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.
This Day in History
President George W. Bush warns terrorists still threaten United States; bomb rocks an abortion clinic in Birmingham; “The Raven” is first published; Ty Cobb named hall of famer; Oprah Winfrey is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.
Breakfast News
Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries
Puerto Rico opens only 20% of schools amid ongoing quakes
US beefs up screening of travelers for new virus from China
US Archives confirms it won’t take steps to certify ERA
Strike by Seattle nurses, staff closes emergency rooms
Midwestern states consider banning bias based on hairstyles
Survey: Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales continue decline
In snub to US, Britain will allow Huawei in 5G networks
Germany rejigs reconnaissance system plan, drops US drones
Experts say UK should lower salary threshold for immigrants
Breakfast Blogs
James Mitchell Is Our Own American Monster Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
SDNY Prosecutors Protect Trump’s Privacy to Enter into a Joint Defense Agreement with the Russian Mob emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
John Lewis Was Not Always Old Peterr, emptywheel
Welcome to George Orwell’s 1984. On The Politics Of Doublethink. Echidne, at her blog
Another insider backs Bolton digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Normalizing The Extreme Right tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Down the memory hole Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Why the White House May Not Dare Fight on Executive Privilege Ryan Goodman and Andrew Weissmann, Just Security
Caucuses are terrible Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
LA Times reports (apparently wrongly) that Dianne Feinstein suggested she may vote to acquit Trump Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 623 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A War on Four Fronts driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Dersh Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Advice to Elizabeth Warren: Campaign on Burning the Republicans Down The Rude Pundit, at his blog
EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE DEMANDING WITNESSES, FOR PURELY CYNICAL REASONS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Supreme Court Poised To Funnel Your Tax Money To God-Bothering School Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Trump Lawyers: Congress Can’t Not Go To Court To Decide Subpoenas Court Has No Say Over! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Joni Ernst, Ted Cruz, Wyoming Guy You Don’t Care About Have Three-Way Impeachment Worst-Off Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Lonely Rudy Searching Tinder For A Congress That Wants To See His Junk Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Notorious Sandy Hook Truther Arrested For Tormenting Victim’s Father Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Chris Wallace Awards Katie Pavlich No Points For Impeachment Lies, Hopes God Has Mercy On Her Soul Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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