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
President Bill Clinton’s grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal aired on TV; Authors H.G. Wells and Stephen King born; ‘Monday Night Football’ premieres; Actor-comedian Bill Murray born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Breakfast News
US News
COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
Court order sought to end mask mandate in Vegas-area schools
US easing virus restrictions for foreign flights to America
Navajo Nation reports 17 more COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths
Biden follows through on pledge to take in more refugees
US officials defend expulsion of Haitians from Texas town
Texas doctor who defied state’s new abortion ban is sued
Cleanup of abandoned mines could get boost, relieving rivers
Oklahoma sets 7 executions in 6 months; 1st since 2015
Consultants sued over 2018 deaths of women in sheriff’s van
4 famous giant trees unharmed by Sequoia National Park fire
Questions on $16B plan to ease back bay flooding at NJ shore
US Politics
Democrats tie government funding to debt bill, GOP digs in
Dems, backers face uphill immigration path after Senate blow
Republican Dean Heller announces run for governor of Nevada
International News
The Latest: March protests Australia state’s vaccine mandate
India to resume exports of coronavirus vaccines in October
The Latest: Pakistan says no rush to recognize Taliban gov’t
Trudeau’s Liberals win Canada election, but miss majority
Biden looks to turn page on 20 years of war in UN address
UN climate talks: Faint progress on money, none on pollution
Haitian deportees start over in country they don’t recognize
Thailand urged not to deport trans woman charged in Malaysia
Nobody hurt but much damage in Spanish volcano eruption
107-year-old Japanese twins certified as world’s oldest
Sports
Votto power surge leads Reds rally for 9-5 win over Pirates
Lester wins 200th, Cards down Brewers for ninth straight win
Baz wins debut, AL East-leading Rays beat Blue Jays 6-4
White Sox lose 4-3 to Tigers but close in on division crown
Marlins’ Chisholm HRs twice, scores on wild pitch in 10th
Perez breaks Bench’s record with 46th HR, KC tops Indians
Breakfast Blogs
This Supreme Court Brief Gives Away the Whole Conservative Game on Abortion Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
SDNY Showed Probable Cause Rudy Giuliani Was Criming While He Represented Trump in the Russian Investigation emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Today In Productive Counter-Political Action Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Debt ceiling chicken digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Party of Personal Responsibility Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
As We’re Told That No New Social Media App Can Make It, TikTok Surpasses Facebook Downloads & YouTube Watch Time Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Massachusetts’ Top Court Says Police Need Warrants To Search Body Camera Recordings
Now We Know When SCOTUS Will Hear Mississippi Case Challenging Roe v. Wade Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
St. Louis Lawyers Who Pointed Guns at Protesters Face Possible Suspension of Law Licenses Alberto Luperon, Law & Crime
A most Republican pandemic Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Adventures in corporate COVID policy Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Frum Has Written a Very Long Article to Avoid Saying a Very Short Sentence driftglass, at his blog
Drumbeat of Derision Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
POLITICO: NO REPUBLICAN EVER TALKED ABOUT VOTER FRAUD BEFORE TRUMP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Tampa Officials Shocked To Learn Evicting Black People For Basically No Reason Miiiiight Be Considered Racist Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Jake Tapper Very Through With Idiot Mississippi GOP Gov. Tate Reeves Mike Mora, Wonkette
Alabama Secretary Of State Talks Election Security With Traveling Pillow Salesman Liz Dye, Wonkette
Put That Horse Paste Away! Pfizer Vaccine Almost Ready For Kids Under 12 Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
25,000 Disney Workers Wish Upon A Class Action Lawsuit, Demand A Living Wage Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette