The Breakfast Club (Patriotic Duty)

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

Iran releases American hostages; Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy innaugurated as President.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?

Bill Maher

Breakfast News

Baltimore’s new police leader faces numerous challenges

Women will march again with aim to become a political force

Los Angeles Times loses publisher, gets union

The Latest: US 101 near reopening after California mudslide

Mattis says US competitive warfighting edge has eroded

Turkey says no turning back from offensive in Syria

South Korea asks North to explain canceled visit

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/test-of-einsteins-theory-shows-our-sun-is-losing-mass/

Breakfast Blogs

The Storm Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

Steve King Just Voted to Subject Americans to “Worse than Watergate” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Andrew Sullivan On What A Woman Is Echidne, at her blog

One year in digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Acceptable casualties Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

The Trump Campaign-Russia Alliance and Campaign Finance Bob Bauer, Just Security

Racists Shut Down Government to Promote Racist Agenda Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Is Trump the Reason the GOP Can’t Do a Deal on DACA? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Word Is Out On Chuck Todd driftglass, at his blog

THOSE TRUMP SUPERFANS IN DINERS AREN’T EVEN 20% OF AMERICA Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog