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
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes; Sir Francis Drake dies; José Martí born; Vince Lombardi is named head coach./blockquote>
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
Breakfast News
US News
Virus will kill many more, WH projects as briefings resume
US boosting vaccine deliveries amid complaints of shortages
Iowa governor expects increased vaccine allocation
Las Vegas Convention Center to offer second vaccine doses
West Virginia expects more virus vaccine doses next week
Oklahoma seeking to return $2M worth of hydroxychloroquine
In CDC’s backyard, school reopening debate divides experts
States lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new variant
Health workers stuck in snow give other drivers vaccine
Foundations focus their attentions on saving democracy
San Francisco to strip Washington, Lincoln from school names
In duel with small investors over GameStop, big funds blink
Bernie Sanders’ mittens, memes help raise $1.8M for charity
Tiger undergoes rare hip replacement surgery at Illinois zoo
Man hits 2 deer with new car, then he hits $2M in lottery
US Politics
Democrat floats Trump censure as conviction grows unlikely
US House data not ready until April, states’ data after July
US terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence
International News
The Latest: Colombia bans flights from Brazil due to variant
Battling COVID-19 proving deadly for Peru’s doctor corps
Not in short supply: Blame for EU’s rusty vaccine rollout
Tensions rise as AstraZeneca, EU spar over vaccine delays
New protests as Polish court seals divisive abortion ruling
Racial profiling by French police challenged in class action
Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fort
Moscow police arrest brother of opposition leader Navalny
Russian parliament OKs New START nuclear treaty extension
Renewed US-Russia nuke pact won’t fix emerging arms threats
Biden pauses Trump policies as Blinken takes diplomatic helm
Sports
NFL picks 3 honorary captains, Amanda Gorman for coin toss
Bucs fans set to cheer inside, outside Super Bowl stadium
Seahawks cut ties with Chad Wheeler after arrest
NBA adjusts schedules for virus-affected teams, like Wizards
NCAA probe is ‘speed bump’ to Vols’ new coach Josh Heupel
IOC says speculating on Tokyo Olympics is damaging athletes
Breakfast Blogs
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is a One-Stop Shop For All Things Insane Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
A Tale of Two Zip-Tie Guys: Criminal Protestor or Armed Insurrectionist? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Unity for Dummies digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Camp Auschwitz batocchio, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“The gun is the speech.” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Dozens Of Human Rights Group Tell Congress: Do Not Gut Section 230 On Our Behalf; It’ll Do More Harm Than Good Mike Masnick, Techdirt
NYPD Still Blowing The Public’s Money To Keep The Public From Seeing The NYPD’s Misconduct Records Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Republicans Lost Georgia. Now, They’re Trying to Put Up More Hurdles for Mail-In Voting. Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Counterproductive vaccine doomsaying Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 773 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Will Saletan, The Kitty Kuspidor of Op-Ed Columnists driftglass, at his blog
Why I Love The New York Times Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Hawley, Greene, and the Erasure of Violence on Right The Rude Pundit, at his blog
THE OHIO SENATE RACE COULD BE THE UGLIEST CONTEST OF 2022 Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Everything Is Normal In Oklahoma Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Go Off, MyPillow Guy, Go Off! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Want 52 Democratic Senators? Make DC A Damn State! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Kevin McCarthy Gonna Have Long Heart-To-Heart With Marjorie Taylor Greene, That’ll Fix Everything Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Trump Judge Freezes Biden Deportation Freeze For Some Reasons That Are Bullsh*t And F*cked Doktor Zoom, Wonkette