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
Brown vs. Board of Education ends separate but equal; Watergate hearings begin; NYSE is born; First Kentucky Derby.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Fauci says pandemic highlights racism’s impact
Severe cyclone heading toward southern India; 6 dead
Navajo Nation reports 7 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death
Some aren’t ready to give up masks despite new CDC guidance
Maine eyes permanent telehealth, New Hampshire court reopens
Fiery train derailment prompts evacuation of small Iowa town
Second Amendment sanctuaries facing 1st court test in Oregon
Arrest made after boy, 4, found slain on Dallas street
Boy, 13, in ‘grave condition’ after being shot in Chicago
Groups call for reintroduction of jaguars in US Southwest
Missing Texas tiger transported to animal sanctuary
US Politics
Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again
Analysis: Racial tensions simmer in Louisiana House debates
Florida lawmakers reconvene for special session on gambling
International News
Brazil city offers COVID shots to all 18-60 as part of test
UK readies for major reopening but new variant sparks worry
Israel stages new round of heavy airstrikes on Gaza City
Calls mount for Gaza-Israel cease-fire, greater US efforts
Media demand Israel explain destruction of news offices
Arrests in UK over claims antisemitic abuse hurled from cars
Sports
Duvall hits another 3-run HR, Marlins hold off Dodgers 3-2
Girardi, Segura have confrontation as Phils lose to Jays
Ohtani’s 2-out, 2-run HR in 9th sends Angels over Bosox 6-5
Randle, Knicks beat Celtics to clinch No. 4 seed in East
Durant, Irving power Nets past Cavs for No. 2 seed in East
Curry is scoring champ, Warriors beat Grizzlies for 8 seed
Maxey leads 76ers past Magic 128-117 in meaningless finale
Hawks head to playoffs after 124-95 rout of woeful Rockets
Bonner scores 27 points, Sun beat Mercury 86-78
Eriksson Ek’s OT goal lifts Wild past Vegas 1-0
Palmieri’s OT winner lifts Isles by Penguins 4-3 in Game 1
New Zealand to play Fiji, Tonga in July internationals
K.H. Lee gets 1st PGA Tour win at Nelson, qualifies for PGA
Bowman parks 48 in familiar spot in victory lane at Dover
72-year-old John Force races to record 152nd NHRA victory
Horse racing has more questions than answers post-Preakness
Breakfast Blogs
The Opioid Crisis Just Got Its Own Grandma Millie Moment Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
January 6: A Change of Pace emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
No One Wants to Work [For You] Anymore: The End of Oligopsony Rayne, emptywheel
Trumpism IS Republicanism digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Smoke bombers Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The perils of presidentialism in the 2020s Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Blaming police murders on genetics Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
This Day in Labor History: May 16, 1910 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Never Trust a Never Trumper — The Adventure Continues driftglass, at his blog
Boots in the Mosque Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IN THE GOP, TRUTH IS A NICHE PRODUCT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog