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
Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders receive conditional amnesty; Palestinian refugees massacred in Lebanon; Mexico pushes for independence; Opera star Maria Callas dies; Blues great B.B. King born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Every war has its demons.
Breakfast News
US News
COVID-19 cases appear to be flattening — at dangerous level
Virus surge twice as bad in Reno as Vegas; hospitals filling
Alaska records most daily COVID cases amid healthcare strain
As COVID-19 vaccine mandates rise, religious exemptions grow
Los Angeles County to require vaccines in indoor bars
FDA strikes cautious tone ahead of vaccine booster meeting
Largest colleges push student vaccines with mandates, prizes
Biden: Nearly 3M get health coverage during COVID-19 sign-up
Federal judge declines to block Florida ban on mask mandates
Crushed by pandemic, conventions mount a cautious return
Tesla builds 1st store on tribal land, dodges state car laws
Court won’t stop protests outside Michigan synagogue
Contest winners, health worker orbiting world in SpaceX 1st
US Politics
Biles: FBI turned ‘blind eye’ to reports of gymnasts’ abuse
Democrats could reform ‘weaponized’ California recall system
Dire warning from Newsom helped turn California recall tide
Democrats see a midterm map in California recall success
Biden $3.5T plan tests voter appeal of expansive gov’t role
House panel rejects drug pricing plan in setback to Biden
Court rejects lawsuit against NSA on “state secrets” grounds
Parson’s vetoes withstand GOP Legislature’s override efforts
Pope: No place for politics in Biden Communion flap
International News
World leaders face new rule at UN meeting: vaccination
Unvaccinated French health care workers face suspension
Alberta leader apologizes, imposes restrictions and passport
Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in US aid group
Biden announces Indo-Pacific alliance with UK, Australia
France says head of Islamic State in Sahara has been killed
Australia buys US nuclear subs due to changed security needs
North Korea says it tested rail-launched ballistic missiles
UN urges moratorium on use of AI that imperils human rights
Haiti faces fresh instability as PM comes under scrutiny
Draft of Cuba’s new family code opens door for gay marriage
Sports
Gardner’s 2-run single in 9th lifts Yankees over Orioles 4-3
Cardinals power past Mets 11-4 for 3-game sweep
Indians pound out 14 hits, Quantrill cruises past Twins 12-3
Bichette, Ray lead Blue Jays over Rays 6-3
Marsh homers off Kopech in 8th, Angels top White Sox 3-2
Phillies win wild one on passed ball in 9th; top Cubs 6-5
Breakfast Blogs
The Arizona Supreme Court Took a Lead-Lined Gavel to the Cyber Ninjas Yet Again Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Networks of Insurrection: “Trump is literally calling people to DC in a show of force” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/09/15/understanding-suicidal-americans/ Ed Walker, emptywheel
Everyone Needs To Stop the Hysterics Regarding General Milley and Read What Is Actually Being Reported Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
The culture war’s common cause digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What’s Manchin’s deal? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Satire Site Gets Ridiculous Threat Letter From Baseball Team; cc’s Barbra Streisand In Its Response Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Trump Donor Who Propped Up His $2 Billion Hotel Business With $96 Million In COVID Loans Threatens Website For Publishing Facts And Opinions Tm Cushing, Techdirt
‘The Decision Okays Gag Orders’: First Amendment Experts Sound Alarm on ‘Mind-Bending Interpretation of Libel Law’ in Devin Nunes Appeals Court Ruling Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Two Dozen Democratic AGs Warn Judge That Texas’ ‘Lawless’ and ‘Evasive Scheme’ to Sidestep Roe v. Wade Will Put States’ Health Care Under ‘Untenable Strain’ Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Manufacturing complexity Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 916 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Kathleen Parker is the Kasie Hunt of Peggy Noonans driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Big Buttons and Illegal Orders Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Republicans Can Suck Swollen Democratic Balls in California The Rude Pundit, at his blog
FEDERALIST: IT CAN’T BE DEMOCRACY IF OUR SIDE LOSES Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Newsom Spanks GOP Talkshow Clown In California Recall Election Liz Dye, Wonkette
Are We Really Gonna Debate Mark Milley’s World-Saving Actions While Trump Actively Steals The 2024 Election? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Trinidad And Tobago Makes Important Announcement On Nicki Minaj’s Cousin’s Friend’s Balls Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Joe Manchin Ain’t See Why You’d Rush To Keep Planet ‘Habitable’ And ‘Not On Fire’ Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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