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
Live Aid concerts held in London and Philadelphia; A French revolutionary is stabbed in his bath; Civil War draft riots erupt in New York; A power blackout hits the Big Apple; Actor Harrison Ford born
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Nature doesn’t need people – people need nature; nature would survive the extinction of the human being and go on just fine, but human culture, human beings, cannot survive without nature.
Breakfast News
US News
Summer camps hit with COVID outbreaks — are schools next?
FDA adds warning about rare reaction to J&J COVID-19 vaccine
Navajo Nation reports 4 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths
Utah governor: State reported inaccurate vaccination rate
What are California’s new virus rules for public schools?
California’s mask rule for schools prompts controversy
udge nears decision on future of state mental health system
Judge OKs $73M payout to alleged UCLA doctor sex victims
Firefighters make progress against big fires in US West
People struggled to tap resources during Northwest heat wave
US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge
US Politics
Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop GOP voting bill
Sanders, Biden meet as infrastructure bill swells past $3.5T
Biden balances fighting rising crime, reforming police
Left-leaning groups pressure Schumer to act on voting bill
Governor taps federal cash to boost unemployment fund
Democrats push $3.7B bill to secure Capitol; GOP offers less
International News
The Latest: S Korea passes 1,000 new cases for 7th day
Johnson: England to lift last virus restrictions on July 19
France’s Macron orders all health workers to get vaccinated
Germany to base COVID restrictions on more than case numbers
Sinovac-dosed Thai health workers to get AstraZeneca booster
WHO: Rich countries should donate vaccines, not use boosters
Police patrol Havana in large numbers after rare protests
Florida suspect in Haiti president killing deepens mystery
Sports
Alonso bests Mancini, Ohtani for 2nd straight HR Derby title
USA Basketball falls again, this time 91-83 to Australia
Lightning dent Stanley Cup after another Tampa boat parade
Breakfast Blogs
The Obama EPA Should Be Ashamed Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Odd Projection by the Steele Dosser’s Claimed Alfa Bank Source emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
This Is Effective Civic Action! The Texas Democratic State Legislators Head To DC To Stymie Governor Abbott’s Special Legislative Session and New Voter Suppression Legislation Adam L. Silverman, Baloon Juice
It’s going to get worse digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
72 pillars of wisdom Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Police Union Sues Kentucky City’s Mayor, Claiming New No-Knock Warrant Ban Violates Its Bargaining Agreement Tim Cushing, Techdirt
House Republican’s Entire ‘Big Tech’ Platform Is ‘We Must Force Big Tech To Display Our Conspiracy Theories And Lies’ Mike Masnick, Techdirt
A Federal Judge Holds ‘Kraken’ Lawyers’ Feet to the Fire at Sanctions Hearing. Lin Wood Tried to Distance Himself from It All. Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
South Dakota Attorney General Plans to Blame the Man He Killed Last Year by Casting Him as ‘Suicidal’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
The Iraq War Happened Because Bush was a Terrible President Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Welcome to the family Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Automation Crisis Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It’s Brookses All The Way Down driftglass, at his blog
Nostalgie de la Boue Journalistique Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
HOW CAN DEMOCRATS WIN MORE? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Your Sunday Show Rundown Is Full Of Idiots, As Usual Michael Mora, Wonkette
Let’s Show How Much We Care About The Cuban People By Lifting The Stupid Embargo Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Trump Is Escalating Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Texas Dems Taking Surprise Field Trip To DC To Show ‘Em How Democracy Works Liz Dye, Wonkette
Conservative Anti-Vax Movement Straight-Up Killing People Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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