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
Galveston hurricane kills thousands; President Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon; Nazis begin Leningrad siege during World War II; Comedian Sid Caesar born; Original ‘Star Trek’ premieres on TV.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You can’t move mountains by whispering at them.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: N. Carolina has 170 clusters in schools, centers
daho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge
COVID-19 boosters are coming but who will get them and when?
In NYC after Ida, Biden calls climate ‘everybody’s crisis’
After Ida oil spill, divers put containment dome on pipeline
Hurricane Ida power outages, misery persist 9 days later
Shortages of supplies and workers will delay Gulf rebuilding
US Politics
Texas GOP bets on hard right turn amid changing demographics
Planned ban over abortion law could cost Texas $7M a year
International News
Mexico’s Supreme Court rules that abortion is not a crime
Indian state battered by COVID now on alert for Nipah virus
Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members
Strong quake hits near Acapulco, buildings sway in capital
At Brazil rallies, Bolsonaro deepens rift with Supreme Court
16 die as floods swamp public hospital in central Mexico
IAEA seeks Japan transparency in release of Fukushima water
Australian court rules media liable for Facebook comments
Wiggling twin panda cubs are born at the Madrid Zoo
Sports
Cole hurt, surging Blue Jays power past skidding Yanks 5-1
Alonso homers twice, including 100th, as Mets top Marlins
Cruz oldest to hit 3O HRs in a season, Rays bop Red Sox 12-7
Lauer shines as Brewers roll to 10-0 blowout of Phillies
Padres lefty Blake Snell perfect through 6 innings vs Angels
Ben Gamel’s RBI single helps Pirates rally past Tigers 3-2
Pujols homers in return to St. Louis, Dodgers down Cards 7-2
The Latest: Sabalenka reaches 2nd straight major semifinal
AP Top 25: Georgia jumps to No. 2 behind Tide; UCLA moves in