The Breakfast Club (Throw Your Head Back)

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.

Honore de Balzac

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