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
Hurricane Camille hits Gulf Coast; President Clinton admits relationship with Monica Lewinsky; Gold found in Canada’s Yukon; Robert Fulton’s steamboat ride; Rudolf Hess dies; Actor Robert DeNiro born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If it’s the right chair, it doesn’t take too long to get comfortable in it.
Breakfast News
US News
Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months
Mask disputes, outbreaks make for rocky start of school year
Parents in Atlanta area district plan second rally for masks
Task force recommends face masks for Miami-Dade students
Amid new virus surge, Florida skeptics reconsider vaccines
Some Meriden residents advised to evacuate after acid spill
Fred drenches US Southeast; Grace again a tropical storm
California drought takes toll on world’s top almond producer
Alligator handler recovering after attack, daring rescue
Emaciated bear cub may have lost mom to California wildfire
US Politics
GOP hits Biden despite divides over Afghanistan withdrawal
International News
The Latest: European Medicines Agency deciding on third dose
Among France’s poorest, once-lagging vaccine rates jump
New Zealand to enter lockdown after single virus case found
The Latest: Moscow in ‘no rush’ to recognize Taliban gov’t
Taliban announce ‘amnesty,’ urge women to join government
News groups seek to protect journalists in Afghanistan
Tropical storm drenching earthquake-stricken Haiti
Thousands evacuated as fire sweeps through French forests
Lava streams from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi in new eruption
Sports
Cole sharp in return from COVID-19, Yanks top Angels 2-1
Chasing Tide: Alabama is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 again
Fall sports underway against backdrop of rising infections
Breakfast Blogs
Joe Biden Asked How Much Truth the American People Are Prepared to Hear Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
John Durham Won’t Charge Any of Trump’s Favorite Villains emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Since Americans Have Suddenly Discovered Afghanistan, A Couple Of Items To Keep In Mind As the News Media Frenzy Escalates Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Biden is willing to be that guy digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Short memories Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
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