The Breakfast Club (Industry Norm)

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) (or whenever we get around to it) 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

America enters World War Two; Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death in New York

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.

Rachel Sklar

Breakfast News

Wildfire destroys mobile homes in California retirement park

Ex-South Carolina cop gets 20 years in prison for black motorist’s death

U.S. delays rule on methane emissions from federal lands

Low water halts shipping on lower Ohio River: U.S. Army Corps

‘Slightly modified’ Irish border text under consideration: governing party MEP

Polish ruling party replaces PM ahead of elections

Catalan separatists march in Brussels

Evicted white Zimbabwean farmer told he’s going home

Neapolitan pizza making wins world heritage status

Breakfast Blogs

Pipelines Leak—Or They Explode Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Christopher Wray Was Doing Great Until He Accused Chad of Spewing Jihadist Propaganda emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheeler

Buy cat food futures and make a killing digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Should Franni file for divorce? Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Gross Malpractice By the Mainstream Media Was a Much Bigger Problem Than Fake News In 2016 Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Moeny

Yellow Power Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Lop-Headed Man-Baby Doesn’t Wanna Be Javert No More driftglass, at his blog

THE MORAL HIGH GROUND STILL MATTERS — BUT YOU HAVE TO DO MORE THAN JUST REACH IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

State Board That Fined Man For Criticizing The Government Without A License Admits It Was Wrong Tim Cushing, Techdirt