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
An armistice ends the fighting in World War I; Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact; Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies; Author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and actor Leonardo DiCaprio born.
Breakfast Tunes
Blessed Be. Rest in Peace. Leonard Cohen September 21, 1934 – November 10, 2016
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you different.
At least 2 killed in Taliban raid on German consulate in Afghanistan Democratic Republic of the Congo ‘faces civil war’ if president fails to quit Edward Snowden not worried about Putin turning him over to Trump Man charged with setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York heads to court Tennessee mother calls for removal of school history book ‘promoting Islamic propaganda’ Slovakian brothers win title of central Europe’s fastest gravediggers
Breakfast Blogs
Finally, Some Good News from the Heartland Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Unlearned Lessons of Obama’s Guns, God, and Religion Comments emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“Trump’s victory is a valuable lesson” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
I’m rational as hell and I’m not gonna take this Spocko, Hullabaloo
They’re Going To Shaft Us A Hundred Different Ways And Blame It All On Obama No More Mister Nice Blog
Prosecutor Shuts Down New Orleans Cop’s Attempt To Charge Arrestee With Hate Crime For Insulting Responding Officers Tim Cushing, Techdirt
It’s Too Late For President Obama To ‘Dismantle’ The NSA’s Mass Surveillance Mike Masnick, Techdirt