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
Sherman begins ‘March to the Sea’ in American Civil War; Zebulon Pike spots namesake mountaintop; Anti-Vietnam War protesters gather in DC; Joey Buttafuoco gets jail time; Actor Sam Waterston is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
Breakfast News
US News
Washington seeks over $38 billion from opioid distributors
Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity
Workers at federal prisons are committing some of the crimes
Amazon workers in New York withdraw petition to unionize
US Politics
White House confident Biden’s bill will pass House this week
Former New Orleans mayor Landrieu to manage Biden’s $1T plan
International News
Austria orders nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated
As virus surges in Eastern Europe, leaders slow to act
‘Watered-down hope’: Experts wanted more from climate pact
UN climate boss: ‘Good compromise’ beats no deal on warming
UK’s Johnson: Climate deal sounds ‘death knell’ for coal
Leaders in Paris call for protecting children online
Google loses appeal of huge EU fine over shopping searches
Gadhafi’s son announces candidacy for president of Libya
Argentina’s opposition scores win in midterm elections
Myanmar political standoff leaves economy in tatters
Sports
Winless Lions at least get a tie, 16-16 in rainy Pittsburgh
Slay’s scoop-and-score leads Eagles past Broncos 30-13
Packers blank Seahawks 17-0 as Rodgers, Wilson return
Brady picked off twice in 1st; Bucs lose to Washington 29-19
Superman’s sequel: Newton leads Panthers over Cards 34-10
Mahomes’ 5 TD passes lead Chiefs past Raiders 41-14
Cousins throws 2 TDs, Vikings bounce back to beat Chargers
Jokic has 28 points, Nuggets rout Trail Blazers, 124-95
Young scores 42 points, Hawks beat Bucks to snap 6-game skid
Bridges, Rozier help Hornets snap Warriors 7-game win streak
Davis has 34 points and 15 rebounds, Lakers beat Spurs
DeRozan, LaVine in double digits, Bulls end Clippers’ streak
Kevin Durant scores 33 points, Nets beat Thunder 120-96
Suns win 8th straight, hand Rockets 11th loss in a row
Kreider scores SO winner, Rangers beat Devils 4-3
Zegras leads Ducks past Canucks 5-1 for 7th straight victory
Oilers’ Yamamoto scores in last minute in 5-4 win over Blues
Coyle, McAvoy lead Bruins to 5-2 win over Canadiens
Rangers emerge with win over Devils after 7 shootout rounds
Capitals rout Penguins 6-1 in Crosby’s return
Flames shut out Senators 4-0 to snap 3-game skid
Bueckers scores career-high 34, No. 2 UConn beats Arkansas
No. 25 Texas topples No. 3 Stanford 61-56
No. 10 Oregon dominates Dixie State 84-35
Bibby’s 19 lead No. 4 Maryland women to easy win over JMU
No. 5 NC State women top Florida; coach Moore gets 750th win
Hillmon, No. 11 Michigan women cruise past St. Francis
Willis, Battle help Minnesota beat Princeton 87-80 in 2OT
No. 23 St. Bonaventure rallies late to beat Canisius 69-60
Pippen Jr. scores 30, Vanderbilt beats Texas St. 79-60
No. 10 Oregon dominates Dixie State 84-35
Boeheim scores 23 to help Syracuse beat Drexel 75-60
AP Top 25: Alabama jumps Cincy to No. 2; OU falls to 12th
Breakfast Blogs
These People Are Safe From COVID Whether They Like It or Not Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
At last, Beltway introspection! Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
Take a breath, people digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trippies Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
5CA again declares that the Constitution enacted Mr. Tucker Carlson’s monologue transcriptsScott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Climate change: rhetoric v. reality Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Task Force 9 Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 952 erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Further Orders From Our Never Trump Overlords driftglass, at his blog
Jersey Note Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLLING AND THE NARRATIVE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog