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
Women’s rights activists meet at Seneca Falls; The ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy on gays in the U.S. military; Apollo 11 enters lunar orbit; Baseball’s Pete Rose gets jail time; Moscow Olympics begins.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one’s country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.
Breakfast News
US News
Los Angeles hopes new mask mandate will reverse virus spike
With pandemic worsening in US, surgeon general worried
Court blocks order lifting CDC virus rules on cruise ships
Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US
US Politics
Senator: Bipartisan infrastructure bill loses IRS provision
Klobuchar: Infrastructure bill could include voting measures
International News
The Latest: Most of S Korean warship’s crew have coronavirus
Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses
With pandemic in mind, pared-back hajj in Mecca for 2nd year
Senegal sees dramatic COVID-19 surge as major holiday looms
Nightclubs elated but doubts cloud England’s ‘Freedom Day’
In U-turn, UK’s Johnson to quarantine after COVID-19 contact
Merkel tours ‘surreal’ flood scene, vows aid, climate action
Haiti faces uncertain future as mourning first lady returns
Rights group in Russia shuts down amid government crackdown
Thai police use tear gas against anti-government protesters
Wildfires rage in Russia’s Siberia, cause airport to close
Sports
Conforto HR in 9th, Mets overcome early gaffe to top Pirates
Escobar HR, single lead Nats past Padres in series finale
Mariners defeat Angels 7-4 despite Ohtani’s 34th HR
Blackmon’s 10th inning homer lifts Rockies past Dodgers 6-5
Kelly, Escobar lead Diamondbacks over Cubs 6-4
Indians homer twice off All-Star Bassitt, beat Athletics 4-2
Diaz homers during 7th-inning rally, Rays beat Braves 7-5
Blue Jays shut out Rangers in both ends of doubleheader
Harvey ends his 9-game skid, pitches Orioles past Royals 5-0
Bader’s infield single lifts Cardinals past Giants 2-1
Rodón dominates through 7, White Sox blank Astros 4-0
Burnes back in All-Star form, Brewers beat Reds 8-0 to sweep
Bucks edge Suns 123-119 to take 3-2 lead in NBA Finals
Zero risk? Virus cases test Olympic organizers’ assurances
US women earn first exhibition win, routing Nigeria 93-62
Flawless finish: Morikawa wins British Open for 2nd major
Hamilton roars back to win British GP after Verstappen crash
Out for a ride: Tadej Pogacar wins 2nd straight Tour title
Under darkness, Almirola pulls off shocker at New Hampshire
Moore scores 20 seconds in, US beats Canada 1-0 in Gold Cup
Breakfast Blogs
Let’s Check in on America’s Dairyland, Where Weird Sh*t Is Happening All the Time Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
On the Upcoming Sentencing for the First January 6 Felony Defendant, Paul Hodgkins emptywheel aka Marc Wheeler, emptywheel
Wealthy donors weigh in digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Understanding 2020 tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Baking in the heat Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The terrorists have won Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 879 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Vaccine Skeptics Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names