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
Hungary lets East German refugees leave for West Germany; Louisiana U.S. Senator Huey Long fatally shot; Elias Howe gets sewing machine patent; ‘Gunsmoke’ premieres; Singer Jose Feliciano born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It is always good to make new friends.
Breakfast News
US News
Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
In COVID-slammed Idaho, schools risk buckling hospitals
Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up
Michigan hospital leaders renew vaccination plea amid deaths
Oil-soaked birds found near oil spill at refinery after Ida
Endo latest company to settle with New York over opioids
Minnesota defers OK for permit linked to ND power plant deal
Research on beards, wads of gum wins 2021 Ig Nobel prizes
Pandemic love story: The whims of Kevin, our neighbors’ cat
US Politics
Justice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
Illinois House poised to approve compromise energy plan
Latest California bail reform effort dies for this year
International News
The Latest: UN: Afghanistan on brink of “universal poverty”
Biden calls Xi as US-China relationship grows more fraught
Flight takes about 200, including Americans, out of Kabul
Thinner, energetic Kim stands out at North Korean parade
Spain arrests Venezuelan spymaster wanted on US drug charges
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil leaders charged with subversion
Hurricane Olaf nears Mexico’s Los Cabos resorts
Sports
Jays beat Yanks for 8th straight, 1/2 game back in wild card
Joc Pederson gets key hit as Braves beat Nationals in 10
Unseeded Fernandez, 19, reaches 1st Slam final at U.S. Open
NFL opens to full stadiums as COVID-19 surges