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 George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on.
Breakfast News
US News
Number of Americans fully vaccinated tops 100 million
US extends face-mask requirement on planes until September
Judge: New Mexico must give at-home students fast internet
Flagstaff hospital plans for major expansion, health village
Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
New Mexico expected to have fewer births, fewer students
3 officers resign in rough arrest of woman with dementia
Army disciplines 21 at Fort Hood in probe of soldier’s death
Grand Canyon opens lottery for shooting bison in the park
Homeland Security to repair damage created by border wall
Mars helicopter aces 4th flight, gets extra month of flying
US Politics
US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday
Steep drop in national security surveillance during pandemic
Manchin pans DC statehood bill in another break with Dems
Biden to veer from Trump, Obama policies in taking on NKorea
Giuliani search warrant resolved Justice Department dispute
Despite population increase, DC suspects a census undercount
Biden helps his Amtrak family celebrate its 50th anniversary
Texas voters head back to polls after congressman’s death
International News
The Latest: Canada puts J&J vaccine rollout plans on hold
Suicide truck bomber hits Afghan guest house, killing 21
UN calls for return to democracy in Myanmar, end to violence
Brazil privatizes Rio de Janeiro’s water, sewage utility
Mexican border governor impeached for alleged tax evasion
Powerful quake hits off northern Japan, no tsunami risk
Sports
MLB: 9 teams reach 85% vaccination rate for easing protocols
Bieber strikes out 11, sets K record as Indians beat Chisox
Phils top Mets 2-1 in bench-clearing, trash-talking opener
From feel-good story to not so good: D-Backs’ Calhoun out
Lillard, Blazers pull away from Nets, stay unbeaten on trip
Celtics rally from 32-point deficit, top Spurs 143-140 in OT
Malathaat rallies in stretch to win Kentucky Oaks
Leipzig beats Bremen 2-1 late to reach German Cup final
Breakfast Blogs
The Cyber Ninjas Have Called in Men With Badges to Protect Them From Antifa Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
It’s all up to the Democrats digby. Digby’s Hullabaloo
So much hate Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Judge Rules Jared Kushner’s Apartment Company Repeatedly Broke Consumer Laws With ‘Widespread and Numerous’ Violations Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Ted Cruz has been a corporate stooge his as long as he’s been a senator, says Ted Cruz Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Student Loan Crisis Pal Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Post-Brown America Looks An Awful Lot Like the Pre-Brown America Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Matthew Dowd is a Fundamentally Ridiculous Person: A Series of Miraculous Conversions driftglass, at his blog
The Gaetz of Hell shall not prevail Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE PERFECT MIX OF VICIOUS AND IGNORANT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Supreme Court Considers The Case Of The Cussy Cheerleader Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Florida Voter Suppression Law Not Quite As Awful As Georgia’s, So Hooray? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Rudy And Ron Johnson Blew Off FBI Warnings About Russian Spies Because PFFFFFFFT DEEP STATE! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Michele Bachmann Didn’t Like Joe Biden’s Toddler-Snatchin’ Gay Zombie Apocalypse Speech AT ALL Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Jim Justice Didn’t Think He Was Going To Need Actual Evidence To Justify Transphobic Law Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Tim Scott Continues Whining About All The Racism He’s Experiencing In A Country He Doesn’t Think Is Racist Stephen Robinson, Wonkette