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
Wiley Post completes first solo flight around the world; Robber John Dillinger shot dead; Saddam Hussein’s sons killed in Iraq; The September 11th Commission releases its report; Birth of the Frisbee.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You should never wear a baseball cap when working in close quarters in the attic: You never see that beam above you!
Breakfast News
US News
US virus cases nearly triple in 2 weeks amid misinformation
Rare ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion
Hugs as California public school returns to class in person
Wildfire smoke clouds sky, hurts air quality on East Coast
Federal judges block transgender restrictions in 2 states
Justices deal blow to outdated claims of child sexual abuse
Federal judge blocks Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban
US Politics
Pelosi bars Trump allies from Jan. 6 probe; GOP vows boycott
Infrastructure bill fails first vote; Senate to try again
Seemingly safe GOP incumbents under attack from right wing
Biden’s 3rd trip to reddish Ohio pushes his economic agenda
International News
Violence flares in Haiti ahead of slain president’s funeral
China blasts dam to divert floods that killed at least 25
Sports
Red Sox hit 5 HRs, beat Blue Jays 7-4 in Buffalo finale
Hernandez, Indians top Astros 1st time in 6 tries this year
Mets blank Reds behind Stroman’s 1-hitter, Smith’s slam
Alfaro has run-scoring double in 10th, Marlins beat Nats
LaMarre’s pinch-hit single lifts Yanks over Phils 6-5 in 10
Padres win 1st game, 2nd game of doubleheader suspended
Manning, Tigers win 6th in row, hand Texas 8th straight loss
Diamondbacks finish sweep of Pirates with 6-4 victory
Gomber back from injured list, pitches Rockies past Mariners
Keller, Royals complete season sweep of Brewers with 6-3 win
The Latest: Top shooter tests positive, will miss Tokyo
Tokyo Games boast equal gender participation for first time
Sweden stuns US 3-0 in women’s soccer at Olympics
Japan tops Australia in softball as delayed Tokyo Games open
Breakfast Blogs
Lindsey Graham Has Revived the Debt-Ceiling Blackmail Strategy. Let’s Look Back on the History of It. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
In Case Anyone Was Wondering What All the Meshugas About Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Is About, Allow Me To Try To Explain Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
A Helluva Drug digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Freedom three times Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Court Calls Bullshit On Cop Who Claimed He Could Smell Weed In Sealed Bags In A Moving Car From His Own Moving Cruiser Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Potential Obstruction and Coverup: Top Officials’ State-Issued Phones Mysteriously ‘Wiped’ of Data in Flint Water Crisis Probe Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
California Appeals Court Overturns Law Punishing Senior Care Staffers’ Refusal to Call Transgender Residents by Their Preferred Pronouns Marissa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Federal Judge Rules Against ‘Categorically Unconstitutional’ Arkansas Abortion Ban Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
America’s least essential pundit hopes Jim Jordan will restore bipartisan comity in America Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Why are the COVID vaccines still being distributed under an emergency use authorization? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 882 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Go Ask Alice, When She’s Ten Feet Tall driftglass, at his blog
If Chris Ran the Circus Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
GOP, Fox News Idiots Perhaps Not Yet Fully Committed To COVID Vaccine Sparkle Motion Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Mitch McConnell Threatens To Torpedo The Economy To Tank Biden. DC Press Corps Yawns. Liz Dye, Wonkette
That Damn Critical Race Theory Must’ve Taught These White Politicians The N-Word Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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