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
Guerrilla leader Che Guevara executed in Bolivia; Anthrax-laced letters sent to Capitol Hill; Achille Lauro hijackers surrender; Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize; Musician John Lennon born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.
Breakfast News
US News
US appeals court lets Texas temporarily resume abortion law
Hawaii eases COVID rules for college football, other events
Boosters, employer mandates drive increase in US vaccines
Los Angeles County sheriff won’t enforce vaccine mandate
Delta variant and worker shortage keep a lid on job growth
Navajo Nation reports 51 more COVID-19 cases, 1 new deaths
Anti-vaccine chiropractors rising force of misinformation
New FDA chief can’t come soon enough for beleaguered agency
More Washington State Ferries runs halted amid crew shortage
Feds won’t seek charges against cop in Jacob Blake shooting
Pipeline anchor strike may have occurred months before spill
Winds, rain, snow across Nevada as colder 2nd storm looms
Elon Musk says Tesla will move HQ from California to Texas
Hot tub on wheels: Suit says party vehicle lacks pool permit
Opal Lee’s Juneteenth dream came true, but she isn’t done
US Politics
McConnell says he won’t help Dems raise debt limit again
Biden won’t invoke executive privilege on Trump Jan. 6 docs
Biden is first president to mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day
International News
Coronavirus deaths in Russia hit new record
Finland joins other Nordic nations in curbing Moderna shots
IS bomber kills 46 inside Afghan mosque, challenges Taliban
US official: American, Taliban officials to talk on evacuees
US, Pakistani officials in strained talks over Afghanistan
More than 130 countries reach deal on corporate minimum tax
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Ressa and Muratov
Danish police confiscate luxury sports car caught speeding
Panda cubs at Tokyo zoo get their names, to debut in January
At flooded restaurant near Bangkok, the special is a splash
Sports
Red Sox flex muscles, power past Rays 14-6 to even ALDS 1-1
Tellez HR, throw spark Brewers over Braves 2-1 in Game 1
Correa, Alvarez help Astros take 2-0 lead over Sox in ALDS
Taurasi leads Mercury past Aces to advance to WNBA Finals
Ridder, Ford help No. 5 Cincinnati rout Temple 52-3
Breakfast Blogs
Chuck Schumer Got Mad and Made Senate Republicans (and Joe Manchin) Very Mad’ Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Michael Sussmann Attempts to Bill [of Particulars] Durham for His Sloppy Indictment Language emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2021/10/07/mcconnells-debt-ceiling-gambit/ Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Pass something Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Connecticut Supreme Court Says Cops Need Warrants To Run Drug Dogs Around Motel Room Doors Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Texas Pols Shocked To Learn Their Bill Let Gas Companies Off The Hook For Climate Change Preparedness Karl Bode, Techdirt
Bizarre Magistrate Judge Ruling Says That If Facebook Deletes An Account, It No Longer Needs To Keep Details Private Mike Masnick, Techdirt
If You Want To Know Why Section 230 Matters, Just Ask Wikimedia: Without It, There’d Be No Wikipedia Glyn Moody, Techdirt
‘A Desperate Play for Time’: Lawyers Dismiss Steve Bannon’s ‘Nonsense’ Refusal to Comply With Congressional Subpoena Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Members of the ‘Stop the Steal’ Movement, Including Ali Alexande Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
The Coward of Rutherford County Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The U.S. Constitution has become a radically dysfunctional document that needs to be replaced by something completely different Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The US Is Ass-Backwards When It Comes to Covid and Freedom The Rude Pundit, at his bog
Green Lanternism Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Here’s the Brain Thing That’s Tearing Us Apart, By David Brooks driftglass, at his blog
NO, REALLY, THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY IS ALREADY HERE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Franklin Graham Sick Of You Commies Trying To Stop People From Terrorizing School Board Members Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
GOP Saves World By Graciously Allowing Democrats To Save World, And This Is The Thanks They Get??? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Senate Report Found One Or Two Tiny HOLY SH*TBALLS TRUMP COUPS WE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF Liz Dye, Wonkette
Lara Trump, Grade-A Dipsh*t Evan Hurst, Wonkette