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
Warren Commission concludes Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in JFK’s assassination; Taliban captures Afghanistan’s capital; First steam locomotive to haul passengers; ‘The Tonight Show’ premieres.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn’t belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that makes them grow so great?
Breakfast News
US News
US has enough COVID-19 vaccines for boosters, kids’ shots
Federal judge delays vaccine mandate for NYC teachers
Business economists lower growth forecasts due to virus
Judge will consider ending restrictions for John Hinckley
Nonprofit grants propel prosecutor push on racial injustice
US Politics
Biden, Congress face big week for agenda, government funding
Biden plan seeks to expand education, from pre-K to college
What’s the price of Biden’s plan? Democrats drive for zero
Pelosi vows to pass $1T bill, move ahead on larger measure
International News
Rowdy celebrations erupt in Norway as COVID restrictions end
UK counts on vaccines, ‘common sense’ to keep virus at bay
Social Democrats narrowly beat Merkel’s bloc in German vote
So close! Iceland almost gets female-majority parliament
UK gas stations run dry as trucker shortage sparks hoarding
2 women, political opposites, vying in race for Japan PM
Volcanic ash cloud halts flights to and from Spanish island
Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinians in West Bank gunbattles
Basta! Romans say enough to invasion of wild boars in city
Sports
Yankees sweep, beat Red Sox 6-3 to take AL wild-card lead
Brewers clinch NL Central, send Mets to losing season
Sweet! Cardinals win 16th in row, go ahead in 9th, top Cubs
Tucker’s 66-yarder sets record, gives Ravens win at Detroit
Rodgers rallies Packers past 49ers 30-28
Chargers rally to beat turnover-prone Chiefs 30-24 in KC
Carlson’s field goal gives Raiders 31-28 OT win over Miami
Rams’ Stafford throws for 4 TDs, outduels Brady and Bucs
Kraken released: Seattle opens preseason topping Vancouver
Americans win Ryder Cup in a rout, send Europe a message
Breakfast Blogs
The Two-Track Infrastructure Strategy Is Rattling Like an Old Rollercoaster. But It’s Still Moving Forward. Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire Politics
The Yahoo Story about All the Things CIA Wasn’t Allowed to Do Against WikiLeaks emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
He’ll stop all the legitimate rapes digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Chekov’s gun Tom Sullivan, Digby’s HUllabaloo
The future of remote work Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Idaho Republicans achieve their goal of overwhelming the morgues Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 921 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the Record: Del Rio Truthers Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE ELECTION THEFT MECHANISMS THE GOP IS PUTTING IN PLACE MIGHT BE MORE OF A DANGER AFTER 2024 Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
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