The Breakfast Club (Normal)

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

President Harry Truman relieves Gen. Douglas Mcarthur of his command in Asia; Napoleon Bonaparte banished to Island of Elba; American soldiers liberate first Nazi concentration camp; Idi Amin deposed as Uganda’s President; Apollo 13 blasts off.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.

Ellen Goodman

Breakfast News

US News

Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat

With COVID mission over, Pentagon plans for next pandemic

Rhode Island settles with gas companies in pollution lawsuit

Baby eel value up to pre-pandemic levels despite challenges

California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires

Discovery of radioactive liquid pauses work at US nuke dump

Judge rules US military can’t discharge HIV-positive troops

Texas DA says murder charge in abortion case will be dropped

Tesla CEO Elon Musk won’t join Twitter’s board after all

Once a retail giant, Kmart nears extinction after closure

Nearly 6,400 acres of forest north of Squam Lake preserved

Mechanic reaps windfall from art in Connecticut dumpster

US Politics

Biden to nominate new ATF director, release ghost gun rule

Leading Iowa Democrat knocked off US Senate primary ballot

Iowa’s political swing makes Obama’s wins harder to repeat

Maryland lawmakers override gov’s veto of abortion expansion

Transgender treatment ban challenged by lawsuit in Alabama

GOP’s energy promises face limits in Pa. governor’s race

International News

Mariupol mayor says siege has killed more than 10K civilians

Biden, Modi speak as US presses for hard line on Russia

Sharif sworn in as Pakistan’s new PM after week of drama

Macron, Le Pen kick off French presidential runoff campaigns

Guangzhou closes to most arrivals as China’s outbreak grows

India’s northwest reels under unusual early heat wave

Spain probes private taxidermy museum with 1,000 animals

Italy’s premier to sign gas deal with Algeria amid war

Sports

Dalbec’s HR helps Red Sox avoid sweep, beat Yankees 4-3

Alex Bregman delivers big hit, Astros take 3 of 4 from Halos

Guardians rout Royals 17-3 for 1st win, rookie Kwan 5 hits

Profar’s early slam jolts Padres past D-backs 10-5

Ramos shines in debut, Giants edge Marlins 3-2

Sánchez slam leads Twins in 6-homer surge to beat Mariners

Brosseau’s pinch-hit HR sends Brewers past Cubs for 1st win

Chavis’ grand slam lifts Prates over Cardinals 9-4

McKinney goes deep, A’s avert sweep in 4-1 win over Phillies

Cruz homers, keys Nats over Mets 4-2 with 8th-inning hit

Greene wins big league debut, Reds beat Braves 6-3
Rangers rally from 5 runs down, beat Blue Jays 12-6

Kluber looks good, Rays beat Orioles 8-0 to complete sweep

The play-in games are set, as NBA looks to the postseason

Reaves, Monk lead Lakers past Nuggets 146-141 in OT

Clippers rout OKC 138-88 for 5th win in row, play-in awaits

Thompson scores 41, Warriors top Pelicans to clinch 3rd seed

Jazz down Blazers 111-80 to secure 5th seed in the West

Kings hang on to beat Suns 116-109 in regular-season finale

Bulls beat Wolves 124-120 behind Patrick Williams’ 35 points

Ehlers helps lift Jets past Senators 4-3

Robertson scores twice in Stars’ 6-4 win over Blackhawks

Staal’s hat trick carries Hurricanes past Ducks 5-2

own 3 goals early, Wild rally past Kings 6-3

Brian Elliott makes 28 saves, Lightning beat Sabres 5-0

Eller scores, Capitals beat Bruins for 3rd consecutive win

Breakfast Blogs

You Rarely See Senator-on-Senator Crime of This Magnitude Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Bill Barr’s Legal Exposure May Lead Him to Lie about the Hunter Biden Laptop emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Update 46: A Brief Update for Today Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Right wing heartlessness knows no bounds digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

They have the evidence. Do they have the Right Stuff? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Go Ahead And Bluff, They Said. They Won’t Shoot Back, They Said Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Movement conservatives in America have always wanted reactionary indoctrination, not academic freedom Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Extreme aging and statistical outliers revisited Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,067 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

DEMOCRATS: STILL AFRAID OF THEIR OWN SHADOWS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog