The Breakfast Club (Hobbies)

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

Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean; British prime minister Margaret Thatcher resigns; Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death; The Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut; Comedian Jon Stewart born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

If you don’t stick to your values when they’re being tested, they’re not values: they’re hobbies.

Jon Stewart

Breakfast News

Denver is latest city pushing for 1st US drug injection site

US to appeal judge’s order barring asylum restrictions

US makes case for withdrawal from missile treaty with Russia

US waived FBI checks on staff at growing teen migrant camp

Russia starts prosecuting Ukrainians after sea clash

Gene-editing scientist under scrutiny by Chinese officials

Mexico accepts housing migrants, seeks US development aid

Global lawmakers grill Facebook exec; Zuckerberg’s a no-show

200 years of ‘Silent Night’: Singers mark carol’s birthday

Breakfast Blogs

The ‘Problem Solvers Caucus’ Would Solve a Lot of Problems By Sitting Down and Shutting Up Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

President Trump: I happen to be a tariff person because I’m a smart person, OK? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

It’s all transactional Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

New Proof Surfaces That Family Separation Was About Deterrence and Punishment Beth Van Schaak, Just Security

Collins Gonna Collins Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Lordstown and “Work in America” DJW, Lawyers, Guns and Money

David Brooks: Oh How I Love a Crossover Episode driftglass, at his blog

Got paranoia? Manafort and Assange Yastreblyansky, Rectification of Names

There Are Always Migrants; They’ve Always Been Treated Like Garbage in the U.S. The Rude Pundit, at his blog

I’M SURE WE’VE UNEARTHED ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF FOX’S INTERVIEW SCRIPTING Steve m., No More Mister Nice Blog