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
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first to scale Mt. Everest’s peak; President John F. Kennedy born; Patrick Henry gives his “If this be treason” speech on his birthday; Comedian Bob Hope born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: CDC loosens mask guidance for summer campers
Minnesota breweries, distillers offer vaccination incentives
Travel numbers climb as Americans hit the road for holiday
Cherokee Nation approves $2,000 payments to its citizens
Gov. Kemp’s order on school masks falls short of mandate ban
At century mark, Tulsa Race Massacre’s wounds still unhealed
CEO pay rises to $12.7M even as pandemic ravages economy
Female CEOs saw ranks dwindle in 2020; median pay fell 2%
Louisiana governor seeks disaster order for flooding
3 officers plead not guilty in Black man’s restraint death
11 Texas sheriff workers fired, 6 suspended in inmate death
SEC says group illegally raised $2B in crypto offering
Postal Service looks to raise first-class stamp to 58 cents
Illegal piranha found in Louisiana State University lake
Woman arrested at US border with sloth, crocodile parts
Airport changes name after years of fighting over ‘Orlando’
High waves wash out Chicago beaches as Lake Michigan reopens
NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’
US Politics
Biden’s $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business
Biden marks vaccine progress, thanks troops ahead of holiday
GOP blocks Capitol riot probe, displaying loyalty to Trump
Pressure for Senate rules change after GOP blocks 1/6 probe
US court revives lawsuit against private prison in Nevada
New Mexico’s child welfare agency seeks tech, culture change
Maine delegation to lobby for extra ship removed from budget
Alaska official backs key approval for proposed gold mine
Maryland’s governor vetoes more than a dozen measures
Breyer ‘basically optimistic’ about US despite polarization
International News
South Africa starts jabs for elderly as virus surge looms
Japan extends virus emergency with safe Olympics at stake
Australia says citizen is in arbitrary detention in China
Sports
Tokyo Olympics looking more and more like fan-free event
16 of 30 MLB teams reach 85% vaccinations, relax protocols
Bote homers, Alzolay dodges jams as Cubs beat Reds 1-0
Rain wipes out Rockies-Pirates; split doubleheader Saturday
Yankees activate Stanton before game at Detroit
Scolaro’s bases-loaded strikeout seals Florida State’s win
K-State reaches Big 12 semifinals after win over Texas Tech
Dixon paces Carb Day as Team Penske finally shows speed
Japan routs Myanmar 10-0 to advance to 3rd round
Breakfast Blogs
Thanks, Dad, For Helping to Save the Whole Damn Thing Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Jeffrey Rosen Separated the Investigation that Could Turn Rudy Into a Russian Agent from the Rudy Investigation emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Today In Revolutionary Warfare: Senator McConnell Blocks An Independent 6 January Commission Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Emperor Joe Manchin gets schooled digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Going To Hell In a Handbasket tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Tyranny of the minority Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Citizen Continues Its Push To Become Cops-For-Hire By Leaking Sensitive Data… Twice Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Fact Check: Yes, Fact Checking Is Totally Protected By The 1st Amendment Mike Masnick, Techdirt
This Is the Jan. 6 ‘Domestic Terrorist Attack’ Bill Senate Republicans Refused to Pass Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
‘2 If By Sea’: Oath Keepers Messages Shed New Light on Alleged Plot to Storm D.C. With Guns by Way of Potomac Adam Klafeld, Law & Crime
Fucking cost-benefit analysis, how does it work? Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Insurrection commission blocked by 35 of 100 senators Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Tom Nichols and the New Now Generation driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Gaetz’s Rebellion Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
WILL THE BLIND-SQUIRREL DEMOCRATS FINALLY SPOT THE NUT? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
January 6 Commission Filibustered To Death, Manchin ‘Distressed’ Karoli Kuns, Crooks and Liars
Joe Biden Has A Budget, And It’s DELICIOUS. Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Biden Planning Infrastructure Week *For Real* Liz Dye, Wonkette
Did … Did Matt Gaetz Just Say We Should Use The Second Amendment On Silicon Valley? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Biden All, No, It’s Cool, Making Enough To Live On Is Good Actually! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette