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
Philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli born; The U.S. Supreme Court rules racial covenants in real estate are unenforceable; Joe DiMaggio makes his baseball debut; Singers Pete Seeger and James Brown born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It’s a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Colo. governor extends statewide mask mandate
NJ governor vows ‘major’ announcement on virus restrictions
Iowa turns down 71% of available vaccines on weak demand
Employers, insurers push to make virtual visits regular care
3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego
Police fatally shoot gunman who killed 2 at Wisconsin casino
Bystander rescues child from Maryland bay after 4-car crash
Tick populations on the rise in Connecticut
Boy unhurt after taking ride on airport conveyor belt system
US Politics
Lubbock votes to ban abortion, setting up likely legal fight
Yellen: Biden’s phased-in spending plan won’t fuel inflation
US general: Afghan forces could face ‘bad possible outcomes’
House runoff in Texas set between GOP’s Wright, Ellzey
Adviser suggests Biden still wears mask outside out of habit
International News
US to launch trade talks on COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Indian court urges government action as hospitals cry help
Indian leader’s party takes electoral hit amid virus surge
US denies Iran claims of prisoner deal; UK plays it down
US expresses concern over El Salvador vote to remove judges
NKorea warns US of ‘very grave situation’ over Biden speech
Bullfighting back in Madrid as heated election campaign ends
High jinx: New Portuguese bridge not for the faint-hearted
Sports
Tokyo Games need 500 nurses; nurses say needs are elsewhere
Alonso, Mets top Phillies 8-7 after replay reversal
Pollock 8 RBIs, Beaty 7 RBIs, each slam as Dodgers bop Brews
Scherzer leads Nats over Miami, heads to join wife for birth
Randle scores 31 points as Knicks rout Rockets 122-97
Antetokounmpo scores 49 points as Bucks beat Nets 117-114
Also-ran Kings beat contending Mavs 111-99 to finish sweep
Busch celebrates birthday with win at Kansas Speedway
Baffert mulling Medina Spirit’s next step after Derby win
Man United fans storm stadium, force game to be called off
Lewis Hamilton holds off Verstappen to win F1 Portuguese Grand Prix
Breakfast Blogs
Ron Johnson’s Mind Is Full of Spiders, and Not the Brightest Species, Either Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Crossroads of Insurrection: The Senate Chamber Insurrection Defendants emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The worst vote suppression law of all digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Breaking the spell Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
First responders put other people at risk by refusing to take the vaccine Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 840 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Joe Did What? Not Deficit Hawkery. Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names