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
Chinese troops crush a pro-democracy movement in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square; World War II’s Battle of Midway begins; Henry Ford tests his quadricycle; Bruce Springsteen releases ‘Born in the U.S.A.’
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.
Breakfast News
US News
Chicago to join Illinois in fully reopening June 11
CDC says Florida lawsuit imperils summer cruises to Alaska
Most vaccinated California workers must keep masks on
Drought saps California reservoirs as hot, dry summer looms
Barriers removed, new ones go up, at George Floyd Square
US Marshals: 1 man dead during arrest attempt in Minneapolis
After mass shooting, new gun tax falls short in California
‘Next big wave’: Radiation drugs track and kill cancer cells
Officials: Bald eagles kill 54 sheep at farm in Idaho
Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting tinier
Hawaii launches hotline to report ghost fishing nets
Woman recovers wallet lost 46 years ago in California
US Politics
Trump’s grip on GOP sparks fears about democratic process
Justice Department stepping up enforcement of hate crimes
Biden’s pledge on media freedom may be easier said than done
Reports: Facebook to end rule exemptions for politicians
Whitmer vetoes bill to exempt graduations from crowd limits
Granholm joins Manchin in West Virginia to tout clean energy
Connecticut lawmakers pass major expansion of Bottle Bill
New Hampshire Senate passes $13.5 billion budget
International News
Slow to start, China now vaccinating at a staggering pace
Mexico to use US vaccines mainly on border, at resorts
US to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing, Biden announces
Colombia eases lockdown measures despite 3rd virus peak
No ‘provoking’: Israeli official vows quieter tone with US
Hong Kong vigil organizer arrested on Tiananmen anniversary
Sri Lanka braces for environmental disaster as ship sinks
Netanyahu foes push for quick vote to end his 12-year rule
Sports
Yelich leads Brewers’ power surge in 7-4 win over Arizona
Moncada, Lamb homer as White Sox beat Tigers 4-1
Gutiérrez gets first career win, Reds beat Cardinals 4-2
Stallings’ bases-loaded double rallies Pirates past Marlins
Rockies win 11-6, sending Rangers to 15th straight road loss
Yarbrough throws complete game as Rays beat Yankees 9-2
Pérez’s strong start helps Boston over Houston 5-1
Fouts strikes out 16, leads Alabama past Arizona 5-1 in WCWS
Nuggets eliminate Trail Blazers in Game 6 with 126-115 win
Wilson has 30 points, 13 rebounds to help Aces beat Liberty
Marchand scores in OT, Bruins beat Islanders 2-1 in Game 3
Staal scores in OT, Hurricanes beat Lightning in Game 3
NFL pledges to halt ‘race-norming,’ review Black claims
10,000 volunteers drop out; Tokyo Olympics open in 50 days
Breakfast Blogs
Texas Republicans Are Pleading…Typo Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
At the Barricades: Newly Discovered Video Depicting Timothy Hale-Cusanelli emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheeL
Rolling The Credulous Cheryl Rofer, Balloon Juice
Losing to win digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What constituency? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Supreme Court Says The Community Caretaking Exception Doesn’t Apply To Warrantless Searches Of People’s Homes Tim Cushing, Techdirt
How Predictive Policing Got A Chicago Man Shot Twice Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Amy Coney Barrett Writes for Unusual SCOTUS Majority, Sides With Former Cop Who Used Computer for Improper Purpose Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
The real cancel culture: An endless cavalcade of white fragility Paul Campos. Lawyers, Guns and Money
Still Surprised When the Leopard Eats Your Face? Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Remember Five Minutes Ago… (Part 1,000) driftglass, at his blog
Toxic Therapy Party Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
DOES J.D. VANCE WANT A LITERAL SHOOTING WAR AGAINST PROGRESSIVES AND “WOKE CAPITAL”? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Stanford Law Eats Sh*t Protecting Rightwing FedSoc Jerkoffs From Hilarious Mean Guy Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
A Doktor Of Rhetoric Examines Kyrsten Sinema’s Filibuster Thoughts, Breaks Own Brain Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Ohio Being Terrible About Abortion Again Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Mike Lindell Admits He Probably Sold Trump That Pillow Of Goods About Re-Becoming President In August Evan Hurst, Wonkette
How Dumb Is Matt Gaetz? Pretty F-in’ Dumb! Liz Dye, Wonkette