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 key ruling during the Watergate scandal; Nixon and Khrushchev hold a ‘kitchen debate’ during the Cold War; Brigham Young and Mormon followers arrive in present-day Utah; Apollo 11’s crew returns home.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Oklahoma new virus cases top 1,000 for third day
Florida COVID-19 hospitalizations jump significantly again
Virus’s impact: More relaxing and thinking, less socializing
DOJ says no probe into state-run nursing homes in New York
Mayor: NYC businesses should mandate worker vaccinations
Western wildfires: Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze
Search for bodies concludes at Florida condo collapse site
Chief wants Kansas site included in unmarked graves search
Passing helicopter rescues man harassed by bear in Alaska
Ranging Bull: ‘Barney’ eludes capture days after farm escape
US Politics
Unlikely partners Pelosi and Cheney team up for Jan. 6 probe
Yellen outlines to Congress emergency measures on debt limit
Candidate for governor says he did not cause fatal accident
International News
Brazil reopens amid looming threat from delta variant
Vietnam locks down capital Hanoi for 15 days as cases rise
China’s Xi visits Tibet amid rising controls over religion
Australia avoids UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef
Sports
Guardians chosen as new name for Cleveland’s baseball team
Valaika homers twice to lead Orioles past Nationals 6-1
Farmer sparks Reds comeback for 6-5 win over Cardinals 24 minutes ago
Megill earns 1st win, Alonso homers twice as Mets blank Jays
Harper steals home, Wheeler looks strong in Phils’ 5-1 win
Musgrove pitches six solid innings, Padres beat Marlins 5-2
Rafael Devers homers twice, Red Sox beat Yankees 6-2
Twins overtake Angels 5-4 with rally in 8th inning
Brewers beat White Sox 7-1; La Russa, Anderson ejected
Astros hand Rangers 10th straight loss with 7-3 victory
O’Hearn, Royals end Tigers’ 7-game winning streak, 5-3
Number of NFL players in vaccination process up to 80%
The Latest: Dutch rower positive for COVID, out of Games
‘The greatest honor’: Osaka lights Olympic cauldron
China’s Yang wins 1st gold of Tokyo Olympics in air rifle
Swiatek, daughter of an Olympian, wins Tokyo tennis opener
Algerian judoka refuses potential Olympic bout with Israeli
Canceled party: Scrubbed match silences Olympic beach venue
Breakfast Blogs
Goodbye to the Grotesquerie That Was Chief Wahoo Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Paul Manafort Knew Tom Barrack Was Working with “Our Friends” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Anti-gummint Chickens Come Home to Roost digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
But will Joe Biden fight? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Maine Legislature Ends Civil Asset Forfeiture In The State Tim Cushing, Techdirt
FTC Formally Embraces Right To Repair As Movement Goes Mainstream Karl Bode, Techdirt
Techdirt Has Been Released From A Gag Order Regarding A Federal Investigation Into A Silly Comment Mike Masnick, Techdirt
11th Circuit Jumps Ship on Its Own Order After Florida Urged SCOTUS to Lift CDC’s Cruise Restrictions Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
I will work harder Paul campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 884 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks Doesn’t Know When To Sit Quietly And Say Nothing driftglass, at his blog
Stupid Economist Tricks: Sex, Lies, and Deficit Terror Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Woman Who Doesn’t Actually Hate Workers To Lead National Labor Relations Board Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Missouri Supreme Court: Voters Passed Medicaid Expansion, So Make With The Healthcare Already Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Joe Manchin And Republican Friend Sign Letter Supporting The Terrible Hyde Amendment Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Trump Spending Ballot Audit Grifter Donations On Himself WAIT NO WHAT? THE F*CK YOU SAY? MANY SHOCK! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
It’s Time We Talked About That John Fetterman Shotgun Incident Stephen Robinson, Wonkette