The Breakfast Club (Exceptions)

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

Japan signs surrender, officially ending World War II; Union forces occupy Atlanta during the Civil War; A great fire ravages medieval London; Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh dies; Wreckage of the Titanic found.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Breakfast News

US News

Navajo Nation reports 49 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain

Weather slows California wildfire, but flames keep moving

Ida’s remnants blanket Pennsylvania in rain, stir tornadoes

Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

FTC orders company to quit surveillance app business

US Politics

Texas bans most abortions, with high court mum on appeal

AP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally

California seeks gender neutral displays in large stores

International News

Vaccinations in rural India increase amid supply concerns

India schools cautiously reopen even as COVID warnings grow

Train station protests fizzle in Italy as COVID passes start

The Latest: Security Council to keep focus on Afghanistan

Milley: US coordination with Taliban on strikes ‘possible’

OPEC steadily adds back production as economy recovers

Sports

Gerrit Cole fans 15, Yankees beat Angels 4-1 to end skid

Castellanos hits grand slam, plates six as Reds earn split

Rockies fall behind early, score 5 in 9th to beat Rangers

Mariners silence Houston bats again for 1-0 victory

Diamondbacks pound Darvish with 6-run 3rd, beat Padres 8-3

The Latest: Stephens stops Coco at US Open in straight sets

Osaka reaches Round 3 on walkover; Halep, Muguruza advance

Saints opener vs. Packers moved to Jacksonville after Ida

Oksana Masters picks up 2nd gold medal at Tokyo Paralympics

New-look US opens World Cup qualifying, 4 years after flop

Effort underway to rescue girls soccer team from Afghanistan

WA tribal casinos get final federal OK for sports betting

Breakfast Blogs

The Phantom Revolution Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

To the barricades digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Ending the endless war Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Ninth Circuit: Sorry, But We Have No Way To Hold Border Patrol Agents Accountable For Killing People In Mexico Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Federal Judges on Fourth Circuit Hand West Virginia Democrats a Loss in Ballot-Order Statute Lawsuit Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Purdue Pharma Is No More After Bankruptcy Judge Approves Deal for Sacklers to Pay $4.5 Billion in Opioid Settlement Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Sam Alito’s “minimalism” reaches its ideal form Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The center cannot hold Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Over? Did You Say “Over”? driftglass, at his blog

DEMOCRATS CAN’T SEE THIS FROM 30,000 FEET Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Small Step Toward Justice For Elijah McClain Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Kevin McCarthy To Telecoms: Snitches Get Stitches Liz Dye, Wonkette

Wyoming’s Biggest Utility Murdering Coal Plants, Guess Wyoming Will Have To Sue ‘Wyoming’ Doktor Zoom, Wonkette