The Breakfast Club (Dangerous Combinations)

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

Martin Luther King, Junior born; Richard Nixon suspends U.S. offensive in Vietnam; Queen Elizabeth the First crowned; Work completed on Pentagon; first Super Bowl takes place.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Breakfast News

No. of no-show airport security screeners soars in shutdown

Trump birth control coverage rules blocked nationwide

Utility seeks bankruptcy protection over California fires

FDA resuming some food inspections halted by shutdown

UK leader in frantic final push to win Brexit deal backing

Death penalty for Canadian escalates China-Canada tensions

Poles unite in grief over assassination of Gdansk mayor

India’s mega Hindu festival begins under cloud of toxic air

Doubts greet Macron letter to quell French yellow vest anger

Breakfast Blogs

What the Hell Happened to Lindsey Graham? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Trump’s “Official Acts” to Pay Off a Russian Bribe Should Make Impeachment a Legal Issue, Not Just a Political One emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Tammy Bruce’s Ode To Traditional Masculinity Echidne, at her blog

The White House wants to kill the hostages digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

Strike: First time in 30 years

Attorney General Nominee Barr on Transparency: A Direct Answer? Or Misdirection? Kel McClanahan, Just Security

Kaspersky Helps the NSA Paul Rosenzweig, Lawfare

“Powerful Interests” Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Our man in Moscow Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Jared Kushner, SUPERGENIUS Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

A Polite Note to Nervous Republicans: You Don’t Have to Be Republican The Rude Pundit, at his blog

Tighten up Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

HERE’S ONE REASON TO IMPEACH EVEN IF CONVICTION IS IMPOSSIBLE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog