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
First victim dies in post-Sept. 11th anthrax scare; VP candidates spar over JFK; The Beatles release ‘Love Me Do’; ‘Monty Python’ premieres; Baseball’s Barry Bonds tops single-season runs record.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Humans aren’t as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were ‘reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.’
Breakfast News
US News
US unveils guidance for federal vaccine mandate, exemptions
Nevada adds rapid tests to COVID tally, joining most states
Treasury to shift rental assistance to places with demand
US resumes Afghan refugee flights after measles shots
Refugee admissions hit record low, despite Biden’s reversal
Ship’s anchor among possible causes of California oil spill
‘Pandora Papers’ bring renewed calls for tax haven scrutiny
DEA agent, gunman killed in Amtrak train shooting in Arizona
Officials: Mobile lab to speed child-exploitation crackdown
Male tiger kills female in breeding intro at Tacoma zoo
Drought, low water cancels Tahoe Kokanee salmon festival
Wisconsin DNR defies board, reduces fall wolf quota
Detroit posthumously honors Franklin with post office naming
US Politics
Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
Biden tells GOP to ‘get out of the way’ on debt limit
What’s old is new again: Justices back at court for new term
Alabama bypasses bid process to move fast on prison builds
Fed watchdog to investigate officials’ financial trades
International News
New Zealand admits it can no longer get rid of coronavirus
EU regulator OKs Pfizer vaccine booster for 18 and older
Japan new PM to seek fresh mandate to handle virus, economy
Australia won’t welcome international tourists until 2022
China flies record 56 warplanes toward self-ruled Taiwan
Mexico fines tampon, diaper makers for price fixing
2 win medicine Nobel for showing how we react to heat, touch
Lava from Spanish volcano surges after crater collapse
Sports
Longtime rivals Red Sox, Yankees, back at it in AL wild card
A capsule look at the Cardinals-Dodgers playoff game
Start of Raiders-Chargers game delayed by lightning
Provorov lifts Flyers past Bruins in OT
Japan focusing on World Cup qualifiers vs Saudis, Australia
Milestone for Bubba Wallace as he earns 1st NASCAR victory
Breakfast Blogs
The Biden People Need to Get the Tentacles of the Previous Administration Off of Immigration Policy Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Anything But the Fucking Guns John Cole, Balloon Juice
Today In Revolutionary Warfare: Senator McConnell and the Debt Ceiling Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
The Deciders digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Got a Solution for You, Mark tristero, Digby’s Hullbaloo
Which way is up, USPS? Tom Sullivan, Digby’a Hullabaloo
In Josh Hawley’s World, People Should Be Able To Sue Facebook Both For Taking Down Stuff They Don’t Like AND Leaving Up Stuff They Don’t Like Mike Masnick, Techdirt
There May Be A New Boss At The DOJ, But The Government Still Loves Its Indefinite Gag Orders Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Justice Breyer Calls for Court to Review Death Penalty Jurisprudence as Oldest Man on Texas Death Row Fails to Have His Case Heard Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Lawyers for ‘Apprentice’ Contestant Summer Zervos and Donald Trump Expected to Have Deposition Showdown Before Christmas Following First Hearing of His Post-Presidency Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
SCOTUS Adopts New Oral Argument Format in Case Over Whether Mississippi Must Share Groundwater with Tennessee Eluna Nanos, Law & Crime
How to think about what will be a historically bad 2021 Supreme Court term Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The student loan debacle Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 926 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
I Am Mr. Secret Fox News Conspiracy Guy! UPDATED driftglass, at his blog
NAME THEM AND SHAME THEM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Daily Mail Got Police Report About Corey Lewandowski, And It Is NASTY Liz Dye, Wonkette
New York Times Runs Fluffy Profile Of Law Prof Who Advised Trump How To Destroy Democracy Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
David French Has Looked At Misinformation From Both Sides Now Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
When Texas Prison Strikers Told The Boss To Take His Failure To Communicate, Shove It Erik Loomis, Wonkette