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
U.S. cruise missiles hit Afghanistan and Sudan after American embassies bombed in Africa; The Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia; NASA’s Voyager 2 launched; Singers Issac Hayes and Robert Plant born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
Breakfast News
US News
Record delta wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open
Oregon requires COVID-19 vaccination for teachers, staff
Gov: Hospitals in critical situation for capacity, staffing
Washington hospitals see record number of COVID-19 patients
Lamont ordering state workers, teachers to be vaccinated
Feds seize over 3,000 fake vaccination cards in Anchorage
Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium
US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities
California wildfires destroy homes; winds hamper containment
Tech billionaire gives New Hampshire hermit $180,000
8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted ‘witch’
Big bird on water is mystery, but town calls it just ducky
US Politics
Prosecutors vet US Senate candidate’s fishing license case
Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill
Judge promises quick ruling on guns at Minnesota State Fair
Alaska governor adds bill for dividend to session agenda
US judge in Nevada: Felony deportation law unconstitutional
Arizona Supreme Court keeps new school tax alive, for now
New Mexico scales down unemployment benefits, battles fraud
International News
The Latest: Sydney extends lockdown to fight COVID outbreak
Taliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom
US struggles to speed Kabul airlift despite Taliban, chaos
Aid flows a bit more quickly into Haiti; challenges remain
Sports
Voit’s double lifts surging Yanks to 7-5 win over Twins
Votto blasts 3-run homer, Reds rebound to beat Marlins 6-1Bumgarner, Diamondbacks beat Phillies 6-2 for series sweep
Seattle sweep: France 11th-inning HR as M’s win 9-8 at Texas
Díaz hit in 10th propels Astros to 6-3 win over Royals
Olson, Chapman rally Athletics to 5-4 win over White Sox
Cabrera stuck at 499; Angels rally to beat Tigers 13-10
Seattle Storm to visit White House, celebrate 2020 title
Bonner’s 31 points, 11 rebounds lead Sun past Lynx 82-71
Thomas, Rahm open with 63s to share lead at Liberty National
Olympic champ Korda shares lead at Women’s British Open
Breakfast Blogs
This Is an Insane Way to Run the Fifth Largest Economy in the World. Maybe It’s Something in the Water. charles P. pierce, Esquire Politics
How a Trump Prosecution for January 6 Would Work emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
In Case Anyone Was Wondering Why the Taliban Actually Were Able To Retake Afghanistan So Easily, It Is Because the Trump Administration Agreed the US Would Unconditionally Surrender To Them Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Lies upon lies digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Disasters natural and manmade Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Taliban Creates A New Content Moderation Challenge For Social Media Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Judge Says Voting Machine Company Can Continue To Sue Trump’s Buddies Over Bogus Election Fraud Claims Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Immigration Lawyers Say Trump-Appointed Judge in Texas Just Decided He’s in Control of ICE and ‘Emperor of U.S. Immigration Policy’ in ‘Unprecedented and Outrageous’ Ruling Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
The media rallies around the hawks Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Matthew Dowd, Internet Man of Mystery driftglass, at his blog
Narratology: Something Much Worse Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF THIS WERE HAPPENING UNDER TRUMP, WE’D BE DUE FOR A SHINY OBJECT RIGHT ABOUT NOW Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog