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
President Harry Truman orders the desegregation of the U.S. Military; Cuba’s Fidel Castro attacks Moncada barracks; Argentina’s Eva Peron dies; Playwright George Bernard Shaw and rock star Mick Jagger are born
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Breakfast News
US News
Fauci says US headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus
New Arkansas COVID-19 cases top 2,000, 1st time in 5 months
Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Unvaccinated snow leopard at San Diego Zoo catches COVID-19
California’s largest fire burns homes as blazes scorch West
Airports in the US West dealing with shortage of jet fuel
US Politics
Pelosi appoints 2nd GOP critic of Trump to Jan. 6 committee
Senators race to seal infrastructure deal as pressure mounts
‘We have to get it right,’ Dem vows as Jan. 6 probe begins
International News
The Latest: Virus on rise in eastern Chinese city of Nanjing
Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts
French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules
Germans divided over restrictions for the unvaccinated
Malaysia’s Parliament reopens after 7-month virus suspension
A Mexican state suffers bloody fallout of cartel rivalry
New Zealand to accept alleged Islamic State militant, 2 kids
Sports
Red Sox end Germán’s no-hit bid in 8th, storm past Yanks 5-4
White Sox top Brewers 3-1 behind Lynn, avoid sweep
Smith, Taylor power short-handed Dodgers past Rockies, 3-2
Wade homers twice, Giants bounce back to beat Pirates 6-1
Mariners pull closer in wild card race, hold off A’s 4-3
Alonso, McNeil lead Mets past Blue Jays 5-4 in Hill’s debut
Bryant, Rizzo, Bote homer as Cubs beat Diamondbacks 5-1
reinke leads Astros to 3-1 win; Rangers lose 12th straight
Bader, Carlson HR in 7-run 4th, Cards batter Gray, Reds 10-6
Ohtani’s MLB-best 35th HR lifts Angels past Twins 6-2
Lynch, Soler and Perez lead Royals over Tigers 6-1
Another rough outing for Darvish as Padres lose at Miami 9-3
Orioles complete three-game sweep of Nationals with 5-4 win
Indians rally for 3-2 win, end 11-game losing skid to Rays
Nola’s gem lifts Phillies over Braves 2-1
Olympics Latest: Japan’s Nishiya wins gold in skateboarding
Dressel wins US Olympic swimming gold; Aussie beats Ledecky
US loses to France 83-76, 25-game Olympic win streak ends
US beats Australia, sets up gold medal rematch with Japan
Fiji beats Japan to open Olympic rugby sevens title defense
ake 2: Triathlon forced to restart when boat gets in way
Ndour has double-double as Spain beats South Korea 73-69
Gymnastics team, tired of ‘sexualization,’ wears unitards
Hoppe’s 1st goal lifts US over Jamaica into Gold Cup semis
Breakfast Blogs
No Jab, No Play Should Have Been the Ironclad Rule of These Olympics Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Significance of Tom Barrack’s Obstruction and False Statements Charges emptywheel, aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
They’re killing marriages too digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Lining up to be a hot lunch Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Today in Sarah Palin’s First Amendment Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
On Cooling the Right Wing Marks Out Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 885 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It’s Complicated, Ross Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
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