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
John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for first time; Baseball’s first All-Star Game; Outbreak of the Biafran War; Painter Frida Kahlo born; Althea Gibson wins at Wimbledon; Singing cowboy Roy Rogers dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There’s a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It’s absolutely a world onto itself.
Breakfast News
US News
Rural Kentucky health officials press on, one shot at a time
Navajo Nation reports 7 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths
Las Vegas is bouncing back, but the virus is on the rise too
Demolition widens search at condo site, but storms threaten
The battle for Mount Rushmore: ‘It should be turned into something like the Holocaust Museum’
Summer swelter trend: West gets hotter days, East hot nights
Water crisis reaches boiling point on Oregon-California line
Tribe becomes key water player with drought aid to Arizona
World’s tallest horse, Big Jake, dies in Wisconsin at age 20
Big cats, bears, ferrets get COVID-19 vaccine at Oakland Zoo
US Politics
New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
International News
Johnson says restrictions to ease, UK must live with virus
Spain restricts nightlife as virus surges among the young
Europe in vaccination race against COVID-19′s delta variant
Vatican: Pope alert and well a day after intestinal surgery
New Zealand records warmest-ever June as ski fields struggle
Ukraine criticized for making female cadets parade in heels
Sports
Alfaro homers in 8th, Marlins end Dodgers’ 9-game streak
Mets top Brewers 4-2 in a matchup of NL division leaders
Ober wins 1st, Kepler hits 2 homers, Twins top White Sox 8-5
Gamel hits 2 HRs, drives in 6 runs; Pirates rip Braves 11-1
Lowe hits slam, Rays rally with 2 in 9th to beat Indians 9-8
Peralta 7 scoreless innings for Tigers in 7-3 win at Rangers
Angels’ Maddon: Ohtani to pitch and hit in All-Star Game
Finally! Bucks, Suns set for the NBA Finals after long waits
US women defeat Mexico 4-0 in final tune-up before Olympics
At 34, ‘Mommy Rocket’ Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat in Tokyo
Breakfast Blogs
“One if By Land, Two if By Sea:” What We Know of the Oath Keepers’ January 6 Quick Reaction Force emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheek
An important moratorium digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Animated by animus Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Where is everybody? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
License the damned vaccines Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 873 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Murc’s Law on Steroids Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Saturday, July 03, 2021 THERE ARE A FEW REPUBLICAN NEVER TRUMPERS. NOW NAME SOME REPUBLICAN NEVER SUPPRESSORS. Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog