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
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler commits suicide; End of the Vietnam War as Saigon falls; George Washington sworn in as America’s first president; The Louisiana Purchase; Country singer Willie Nelson born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
Breakfast News
US News
US recovery from pandemic recession is showing momentum
Free rides and beer: Incentives are added to vaccine drive
The Latest: Wash. state alters vaccine system as demand ebbs
Alaska governor’s travel signals move to return to normalcy
Black inmate’s death in Texas jail struggle ruled homicide
US pushes ahead with nuclear plans despite watchdog concerns
Sheriff: Heavily armed gunman among 5 dead in home standoff
Report: Driver in California crash that killed 9 was drunk
California trucks salmon to Pacific; low river levels blamed
US Politics
Biden sells economic plan in GA, calls for rich to pay more
Biden and Carter, longtime allies, reconnect in Georgia
Water bill may open spigot for Biden infrastructure plan
Appeals court tells EPA to ban pesticide or decide it’s safe
Families of Black men slain by police are hopeful for reform
Arkansas governor OKs ban on local, state mask mandates
Florida Republicans move against social media companies
Appointment-only visits to secretary of state here to stay
Hawaii lawmakers finish session after huge federal aid boost
Montana Legislature wraps up with $12B, two-year budget
Massachusetts Senate OKs $400M bill for new soldiers’ home
Senate confirms former Florida Sen. Bill Nelson to lead NASA
International News
Brazil tops 400,000 virus deaths amid fears of renewed surge
Indians turn to black market, unproven drugs as virus surges
About a third of Mexicans show exposure to coronavirus
Thailand says COVID-19 has peaked, but adds restrictions
Alarm grows in Africa as it watches India’s COVID-19 crisis
India’s deepening water crisis at the heart of farm protests
Abbas delays Palestinian elections; Hamas slams ‘coup’
Dozens injured in stampede at big Israeli religious festival
Flooding and mudslides add to St. Vincent’s volcano woes
Sports
Durant scores 42, Nets torch depleted Pacers 130-113
Varlamov gets 3rd shutout vs. Rangers in Islanders’ 4-0 win
Bruins score 3 unanswered goals in 3rd, beat Sabres 5-2
NFL Draft: Players selected in the first round
Hail collapses roof over Mexico City’s main Aztec temple
Breakfast Blogs
Louisiana Republicans Are Looking at Another ‘Don’t Teach Our Kids the Bad Stuff’ Bill Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Rickety 702 System: Why It Continues to Fail emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The NFL Draft 2021 and Portuguese GP bmaz, emptywheel
Rudy speaks. It’s not good. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What Biden said and Democrats did Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Justice Gorsuch, Joined by Justice Barrett, Pens 6-3 Opinion for Immigrant Rights and Dismisses Justice Kavanaugh’s Dissent Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Biden Announces Three New Nominees for Lifetime Federal Judgeships — What We Know About Them Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Republican is just short for sociopath Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The counter-majoritarian atrocity Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Wolves and the Culture War 270 Comments Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sometimes I Listen To Things I Shouldn’t… driftglass, at his blog
Rarely Asked Questions: How Does Government Pay Its Bills? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP’S SHRUNKEN WORLD Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
The Best Ideas In Joe Biden’s Speech Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Tim Scott Very Glad To Live In A Not Racist Country Despite All The Racism He Has Personally Experienced Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Rudy Giuliani’s Lawyer Issued A Statement For His Client. It Is #BeBest. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Hillbilly Effigy: JD Vance Burns Strawman To Prove Universal Childcare ‘Lifestyle’ Bad For America Liz Dye, Wonkette
Non-Diane Actor From ‘Cheers’ ANGRY Poor Folk Won’t Literally Die To Serve Her Chicken Wings Stephen Robinson, Wonkette