Germans dance on top of Berlin Wall as communism crumbles in Eastern Europe; Nazis target Jews during ‘Kristallnacht’; A massive blackout hits the Northeast; Poet Dylan Thomas and Actor Art Carney die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Breakfast News
Board backs Utah officer in protested shooting
Utah town appears headed toward keeping booze prohibition
44 train engineers diagnosed with sleep apnea, sidelined
Arkansas got execution drug made by resistant manufacturer
Russia volcano ash drifts over northern Alaska
Volunteers track dead birds as indicator of coast’s health
Argentine prosecutor says colleague’s death was murder
Egypt’s el-Sissi warns Iran to stop meddling in region
UN warns of massive famine if Yemen blockade isn’t lifted
France’s Macron, Arab leaders unveil Louvre Abu Dhabi
Venezuela assembly passes new law clamping down on media
Breakfast Blogs
Sorry, But American Democracy Is Still Edging Closer to Disaster Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
HJC’s Manager’s Amendment Blows Open 702 Metadata Queries emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Yes, it’s a cult digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Democrats win. Trump, NRA lose. Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Laugh this off Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hot Take of the Day Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
All Your Base Are Belong To Trump driftglass, at his blog
BANNON: YOU’D BE IMPRESSED AT HOW WELL TRUMP GETS THIS TRUMPISM THING Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Ron Wyden Puts A Hold On SESTA And Warns About Its Dangers Mike Masnick, Techdirt
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