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
TWA Flight 800 explodes; Russia’s royal family executed; Disneyland opens; Nicaragua’s Somoza goes into exile; Apollo and Soyuz link up in space; Baseball’s Ty Cobb and jazz great John Coltrane die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough.
Breakfast News
US News
‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ burdens busy US hospitals
Arkansas reports 1,342 new coronavirus cases, 11 more deaths
Florida virus hospitalizations again rising after a decline
Just 7% of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows
Nursing school operators charged with selling bogus diplomas
Court: UI violated religious club’s First Amendment rights
Florida man tries to throw live gator onto building’s roof
Hubble Space Telescope fixed after month of no science
US Politics
‘A blaring siren’ for Democrats after ruling halts DACA
AP: Few AZ voter fraud cases, discrediting Trump’s claims
Biden to meet with Iraqi prime minister at White House
Trump showerhead rule on more water flow goes down the drain
Arizona governor declares emergency after Flagstaff floods
US border encounters of migrant families rise despite heat
Idaho GOP senators deny session to ban worker vaccine rules
International News
The Latest: SKorea sees 11th straight day over 1,000 cases
Freedom or folly? UK’s end to mandatory masks sows confusion
UK reverses plan to open up travel to France due to variant
Rescuers race to prevent more deaths from European floods
Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change
Don’t look up! Bangkok’s slitherers keep snake catchers busy
Dutch queen and robot open 3D-printed bridge in Amsterdam
Sports
Blue Jays get approval to return to Canada on July 30
Jankowski drives in 4, Phils beat Marlins 5-2 in DH opener
Hamilton delights home crowd ahead of historic F1 weekend
The waiting Games: Olympians navigate strict rules in Tokyo
Breakfast Blogs
An ER Doctor in Arkansas Told Us What Its Like to Work in Unvaccinated America Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Guardian “Scoop” Would Shift the Timeline and Bureaucracy of the Known 2016 Russian Operation emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Minority Report: Putin’s Programma Destabilizatsii Began Much Earlier Rayne, emptywheel
The Wilderness of Mirrors & The Guardian’s Scoop Regarding Putin’s & Russia’s Planning To Make Trump President: It Is Almost Certainly Disinformation & Agitprop, But It May Still Be True Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
“They’re killing people” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Flood porn Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hulalbaloo
Florida Tells Court: Actually, It’s Section 230 That’s Unconstitutional (Not Our Social Media Law) Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Five Palo Alto Cops Sue The City And Their PD, Claiming A Black Lives Matter Mural Harassed Them Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Murc’s law is a harsh mistress Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Moneyc
Getting counterinsurgency wrong Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Gaming out the Breyer situation Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Personnel is Policy Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks and the Suborbital Right driftglass, at his blog
American Identity Politics Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF WE WANT TO VACCINATE REPUBLICANS, MAYBE THIS WOULD WORK Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
$600 Emergency Unemployment Reduced Job Searches — When There Were No Jobs Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Ivanka, Mike Pence Saved Day On 1/6 Heroically, Like Heroes, Say Ivanka, Mike Pence Liz Dye, Wonkette
OK Fine, Congress Will F*ck Up The Cyber Ninjas Now Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Iowa Defunded Planned Parenthood And Guess What They Got More Of? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette