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
“Star Wars” — the classic sci-fi movie written and directed by George Lucas — premieres; Former Enron execs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are convicted of conspiracy and fraud; Comedian Jay Leno begins his run as host of N-B-C’s “The Tonight Show .
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.
Breakfast News
US News
Navajo Nation reports 2 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths
Las Vegas officials hold pop-up vaccine clinic at strip club
Chicken plant in California cited over past virus outbreak
Amtrak restores service on routes following COVID cutbacks
Biden signs bill opening door for Alaska cruises to resume
NYC mayor: Public schools will be all in person this fall
Puerto Rico ends pandemic curfew after a year in force
Families urge legal changes to prevent more police killings
AP: Top cop in Black man’s deadly arrest withheld cam video
Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds
Military contract aircraft crashes in Vegas near Nellis AFB
2 ex-California officers charged with bribery in car scheme
Police capture man wanted in 4 killings after week on run
Grim western fire season starts much drier than record 2020
Woman gets back $1M lottery ticket she had thrown away
Hundreds in California line up for blooming ‘corpse flower’
Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
US Politics
US warns against all travel to Japan as Olympics loom
Biden doubling spending to prepare for hurricanes, storms
Watchdog: US forced deported parents to leave kids behind
White House, Kremlin aim for Biden-Putin summit in Geneva
Democratic Iowa farmer running for GOP Sen. Grassley’s seat
US Judge: Saipan casino builder must pay 7 ex-workers $5.4M
Jokes abound over Yang’s choice for favorite subway station
Fantasy sports industry says bill will put games on hold
International News
The Latest: Haiti imposes curfew, mask use for pandemic
Japan opens mass vaccine centers 2 months before Olympics
India virus death toll passes 300,000, 3rd highest in world
EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after plane diversion
Blinken off to Mideast to secure Gaza truce, push for aid
UK Black activist critical in hospital after shooting
Gaza-based journalists in Hamas chat blocked from WhatsApp
Mali’s president and PM arrested by mutinous soldiers
Death toll from Congo volcano eruption rises to at least 32
Sports
Rays win 11th in a row, score 7 in 11th to beat Toronto 14-8
Vaccinated section opening for Portland Trail Blazers’ games
Court order would allow 15-year-old to sign with NSWL team
One more thrill: Phil Mickelson wins at 50 in raucous PGA
CHILD’S PLAY: Young new talent takes Indy 500 by storm
Breakfast Blogs
Daniel Ellsberg Is 90 Years Old and Still Causing Trouble Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Steve Bannon’s Mueller and Mueller Aftermath Interviews, with Backup emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Are kitchen table issues going to be enough? Not bloody likely. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Sometimes victors don’t write the history. They bury it. Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Why Prosecutors Need to Prepare the Country for Donald Trump’s Trial Jonathan Chait, New York Intelligencer
Arizona County’s Voting Machines Rendered Unusable By OAN-Financed Vote Auditors Tim Cushing, Techdirt
US Telecoms Keep Getting Wrist Slaps For Repeatedly Ripping Off The US Government Karl Bode, Techdirt
Rep. Zoe Lofgren Recognizes The Nuances And Complexities Of Regulating Internet Companies Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Sotomayor Dissents in Death Penalty Case, Calls Out Kavanaugh and Conservative Justices for Turning ‘This Court’s Words’ into an ‘Empty Gesture’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Supreme Court Justices Again Unanimous Twice in the Same Day Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Cancel Culture Telephone Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Moeny
Clean Beef: The New Clean Coal Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Too Many Lifeboats, Not Enough Thermite driftglass, at his blog
HOW TO ARGUE WITH YOUR RIGHT-WING RELATIVES ABOUT THE LAB-LEAK THEORY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
GOP Just Can’t Find Perfect Way To Ignore An Insurrection Michael Mora, Wonkette
Maxine Waters Will Not Be Rolling Over On Qualified Immunity, Please And Thank You Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Louisiana Cops Beat The Crap Out Of Ronald Greene, And Then He Died Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Republicans Fight For Sacred Prerogative Of Rich To Commit Tax Fraud Liz Dye, Wonkette