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
Germany annexes Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland region; America returns to manned spaceflight for the first time since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster; Pope John Paul the First is found dead in his Vatican apartment.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There’s two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you’ve made a discovery.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Idaho health workers say public animosity rising
Pfizer vaccine for kids may not be available until November
COVID-related attacks prompt hospital to issue panic buttons
Employer vaccine mandates convert some workers, but not all
Wyoming city reflects vaccine hesitancy in conservative US
Navajo Nation reports 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no deaths
Arkansas governor allows state’s COVID emergency to end
Wyoming city reflects vaccine hesitancy in conservative US
Beshear: Kentucky to become electric vehicle leader
Young activists bemoan climate inaction, demand more say
Oklahoma governor defers decision on commuting Julius Jones
San José to apologize for 1887 Chinatown destruction
Court says city can ban Confederate flag in veterans parade
Housing market so hot, burned house going for almost $400K
US bans swimming with Hawaii’s nocturnal spinner dolphins
US Politics
Big pressure on Biden, Dems to trim $3.5T federal overhaul
Joint Chiefs chairman calls Afghan war a ‘strategic failure’
Milley defends calls to Chinese at end of Trump presidency
South Dakota AG reviewing Noem’s meeting with daughter
International News
Brazil doctors accuse health company of forcing chloroquine
Far-right cryptocurrency follows ideology across borders
Sports
Lindor, Stroman lead Mets past Marlins 5-2 in DH opener
Joneses and Miller sweep major WNBA awards
Breakfast Blogs
The Wall Street Journal Just Dropped a Bomb on the Federal Judiciary Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Excellent Read: “A vaccine mandate fractures a state fair… Anne Laurie, Balloon Juice
No great loss digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How to help enforce vaccination mandates using social media Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Enablers of the fall Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Rep. Jerry Nadler Pushing New Bill That Will Destroy Online Commerce; Make Sure Only Amazon Can Afford The Liability Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Following Nationwide Police Brutality Protests, DOJ Steps Up To Issue Incremental Updates To Its Chokehold/No-Knock Warrant Policies Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Unsealed Rudy Giuliani Filings Reveal Scope of Government’s Investigation — Including His Trip to Poland Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Appeals Court Pauses Lawsuit over Georgia Abortion Ban Until Supreme Court Decides Mississippi Case Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Give me liberty or give me my nice little government sinecure; your choice really Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Vaccine mandates are good and highly effective Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 922 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
New Bottle For Old Whine Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THEY KNOW TRUMP MIGHT DESTROY AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. THEY JUST DON’T THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL. Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
FL Gov Ron DeSantis Going To LOCK HER UP Mark Zuckerberg For … Well, What Have You Got? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Climate Vs. Jobs? Ford And Its New $11.4 Billion EV And Battery Plants Say STFU. Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Ohio Wingnut’s Terrible Pro-Coronavirus Bill Foiled By Ohio’s Terrible Labor Laws! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Seriously, At This Point, Would You Buy A Used Car From Kyrsten Sinema? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette