The Breakfast Club (Fury)

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

Columbus lands in Americas; USS Cole bombed in Yemen; Soviet leader Khrushchev bangs shoe at UN; Blast rips Bali nightclub; Opera’s Luciano Pavarotti born; Singer John Denver dies in plane crash.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.

Dick Gregory

Breakfast News

US News

California coronavirus death count tops 70,000 as cases fall

Navajo Nation: No COVID-19 deaths for 8th time in 12 days

Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill

Moderna has no plans to share its COVID-19 vaccine recipe

Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills

Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate

Southwest cancels hundreds more flights; passengers stranded

Report: Offshore wind supply chain worth $109B over 10 years

Hydropower decline adds strain to power grids in drought

California oil spill legal fight likely to last years

High winds prompt PG&E to shut power to 25,000 in California

Amazon to allow employees to work remotely indefinitely

Indigenous Peoples Day marked with celebrations, protests

California’s ‘Surf City USA’ beach reopens after oil spill

Columbus Day Parade returns to NYC after 2020 cancellation

Capone’s belongings go for at least $3 million at auction

Elk roaming Colorado with tire around neck for 2 years freed

US Politics

Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law

Risky move: Biden undercuts WH executive privilege shield

Cyberattacks concerning to most in US: Pearson/AP-NORC poll

Congress off the rails? Lawmakers barrel toward fall fights

ustices’ views on abortion in their own words and votes

International News

The Latest: UN chief decries pandemic’s harm to the poor

Report concludes UK waited too long for virus lockdown

Sydney opens to vaccinated after 100-plus days of lockdown

New Zealand’s doctors and teachers must soon be vaccinated

Kim vows to build ‘invincible’ military while slamming US

Partial results show pro-Iran groups losing Iraq election

IMF board approves allowing Georgieva to remain as head

3 US-based economists win Nobel for research on wages, jobs

Israeli archaeologists discover ancient winemaking complex

Activists seek legal marijuana in former hippie haven Nepal

Sports

Walk it off: Red Sox eliminate Rays 6-5 with late sac fly

Pederson 3-run HR, Braves blank Brewers for 2-1 NLDS lead

Jackson leads Ravens back to 31-25 OT win over Colts

76ers top Nets 115-104 in preseason as star guards sit out

School unhappy after soccer opponent sets record for goals

Breakfast Blogs

Columbus’s Real Legacy Is Playing Out in Minnesota Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

FBI Searches the Home of the Guy Who Said, “I want to see thousands of normies burn that city to ash” on January 6 emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

David Brooks Says Smart People Caused Trumpism Ed Walker, emptywheel

Straight out of Dickens Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice

Kyrsten Sinema, We’re Sick of Your Act Michael Tomasky, The New Republic

What’s in the bill? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

For the love of God and country Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Here’s How Trump’s 2020 Election Lawyer Thinks GOP-Controlled States Can Cause Electoral Chaos in 2024 Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

It was bad for the country that Al Gore wasn’t taken seriously as a candidate, says Maureen Dowd Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 929 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Tears of a Clown driftglass, at his blog

The Ends Justify the Means Test Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

IF YOUR VOTERS THINK THE OTHER PARTY IS THE ANTICHRIST, YOU DON’T NEED “POPULARISM” Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog