The Breakfast Club (Outsourced)

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

Cuban missile crisis fuels Cold War clash at UN; China’s UN seat changes hands; ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ battle takes place; Author Geoffrey Chaucer dies; Golfer Payne Stewart killed in plane crash.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

With the all-volunteer military, we, as a society, have become disconnected from our armed forces. And our military, like almost everything else in our country, has been outsourced.

James Carville

Breakfast News

US News

Vaccine mandates create conflict with defiant workers

Florida’s top doctor refuses mask, is told to leave meeting

Let computers do it: Film set tragedy spurs call to ban guns

Drought-stricken California doused by major storm

Stripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions

US Politics

AP source: Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan

Race-blind redistricting? Democrats incredulous at GOP maps

Sluggish pace of confirmations vexes Biden White House

To navigate legal quandaries, Biden leans on low-key counsel

Youngkin’s school warnings intensify GOP’s suburban push

Is there a constitutional right to food? Mainers to decide

6 candidates for US Senate in Ohio vie for evangelical votes

International News

Chinese province closes tourist sites following virus cases

Africa tries to end vaccine inequity by replicating its own

Sudanese gov’t officials detained; group sees apparent coup

ASEAN leaders hold summit with Myanmar’s general shut out

Beleaguered Haiti capital brought to brink by fuel shortages

Australia gives in-principle support for net zero by 2050

Saudi Arabia pledges 2060 target of net-zero emissions

South Korea’s leader vows final push for talks with North

Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India

Ex-Saudi official claims damaging intel against crown prince

Hurricane Rick strengthens nearing Mexico’s Pacific coast

Sports

Brady tops 600 career TD passes, Buccaneers rout Bears 38-3

Stafford throws 3 TD passes, Rams edge Goff’s Lions 28-19

Titans start fast, simply dominate Mahomes, Chiefs 27-3

Wentz leads Colts to rain-soaked 30-18 win over 49ers

Burrow, Bengals rout Ravens 41-17 for AFC North lead

Cardinals move to 7-0 for season, roll past Texans 31-5

Raiders beat Philly, 33-22, in second game under Bisaccia

Jones tosses 2 TDs, Patriots roll 54-13 as Jets lose Wilson

Packers defeat Washington 24-10 for 6th straight victory

Ryan throws for 336, Falcons get FG at end, top Miami 30-28

Hornets 3-0 for first time after 111-95 victory over Nets

Lakers overcome Morant’s 40-points, beat Grizzlies 121-118

Tatum scores 31, Celtics get first win, 107-97 over Houston

Ross’ 22-point 4th quarter leads Magic over Knicks 110-104

Stephen Curry reaches 5,000 assists, Warriors beat Kings

Curry scores 28 points to help 76ers top Thunder, 115-103

Wolves top Pelicans 94-87 on tough ‘D’ after Towns fouls out

DeRozan helps Bulls beat Pistons 97-82

Bruins snap San Jose’s season-opening 4-game win streak

Sorokin, Islanders beat Vegas 2-0 for 2nd straight shutout

Raymond gets hat trick as Red Wings beat Blackhawks 6-3

AP Top 25: ’Bama jumps OU to No. 3; Penn State falls to 20th

Verstappen wins F1 U.S. Grand prix, extends title chase lead

Toyota testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars

Potential backflip on vaccination stance for Australian Open

Breakfast Blogs

This Report on the Security Risks of the Climate Crisis Was Not Compiled By Tree-Huggers Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

DOJ Claims Ryan Samsel Wants to Move Back to Where He Was Brutally Assaulted emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

This Explains It digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Firehose of toxicityTom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

“Fuck you, that’s why” is a *kind* of jurisprudential theory, I guess Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 941 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Back to Regular Posting Next Week, But Check Out These UK Anti-Vaxxers The Rude Pundit, at his blog

THIS SEEMS WORSE THAN ANYTHING HUNTER BIDEN HAS DONE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog