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
Charles Lindbergh begins his trans-Atlantic flight; Amelia Earhart starts her trek across the Atlantic; Freedom Riders attacked in the South; Explorer Christopher Columbus, comedienne Gilda Radner die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
Breakfast News
US News
Large vaccination clinic closing as smaller ones ramp up
Masks no longer required in state buildings beginning June 1
Labor and Industries creates new farmworker safety team
US jobless claims decline to 444,000, a new pandemic low
New Mexico official takes aim at oil, gas bond requirements
US Politics
Iowa lawmakers end session noted for conservative new laws
International News
UN urges more vaccines for Africa, with only 2 percent now
China, in global campaign, vaccinates its people in Thailand
India sets global record for daily coronavirus deaths
The Latest: UN rights body holding session on Gaza next week
Israel unleashes strikes as expectations for truce rise
Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses
Spain’s migrant drama highlights EU outsourcing policy flaws
US, Russia at odds over military activity in the Arctic
France’s Sarkozy goes on trial over 2012 campaign financing
EU signs new deal with Pfizer-BioNTech, Hungary opts out
Court: Faulty breast implant victims should get compensation
UK to reunify national rail network under government control
Greek villages, monasteries evacuated as fire damages homes
Iran president gives his most upbeat view yet of nuke talks
China, US argue over naval activity in South China Sea
Sports
No-hitter for 2nd straight day: Kluber pitches Yanks’ gem
LeBron’s 3 lifts Lakers over Warriors in West play-in game
Grizzlies end Spurs’ season, advance to face Warriors
Smith scores in 2nd OT to lead Bruins past Capitals 3-2
Aho, Nedeljkovic lift Hurricanes past Predators, 3-0
MacKinnon records hat trick, Avs beat Blues 6-3 in Game 2
Reunited: Tebow signs with Jags, rejoins Meyer as tight end
Olympic 800-meter champion Rudisha will miss Tokyo Games
Perez leads 1st practice session for Monaco GP, Hamilton 5th
Breakfast Blogs
Our Endless Political Campaigns Are Annoying, But Signifying Charles P. Pierce
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