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
George Washington, America’s first president, is born; Iraqi insurgents destroy a Shiite shrine’s golden dome; the ‘Miracle on Ice’ during the 1980 Winter Olympics; Pop artist Andy Warhol dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
Breakfast News
US News
US coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000
Beyond 100M: Biden team aiming for bigger vaccine numbers
Caregivers of frail Tennessee kids get vaccine priority
Washington taps pastors to overcome racial divide on vaccine
Hospitals confront water shortages in winter storm aftermath
FAA orders United to inspect Boeing 777s after emergency
Kroger: Some pharmacy customer data impacted in vendor hack
139-year-old house rolls to new San Francisco address
Space station launch honors ‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician
US Politics
Snubbed as Obama high court pick, Garland in line to be AG
Biden to mark nation crossing 500,000 COVID-19 deaths
Arkansas’ GOP governor says he won’t back a Trump 2024 bid
Two Democratic governors see stars dimmed by virus woes
Senator seeks probe of natural gas price spikes during storm
International News
The Latest: New Zealand to remove restrictions from Auckland
With heavy hearts, Italians mark year of COVID-19 outbreak
Tanzania’s president admits country has COVID-19 problem
UK speeds up vaccinations: All adults get 1st jab by July 31
Myanmar protest call for general strike draws junta threat
Barcelona sees sixth night of protests for jailed rapper
Ecuador looks to runoff vote for president in April
Libyan interior minister survives attack on motorcade
Cyprus activists: Hunters’ lead pellets threaten flamingos
Italy taps German archaeologist to oversee Pompeii ruins
Sports
Dickinson’s 22 lifts No. 3 Michigan over No. 4 Ohio St 92-87
No. 4 NC State women avenge recent loss, top rival UNC 82-63
Shockers solidifying shaky spot in NCAA Tournament field
Press, Rapinoe score, US beats Brazil 2-0 in SheBelieves Cup
T.J. Oshie scores twice, Capitals come back to beat Devils
Cloud 9: Djokovic wins 9th Australian Open, 18th Slam title
4 for 4: Osaka wins Australian, stays perfect in Slam finals
Homa gets another chance and wins hometown event at Riviera
Woods recovering from back surgery and hopes for Masters
Bell snags first Cup victory in another surprise Gibbs win
Breakfast Blogs
‘America Is Back’ Only Goes So Far After the Last Four Years Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Dominic Pezzola Suspects the FBI’s Cooperating Witness Is the Guy Who Recruited Him into the Proud Boys emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Let’s talk about risk, shall we? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Nearing 500,000 tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Suck green eggs, Ted Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
1,000 Epstein Coefficients Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Raise the SSI Threshold Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
“Socialism” and forced charity Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Your Bulwark Word of The Day: “Unvarnished” driftglass, at his blog
Joe Did What? Obamacare Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
WHAT IF THEY HAD A CIVIL WAR AND NOBODY FOUGHT? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog