The Breakfast Club (A Million Reasons)

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

President George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

I’ve gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn’t kill you, you get stronger.

Judy Collins

Breakfast News

Detroit released from active state oversight of finances

Arizona teachers say strike still on despite budget deal

Weedkiller found in granola and crackers, internal FDA emails show

Lawsuits target oil, gas leases in imperiled bird’s habitat

Flooding from snowmelt, rain hits more parts of Montana

America’s air isn’t getting cleaner as fast as it used to

Dry conditions, strong winds worry firefighters in Arizona

Tolerant San Francisco fed up with dirty, smelly streets

Thousands rally in Moscow for internet freedom

Climate experts in Bonn seek to make Paris climate deal work

Top-level UN team meets Myanmar leader in Rohingya probe

Chinese influx transforming Myanmar’s quintessential city

Dominican Republic forges tie with China, breaks with Taiwan

Breakfast Blogs

Only Democrats Could F*ck This Up, Volume Infinity Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

On Manafort’s Referral of the Papadopoulos Offer(s) emptywheel Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Weird And Wonderful World of Sex Inequality. And How Robin Hanson Would Fix the Incel Problem. Echidne, at her blog

Another worry for the future digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

And the pig likes it Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

The Promise and Failure of the House Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Election Interference Carrie Cordero, Lawfare

On the Deletion of Kevin Williamson Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Let’s Move Nashville DJW, Lawyers, Guns and Money

DWEEB VS. FLAKE: WELCOME TO A PREVIEW OF HOW THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WILL COVER DEMOCRATS IN 2020 Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog