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
Start of the Watts riots in Los Angeles; President Ronald Reagan’s joke causes a Cold War flap; The Mall of America opens; ‘Roots’ author Alex Haley born; Painter Jackson Pollock killed in auto accident.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.
Breakfast News
US News
Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVID
Maine: Hospital limits visitors; COVID-19 transmission grows
US to deliver nearly 837K Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean
Florida kids head back to school amid COVID-19 surge
Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained
Issaquah man sentenced for $1.1M COVID relief fraud scheme an hour ago
Biden administration sounds alarm on rising energy prices
Pacific Northwest braces for another multiday heat wave
US consumer prices rose in July but at slower pace
Tropical Storm Fred nearing the Dominican Republic
Plan to replace aging postal truck fleet delayed by lawsuit
Washington state ferry fares to increase 2.5% in October
Space station supplies launched with a pizza delivery for 7
A big baby: Zoo’s newborn giraffe stands 6 feet tall
Wisconsin to set fall wolf limit after runaway spring hunt
Bear cub strolls aisles at Southern California supermarket
US Politics
Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T budget in latest win for Biden
Hochul prepares for spotlight as Cuomo steps aside
Dems renew push on elections bill that GOP vows to block
Biden to host ‘summit’ to rally democracies over autocrats
Biden makes selection for his top Supreme Court lawyer
More pressure on Texas Democrats as GOP moves to end holdout
International News
The Latest: WHO: Testing 3 drugs for use against coronavirus
Senegal’s ambulance teams struggle amid a wave of COVID-19
In Iran, slow vaccinations fuel anger in unending pandemic
Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as more cities fall
China sentences Canadian to 11 years in case tied to Huawei
US lawyers appeal UK decision to block Assange extradition
Greek wildfires: Multinational force fights to tame flareups
Spain, Portugal brace for wildfire threat as temps soar
Germany, Netherlands suspend deportations to Afghanistan
Brazil’s Bolsonaro loses bid to reform voting system
Polish government to hold media bill vote despite upheaval
Sports
Rays rally past Red Sox 8-4, extend lead in AL East
Rangers rally twice over Mariners, snap 14-game road skid
Nola go-ahead hit in 7th, Padres hand Miami 5th loss in row
Giants top Diamondbacks 8-7 for 3rd straight win
Dodgers end Phillies’ 8-game run with 5-0 victory
Guerrero Jr. helps Blue Jays split doubleheader with Angels
Brewers score 6 in 5th, beat Cubs 6-3 for DH sweep
Tigers beat Orioles 9-4 despite scary collision in outfield
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