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
A Cold War crisis over Cuba leads to brink of nuclear war; Shah of Iran allowed into U.S. for treatment; ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd killed; Last victim slain in D.C. sniper shootings; Cellist Pablo Casals dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.
Breakfast News
US News
COVID vaccine: CDC expands booster rollout, OKs mixing shots
US marks 200M COVID-19 shots shared with world
US: More threats, more desperate refugees as climate warms
US regulators endorse efforts to address climate risks
California proposes new oil drilling ban near neighborhoods
NASA launches tool that measures Western water loss
US regulators endorse efforts to address climate risks
Forecasters predict warmer winter for two-thirds of US
Fed imposes sweeping new limits on policymakers’ investments
Bid to unionize Amazon workers in New York nears milestone
Charges dropped against longtime inmate in shaken baby case
Body scan reveals shotgun shell inside Alabama prisoner
Buzzards settle in North Carolina town despite scare tactics
US Politics
House votes to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt
White House, Dems hurriedly reworking $2 trillion Biden plan
Biden bill would put US back on path of reducing uninsured
Billions in environmental justice funds hang in the balance
Biden ties legislative agenda to MLK push for racial justice
International News
New Zealand sets 90% vaccination target to end lockdowns
India celebrates 1B vaccine doses, hopes to speed 2nd shots
Moscow closing schools, many businesses as virus deaths soar
EU leaders seek to safeguard energy supplies as prices soar
Qantas moves up flights as Australia expects tourists soon
Desperate Haitians suffocate under growing power of gangs
Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries
UK palace says queen, 95, spent night in hospital for checks
For sleepy Hong Kong residents, 5-hour bus tour is a snooze
World’s biggest triceratops sells for $7.7 million in Paris
Sports
Taylor hits 3 HRs, Dodgers beat Braves 11-2 to extend NLCS
Keenum, 3rd-string back Johnson lead Browns past Broncos
Herro scores 27 points, Heat rout Bucks 137-95 in opener
Young, Hawks open season with 113-87 rout of Mavericks
Kyle Connor scores twice, Jets beat Ducks 5-1 for 1st win
Capitals’ Sprong has goal, assist in 4-1 win over Devils
Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Hurricanes roll past winless Canadiens
US women tie South Korea 0-0, snap 22-match home win streak
Breakfast Blogs
The Texas Gerrymander Is an Atrocity Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Merrick Garland’s Dodges on Investigating Former Presidents emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Compassion Fatigue digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Death threats must die! Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Virtual secession Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Chicago Court Gets Its Prior Restraint On, Tells Police Union Head To STFU About City’s Vaccine Mandate Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trump Org Under Scrutiny by Westchester DA for What Town Assessor Calls ‘Discrepancy’ Between Value of Golf Club on Balance Sheets and ‘Tax Purposes’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
‘Exactly What Straw Donations Look Like’: Prosecutor Tells Jurors Lev Parnas Funneled Russian’s Money as High-Profile Trial Wraps Up Adam Klasfeld and Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Illinois Drama Teacher Asks Judge to Keep Lawsuit Alive Against School’s ‘Critical Race Theory’ Curriculum, ‘Unconscionable Race-Based Programming’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Is Civilization Worth It? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Of chumps and pig dumps Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 938 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE PALOOKA WHO THINKS HE CAN CHALLENGE TRUMP Steve M., No More Miter Nice Blog
Charlie Kirk Geopolitics Corner: Will China Bomb Taiwan Because Of Vermont Drag Show? Evan Hurst, Wonketter
Trump Jumps Into Social Media Fray, Lands In Pig Sh*t Liz Dye, Wonkette
Shucks, Guess Joe Manchin Never Found Those 10 Republicans Who’d Support Voting Rights Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Kyrsten Sinema Really Trying Our Patience, Tell You What Doktor Zoom, Wonkette