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
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: California to require masks at schools in fall
Pfizer to seek OK for 3rd vaccine dose; shots still protect
Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks, CDC says
69.6% of people 16 and up have had at least 1 COVID-19 shot
Navajo leaders urge mask wearing even as virus cases are low
Charlottesville set to remove Lee statue that sparked rally
Pacific Northwest strengthens heat protections for workers
FDA head calls for inquiry into Alzheimer’s drug review
Tree DNA helps convict Washington timber thief after fire
California oil regulators deny new fracking permits
California forest closed as wildfires burn, heat returns
US to pay Nevada $65K in settlement over radioactive waste
US Politics
Biden fires Trump-appointed head of Social Security agency
White House calling out critics of door-to-door vaccine push
Biden tells Putin Russia must crack down on cybercriminals
More competition: Biden signs order targeting big business
Schumer wants Senate votes soon on Biden’s domestic agenda
DeSantis parts with Trump in response to Surfside tragedy
International News
Haiti’s interim PM confirms request for US troops to country
The Latest: American arrested in Haiti worked alongside Penn
Taking Trump’s cue, Bolsonaro clouds vote with fraud claims
AP Interview: Afghan warlord slams govt, quick US goodbye
Canada judge won’t allow Huawei exec to submit new evidence
Sports
Bradley HR in 9th, Indians overcome bad baserunning, beat KC
Morton sharp, Acuña restrained after HBP, Braves top Marlins
Hendricks wins 9th straight, Wisdom HR, Cubs beat Cards 10-5
Unified Milwaukee hosts NBA Finals 50 years after title run
Holding Tokyo Olympics in pandemic shreds consensus in Japan
‘He loves to win’: Durant seeking a third Olympic gold medal
Back in Wimbledon final, Djokovic to face Italy’s Berrettini
Breakfast Blogs
Timothy Snyder Is Exactly Right: American Conservatives Are Seeking Their Own ‘Memory Laws’
Meet Johnny Pollock: The Anti-Social [Media] Cell Leader of January 6 Lakeland Insurrectionists emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heaher Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Enforce the rich Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Biden’s Executive Order On Competition Has… Lots Of Really Good Ideas? Though, Potential Overreaches On Executive Power Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Montana Senator Thinks The Third Time Is The Charm For His Anti-Flag Burning Amendment Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Federal Judge Blocks Tennessee Law That Requires Labeling of Transgender-Inclusive Bathrooms Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Michigan AG and Police Confirm Probe Sparked by State GOP-Led Report Debunking Election Fraud Claims. Here’s What You Should Know. Marisa Saroff, Law & Crime
Judge Refuses to Seal Names of ‘Kraken’ Witnesses Who Have Asked to Remain Anonymous, Readies for Sanctions Hearing Against Lin Wood and Sidney Powell Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Nullifying the Voting Rights Act Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Deported Veterans Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Academic gangs of New York Paul Campos, Lawyer, Guns and Money
Hey, Fellow White People, We Should Be Ashamed and Angry About Racism in American History The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Culture War Update Yatreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
NO, HE MEANT IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice BLog
Spill Some More Tea, Adam Kinzinger. We’re Listening. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Long Beach, CA, Gonna Try Out A Little UBI, So That’s Super Nice Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
QAnon Candidates Coming To A SQool Board Election Near You! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
GOP Fundraiser WinRed Flips Sh*t Over Investigation Of Its Grifty Donor Schemes Liz Dye, Wonkette
Ever Wonder How Many Americans Are Alive Because Donald Trump Lost? Science Did! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette