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
An armistice ends the Korean War; A House panel votes to impeach President Richard Nixon; A pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics; The deposed Shah of Iran and comedian Bob Hope die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don’t collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don’t really mean anything.
Breakfast News
US News
Moderna expanding kids vaccine study to better assess safety
VA requires COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers
Newsom casts political blame in new California vaccine push
Whitmer OKs $385M bill with aid for hospitals, nursing homes
At least 8 killed in 22-car pileup in Utah during sandstorm
Warming rivers in US West killing fish, imperiling industry
Winds feed California’s largest fire as blazes scorch West
Air Force takes next step in fuel cleanup at New Mexico base
Judge refuses to block digging at lithium mine on NV-OR line
Family: Last victim ID’d in Florida condo building collapse
US Politics
Senators, White House in talks to finish infrastructure bill
Biden says US combat mission in Iraq to conclude by year end
With virus surge, US to keep travel restrictions for now
Texas runoff to decide who fills GOP US Rep. Wright’s seat
Arizona Senate issues new subpoena for 2020 election audit
International News
The Latest: Chinese city lists more cases in local outbreak
Some French health workers resent, resist mandatory vaccines
Australian city Melbourne ends 5th COVID-19 lockdown
Haiti arrests top security official in slain president probe
Tunisia on edge as president suspends parliament, fires PM
Sports
Soler hits 2 HRs, again, as Royals beat White Sox 4-3
Báez hits bases-loaded single in 9th as Cubs top Reds 6-5
Kepler’s RBI single gives Twins 6-5 win vs. Tigers in 10
McCutchen’s 3-run HR in 9th gives Phillies 6-5 win over Nats
McNeil lifts Mets over Braves 1-0 for doubleheader split
Northern lights: Alaska teen shocks with Olympic swim gold
Fiji to play Australia, US to meet Britain in rugby 7s QFs
Breakfast Blogs
The 2022 Elections Will Be a Conflict Between What’s Actually Happening and What People Believe Is Happening Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Available Evidence Says Merrick Garland *Is* Prosecuting Controversial Cases from Trump Years emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Oh Florida… digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullbaloo
What Biden must unlearn Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Naturopath Sues Twitter After It Bans Her Account For Spreading Medical Misinformation Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Anti-Vaxxers Countermeasures Show Why It’s Not So Simple To Just ‘Delete’ Anti-Vax Misinfo On Social Media Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Senator Klobuchar Proposes An Unconstitutional Law That Would Kill Legions Of People If Trump Were Still President Cathy Gellis, Techdirt
President Biden Announces Eight Nominees for U.S. Attorney, Including a New Top Prosecutor for the U.S. Capitol Breach Docket Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
One sidesism Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A Few Words on Bob Moses Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Parkland shooting survivor’s own father thinks it was a hoax, thanks to QANON and Marjorie Taylor Greene Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Reproduction, reproduction! Is that all Vance thinks about? Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the Record: Political Journalists Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Texas GOP State Rep. Proud To Share Same Moral Code As Taliban Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkeyte
Democrats Need To Pass Some Voting Rights Bills While We Still Have Voting Rights Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Trump Heads To Arizona To Scream ROUTER! And Destroy State’s GOP Liz Dye, Wonkette