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
Columbus lands in Americas; USS Cole bombed in Yemen; Soviet leader Khrushchev bangs shoe at UN; Blast rips Bali nightclub; Opera’s Luciano Pavarotti born; Singer John Denver dies in plane crash.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Hell hath no fury like a liberal scorned.
Breakfast News
US News
California coronavirus death count tops 70,000 as cases fall
Navajo Nation: No COVID-19 deaths for 8th time in 12 days
Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill
Moderna has no plans to share its COVID-19 vaccine recipe
Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
Southwest cancels hundreds more flights; passengers stranded
Report: Offshore wind supply chain worth $109B over 10 years
Hydropower decline adds strain to power grids in drought
California oil spill legal fight likely to last years
High winds prompt PG&E to shut power to 25,000 in California
Amazon to allow employees to work remotely indefinitely
Indigenous Peoples Day marked with celebrations, protests
California’s ‘Surf City USA’ beach reopens after oil spill
Columbus Day Parade returns to NYC after 2020 cancellation
Capone’s belongings go for at least $3 million at auction
Elk roaming Colorado with tire around neck for 2 years freed
US Politics
Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law
Risky move: Biden undercuts WH executive privilege shield
Cyberattacks concerning to most in US: Pearson/AP-NORC poll
Congress off the rails? Lawmakers barrel toward fall fights
ustices’ views on abortion in their own words and votes
International News
The Latest: UN chief decries pandemic’s harm to the poor
Report concludes UK waited too long for virus lockdown
Sydney opens to vaccinated after 100-plus days of lockdown
New Zealand’s doctors and teachers must soon be vaccinated
Kim vows to build ‘invincible’ military while slamming US
Partial results show pro-Iran groups losing Iraq election
IMF board approves allowing Georgieva to remain as head
3 US-based economists win Nobel for research on wages, jobs
Israeli archaeologists discover ancient winemaking complex
Activists seek legal marijuana in former hippie haven Nepal
Sports
Walk it off: Red Sox eliminate Rays 6-5 with late sac fly
Pederson 3-run HR, Braves blank Brewers for 2-1 NLDS lead
Jackson leads Ravens back to 31-25 OT win over Colts
76ers top Nets 115-104 in preseason as star guards sit out
School unhappy after soccer opponent sets record for goals
Breakfast Blogs
Columbus’s Real Legacy Is Playing Out in Minnesota Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
FBI Searches the Home of the Guy Who Said, “I want to see thousands of normies burn that city to ash” on January 6 emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
David Brooks Says Smart People Caused Trumpism Ed Walker, emptywheel
Straight out of Dickens Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
Kyrsten Sinema, We’re Sick of Your Act Michael Tomasky, The New Republic
What’s in the bill? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
For the love of God and country Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Here’s How Trump’s 2020 Election Lawyer Thinks GOP-Controlled States Can Cause Electoral Chaos in 2024 Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
It was bad for the country that Al Gore wasn’t taken seriously as a candidate, says Maureen Dowd Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 929 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Tears of a Clown driftglass, at his blog
The Ends Justify the Means Test Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF YOUR VOTERS THINK THE OTHER PARTY IS THE ANTICHRIST, YOU DON’T NEED “POPULARISM” Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog