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 10:30am (ET) 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
Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat assassinated; Yom Kippur War breaks out in Mideast; Top U.S. arms inspector reports on Iraq’s WMD; Actress Bette Davis dies; ‘The Jazz Singer’ heralds talking pictures.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Breakfast News
Hurricane Matthew: Floridians urged to hurry preparations as storm approaches
Hurricane Matthew: UN says 350,000 Haitians in need of assistance
NSA contractor arrested for alleged theft of top secret classified information
António Guterres to be next UN secretary general
IMF urges governments to tackle record global debt of $152tn
Human lifespan has hit its natural limit, research suggests
Breakfast Blogs
We Caught a Glimpse of the Republican Party’s Future Last Night Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
HAL (er, um, BAH) Bites NSA emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Deficit talk gives the Village the warm and fuzzies digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
Ross Douthat Conducts The Worst Worldcon Panel Ever driftglass, at his blog
Young People Hate Hillary Clinton So Much They’d Pick Mike Freaking Pence Over Her Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
California Passes Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill That Closes Federal Loophole, Adds Conviction Requirement Tm Cushing, Techdirt