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
Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany; The Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolution; Bloody end to the Beslan hostage crisis in Russia; Viking 2 lands on Mars; NFL coach Vince Lombardi dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It’s completely impossible. 2- It’s possible, but it’s not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.
Breakfast News
US News
US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID
Data shows Florida’s latest COVID surge the deadliest yet
King County reinstating outdoor mask mandate due to COVID
Florida governor appeals ruling on masks in schools
Millions to lose jobless aid as claims fall to pandemic low
More than 45 dead after Ida’s remnants blindside Northeast
Feds responding to reports of oil, chemical spills after Ida
Flights resume, some power restored in New Orleans after Ida
Biden says Ida, wildfires show ‘climate crisis’ has struck
Ex-prosecutor indicted for misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery death
British national pleads guilty to role in terror beheadings
GM, Ford halt some production as chip shortage worsens
Tyson, Perdue to pay $35M to settle with chicken farmers
Al Capone’s former South Florida home slated for demolition
NASA Mars rover may have snagged 1st rock sample for return
US Politics
Seeing danger, some in GOP leery of Texas abortion law
GOP-led states see Texas law as model to restrict abortions
Florida governor might support abortion ban like Texas law
International News
Pakistan urges international effort to help Afghanistan
Qatar says it’s not clear when Kabul airport will reopen
Vintners despair after French wildfire ravaged grapevines
China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV
Sports
Giants beat Brewers 5-1, move into 1st-place tie
Lowrie, Canha help A’s start fast in 8-6 win over Tigers
Phillies rally past Nationals 7-6, complete series sweep
The Latest: Djokovic rolls into third round at US Open
No. 1 Barty, top US Open women win easily after Ida delays
Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi gets her chance in taekwondo
Breakfast Blogs
Expand the Supreme Court. Do It Tomorrow. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
It’s the Arrogance of It All, Really John Cole, Balloon Juice
Batshit legal intimidation digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Do we have the stomach for it? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
There Are Two Real Ways to Answer the Texas Abortion Law Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Miami Beach PD Blocks Enforcement Of New Law Miami Beach Cops Abused To Arrest People For Filming Them Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Where Texas’ Social Media Law & Abortion Law Collide: Facebook Must Keep Up AND Take Down Info On Abortion Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Virginia Supreme Court Allows Governor to Tear Down Robert E. Lee Statue, Rejects ’19th Century Attempt to Barter Away the Free Exercise of Government Speech’ Colin Kallmbacher, Law & Crime
Donald Trump Jr. Loses Attempt to Dismiss Don Blankenship’s Defamation Lawsuit Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
SCOTUS Liberals Decry ‘Stunning’ Inaction on ‘Unconstitutional’ Texas Abortion Law: Conservative Justices Buried Their ‘Heads in the Sand’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Prosecutors Add More Serious Charge Against Ex-Cop Kim Potter in Shooting Death of Daunte Wright Matt Naham, Law & Crime
The Ex-Prosecutor Ahmaud Arbery’s Family Accused of a ‘Cover Up’ Has Been Charged with Violating Her Oath and Obstructing Justice Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
The cowardice of their convictions Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It’s only a flesh wound Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Another Tom Nichols “Oopsie” driftglass, at his blog
Facts on the Ground Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE ANTI-DEMOCRACY REPUBLICANS’ LIVES A WHOLE LOT EASIER Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Parts Of MAGA Country Refuse To Continue Disastrous, Chaotic COVID Policy Fiasco Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Other States Already Gearing Up For Some Texas-Style Abortion Bounty Hunting Of Their Own Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Joe Biden Still More Popular Than His Most Likely 2024 Opponent Stephen Robinson, Wonkette