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
President Harry Truman relieves Gen. Douglas Mcarthur of his command in Asia; Napoleon Bonaparte banished to Island of Elba; American soldiers liberate first Nazi concentration camp; Idi Amin deposed as Uganda’s President; Apollo 13 blasts off.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.
Breakfast News
US News
Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat
With COVID mission over, Pentagon plans for next pandemic
Rhode Island settles with gas companies in pollution lawsuit
Baby eel value up to pre-pandemic levels despite challenges
California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires
Discovery of radioactive liquid pauses work at US nuke dump
Judge rules US military can’t discharge HIV-positive troops
Texas DA says murder charge in abortion case will be dropped
Tesla CEO Elon Musk won’t join Twitter’s board after all
Once a retail giant, Kmart nears extinction after closure
Nearly 6,400 acres of forest north of Squam Lake preserved
Mechanic reaps windfall from art in Connecticut dumpster
US Politics
Biden to nominate new ATF director, release ghost gun rule
Leading Iowa Democrat knocked off US Senate primary ballot
Iowa’s political swing makes Obama’s wins harder to repeat
Maryland lawmakers override gov’s veto of abortion expansion
Transgender treatment ban challenged by lawsuit in Alabama
GOP’s energy promises face limits in Pa. governor’s race
International News
Mariupol mayor says siege has killed more than 10K civilians
Biden, Modi speak as US presses for hard line on Russia
Sharif sworn in as Pakistan’s new PM after week of drama
Macron, Le Pen kick off French presidential runoff campaigns
Guangzhou closes to most arrivals as China’s outbreak grows
India’s northwest reels under unusual early heat wave
Spain probes private taxidermy museum with 1,000 animals
Italy’s premier to sign gas deal with Algeria amid war
Sports
Dalbec’s HR helps Red Sox avoid sweep, beat Yankees 4-3
Alex Bregman delivers big hit, Astros take 3 of 4 from Halos
Guardians rout Royals 17-3 for 1st win, rookie Kwan 5 hits
Profar’s early slam jolts Padres past D-backs 10-5
Ramos shines in debut, Giants edge Marlins 3-2
Sánchez slam leads Twins in 6-homer surge to beat Mariners
Brosseau’s pinch-hit HR sends Brewers past Cubs for 1st win
Chavis’ grand slam lifts Prates over Cardinals 9-4
McKinney goes deep, A’s avert sweep in 4-1 win over Phillies
Cruz homers, keys Nats over Mets 4-2 with 8th-inning hit
Greene wins big league debut, Reds beat Braves 6-3
Rangers rally from 5 runs down, beat Blue Jays 12-6
Kluber looks good, Rays beat Orioles 8-0 to complete sweep
The play-in games are set, as NBA looks to the postseason
Reaves, Monk lead Lakers past Nuggets 146-141 in OT
Clippers rout OKC 138-88 for 5th win in row, play-in awaits
Thompson scores 41, Warriors top Pelicans to clinch 3rd seed
Jazz down Blazers 111-80 to secure 5th seed in the West
Kings hang on to beat Suns 116-109 in regular-season finale
Bulls beat Wolves 124-120 behind Patrick Williams’ 35 points
Ehlers helps lift Jets past Senators 4-3
Robertson scores twice in Stars’ 6-4 win over Blackhawks
Staal’s hat trick carries Hurricanes past Ducks 5-2
own 3 goals early, Wild rally past Kings 6-3
Brian Elliott makes 28 saves, Lightning beat Sabres 5-0
Eller scores, Capitals beat Bruins for 3rd consecutive win
Breakfast Blogs
You Rarely See Senator-on-Senator Crime of This Magnitude Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Bill Barr’s Legal Exposure May Lead Him to Lie about the Hunter Biden Laptop emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War for Ukraine Update 46: A Brief Update for Today Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Right wing heartlessness knows no bounds digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
They have the evidence. Do they have the Right Stuff? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Go Ahead And Bluff, They Said. They Won’t Shoot Back, They Said Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Movement conservatives in America have always wanted reactionary indoctrination, not academic freedom Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Extreme aging and statistical outliers revisited Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,067 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
DEMOCRATS: STILL AFRAID OF THEIR OWN SHADOWS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
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