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
Japan signs surrender, officially ending World War II; Union forces occupy Atlanta during the Civil War; A great fire ravages medieval London; Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh dies; Wreckage of the Titanic found.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Breakfast News
US News
Navajo Nation reports 49 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death
Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
Weather slows California wildfire, but flames keep moving
Ida’s remnants blanket Pennsylvania in rain, stir tornadoes
Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
FTC orders company to quit surveillance app business
US Politics
Texas bans most abortions, with high court mum on appeal
AP sources: Intel shows extremists to attend Capitol rally
California seeks gender neutral displays in large stores
International News
Vaccinations in rural India increase amid supply concerns
India schools cautiously reopen even as COVID warnings grow
Train station protests fizzle in Italy as COVID passes start
The Latest: Security Council to keep focus on Afghanistan
Milley: US coordination with Taliban on strikes ‘possible’
OPEC steadily adds back production as economy recovers
Sports
Gerrit Cole fans 15, Yankees beat Angels 4-1 to end skid
Castellanos hits grand slam, plates six as Reds earn split
Rockies fall behind early, score 5 in 9th to beat Rangers
Mariners silence Houston bats again for 1-0 victory
Diamondbacks pound Darvish with 6-run 3rd, beat Padres 8-3
The Latest: Stephens stops Coco at US Open in straight sets
Osaka reaches Round 3 on walkover; Halep, Muguruza advance
Saints opener vs. Packers moved to Jacksonville after Ida
Oksana Masters picks up 2nd gold medal at Tokyo Paralympics
New-look US opens World Cup qualifying, 4 years after flop
Effort underway to rescue girls soccer team from Afghanistan
WA tribal casinos get final federal OK for sports betting
Breakfast Blogs
The Phantom Revolution Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
To the barricades digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Ending the endless war Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Ninth Circuit: Sorry, But We Have No Way To Hold Border Patrol Agents Accountable For Killing People In Mexico Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Federal Judges on Fourth Circuit Hand West Virginia Democrats a Loss in Ballot-Order Statute Lawsuit Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Purdue Pharma Is No More After Bankruptcy Judge Approves Deal for Sacklers to Pay $4.5 Billion in Opioid Settlement Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Sam Alito’s “minimalism” reaches its ideal form Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The center cannot hold Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Over? Did You Say “Over”? driftglass, at his blog
DEMOCRATS CAN’T SEE THIS FROM 30,000 FEET Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Small Step Toward Justice For Elijah McClain Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Kevin McCarthy To Telecoms: Snitches Get Stitches Liz Dye, Wonkette
Wyoming’s Biggest Utility Murdering Coal Plants, Guess Wyoming Will Have To Sue ‘Wyoming’ Doktor Zoom, Wonkette