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
Cuban missile crisis fuels Cold War clash at UN; China’s UN seat changes hands; ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ battle takes place; Author Geoffrey Chaucer dies; Golfer Payne Stewart killed in plane crash.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
With the all-volunteer military, we, as a society, have become disconnected from our armed forces. And our military, like almost everything else in our country, has been outsourced.
Breakfast News
US News
Vaccine mandates create conflict with defiant workers
Florida’s top doctor refuses mask, is told to leave meeting
Let computers do it: Film set tragedy spurs call to ban guns
Drought-stricken California doused by major storm
Stripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions
US Politics
AP source: Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan
Race-blind redistricting? Democrats incredulous at GOP maps
Sluggish pace of confirmations vexes Biden White House
To navigate legal quandaries, Biden leans on low-key counsel
Youngkin’s school warnings intensify GOP’s suburban push
Is there a constitutional right to food? Mainers to decide
6 candidates for US Senate in Ohio vie for evangelical votes
International News
Chinese province closes tourist sites following virus cases
Africa tries to end vaccine inequity by replicating its own
Sudanese gov’t officials detained; group sees apparent coup
ASEAN leaders hold summit with Myanmar’s general shut out
Beleaguered Haiti capital brought to brink by fuel shortages
Australia gives in-principle support for net zero by 2050
Saudi Arabia pledges 2060 target of net-zero emissions
South Korea’s leader vows final push for talks with North
Facebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India
Ex-Saudi official claims damaging intel against crown prince
Hurricane Rick strengthens nearing Mexico’s Pacific coast
Sports
Brady tops 600 career TD passes, Buccaneers rout Bears 38-3
Stafford throws 3 TD passes, Rams edge Goff’s Lions 28-19
Titans start fast, simply dominate Mahomes, Chiefs 27-3
Wentz leads Colts to rain-soaked 30-18 win over 49ers
Burrow, Bengals rout Ravens 41-17 for AFC North lead
Cardinals move to 7-0 for season, roll past Texans 31-5
Raiders beat Philly, 33-22, in second game under Bisaccia
Jones tosses 2 TDs, Patriots roll 54-13 as Jets lose Wilson
Packers defeat Washington 24-10 for 6th straight victory
Ryan throws for 336, Falcons get FG at end, top Miami 30-28
Hornets 3-0 for first time after 111-95 victory over Nets
Lakers overcome Morant’s 40-points, beat Grizzlies 121-118
Tatum scores 31, Celtics get first win, 107-97 over Houston
Ross’ 22-point 4th quarter leads Magic over Knicks 110-104
Stephen Curry reaches 5,000 assists, Warriors beat Kings
Curry scores 28 points to help 76ers top Thunder, 115-103
Wolves top Pelicans 94-87 on tough ‘D’ after Towns fouls out
DeRozan helps Bulls beat Pistons 97-82
Bruins snap San Jose’s season-opening 4-game win streak
Sorokin, Islanders beat Vegas 2-0 for 2nd straight shutout
Raymond gets hat trick as Red Wings beat Blackhawks 6-3
AP Top 25: ’Bama jumps OU to No. 3; Penn State falls to 20th
Verstappen wins F1 U.S. Grand prix, extends title chase lead
Toyota testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars
Potential backflip on vaccination stance for Australian Open
Breakfast Blogs
This Report on the Security Risks of the Climate Crisis Was Not Compiled By Tree-Huggers Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
DOJ Claims Ryan Samsel Wants to Move Back to Where He Was Brutally Assaulted emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
This Explains It digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Firehose of toxicityTom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“Fuck you, that’s why” is a *kind* of jurisprudential theory, I guess Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 941 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Back to Regular Posting Next Week, But Check Out These UK Anti-Vaxxers The Rude Pundit, at his blog
THIS SEEMS WORSE THAN ANYTHING HUNTER BIDEN HAS DONE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog