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
Adolf Hitler makes his first attempt to seize power in Germany; Democrat John F. Kennedy wins the presidency; Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California; Bonnie Raitt is born; Led Zeppelin releases the album ”Led Zeppelin Four.”
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.
Breakfast News
US News
Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers
Great Salt Lake home could yield new medicinal discoveries
Schools take lead role in promoting vaccines for youngsters
GOP candidate’s businesses got $7.8M in pandemic loans
Kerry rallies global climate push as uncertainty grows in US
Analysis: Edwards reaches global stage on climate change
After drinking water crisis, Newark is winning war on lead
Border crossings brace for long lines when travel ban lifts
Mourning starts as Houston officials probe concert deaths
Law requires dealers to sell used cars with working airbags
‘Nimblewill Nomad,’ 83, is oldest to hike Appalachian Trail
US Politics
Top Republicans bullish on 2022 prospects after Virginia win
Democrats facing tough slog in 2022 governor’s races
Analysis: Mississippi faces big decisions on relief money
Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin releases tax information
International News
Tension rises in Iraq after failed bid to assassinate PM
Poland tells doctors: Ailing women have abortion rights
Glasgow climate negotiators seek to resolve 4 key challenges
Foreign citizens seek US-approved shots as travel resumes
Sudan forces disperse anti-coup protesters, arrest dozens
China’s exports stay strong, trade surplus tops $80 billion
Sports
Chiefs edge Rodgers-less Packers 13-7 in defensive slugfest
Jags get better Josh Allen in this meeting, beat Bills 9-6
Broncos beat Cowboys 30-16 as 6-game Dallas win streak ends
Conner leads short-handed Cardinals past 49ers 31-17
Durant, Harden help Nets beat Raptors for 5th straight win
Pacers hold off Kings for first win in Sacramento since 2018
eal scores 30 points to help Wizards beat Bucks, 101-94
AP Top 25: Cincinnati holds on to No. 2 as Tide closes in
Verstappen wins in Mexico, extends lead in F1 title chase
Larson wraps up comeback season with 1st NASCAR title
Hamlin falls short one again at JGR for NASCAR championship
Comeback story: Korir wins NYC Marathon 2 years after 2nd
Students barred from games after chants at female goalie
Breakfast Blogs
The Rich Are Different From You and Me. Their Money Is Everywhere. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
John Durham May Have Made Igor Danchenko “Aggrieved” Under FISA emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
I’m Likely To Wind Up Bigfooting M4, But Since Apparently Everyone’s Decided I’ve Moved On, I Figured I Better Do a Post Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
The Worst People In The World, Utterly Toxic Capitalism Division Tom Levenson, Balloon Juice
Narcissists R Us digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Eaten last Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Managing COVID in the Neo-Confederacy Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
This Is A Big Win For Democrats Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Farce/Off, Starring Adam Kinzinger and Matthew Dowd driftglass, at his blog
Tippy-Top Student Flamboyance Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
FLOATING SIGNIFIERS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog