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
Iconic photo captured in Iwo Jima; Persian Gulf War begins in Kuwait; Scottish scientists clone first mammal; Stan Laurel dies; Carlos Santana wins 8 Grammy awards.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Education must not simply teach work – it must teach Life.
Breakfast News
US News
Half a million dead in US, confirming virus’s tragic reach
Arkansas continues to see slowdown in coronavirus cases
School testing can be delayed but not canceled, feds say
CDC study: Teachers key to COVID-19 infections in 1 district
Virginia lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty
Hospitals confront water shortages in winter storm aftermath
In Texas, attention turns to storm repairs, political peril
Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested on US drug charges
Private bill seeks freedom for man living in Missouri church
Customs inspectors find cocaine-coated corn flakes in Ohio
Cherokee chief: Time for Jeep to end use of tribe’s name
NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
US Politics
Supreme Court won’t halt turnover of Trump’s tax records
Supreme Court rejects Trump election challenge cases
Biden asks high court to drop 2 Trump-era Medicaid cases
Centrist Democrats flex muscles, create headaches for Biden
Interior nominee Haaland vows ‘balance’ on energy, climate
Garland vows sharp focus on Capitol riot as attorney general
Key senators oppose Biden budget pick, confirmation at risk
International News
The Latest: Philippine leader won’t ease virus restrictions
UN to rich nations: Don’t undermine COVAX vaccine program
Shops, haircuts return in April as UK lifts lockdown slowly
Greece: Dozens arrested in clashes over campus security law
Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on Congo convoy
Libya: Over 150 migrants freed in raid on traffickers
Ex-Soviet republic Georgia’s parliament appoints new premier
Canada’s Trudeau, Cabinet abstain from China genocide vote
Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash
Huawei unveils flagship foldable smartphone for China market
Sports
NC State, Texas A&M move up in women’s AP Top 25; UConn tops
Unbeaten No. 2 Baylor back to play after 3-week COVID break
Spurs, short-handed and reeling, get back on practice floor
Panarin denies Russian report, takes time away from Rangers
Breakfast Blogs
It Did Not Have to Be This Way Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Broken Windows Terrorism Enhancement and Detention of the January 6 Insurrectionists emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Merrick Garland Is Killing It bmaz, emptywheel
Thanks Mitch digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“A 40-year experiment in free-market fundamentalism” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
LAPD Asked Ring Users To Turn Over Footage Of Anti-Police Brutality Protests Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Australian News Sites Shocked & Upset To Learn They Don’t Need To Rely On Facebook For Traffic! Mike Masnick, Techdirt
It Was an Explosive Morning for Supreme Court Orders — Here’s What You Missed Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
The World’s Their Oyster: SCOTUS Justices Had Some Hard-Hitting Questions as Florida Blamed Georgia for Destroying Bivalve Industry Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Top Takeaways from Attorney General Nominee Merrick Garland’s Confirmation Hearings Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Lawyers Compare Justice Thomas’ Dissent on Pa. Election Cases to Rumsfeld’s ‘The Absence of Evidence Is Not the Evidence of Absence’ Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Lessons From the Texas Grid Disaster: Planning and Investing for a Different Future Alexandra Klass, Lawfare
CPAC convention dedicated to fighting Cancel Culture cancels speaker for being Politically Incorrect Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Smith College Responds to MC Jodi Shaw Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 794 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Roaring 2020’s Sure Were Good Times for The Lincoln Project driftglass, at hi blog
For the Record: Miscellany Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE ELEVEN WORDS IN TRUMP’S “PERSECUTION” STATEMENT THAT SCARE ME Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Joe Manchin Shivs Neera Tanden Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Mark Zuckerberg Worried We’re Not Being ‘Nuanced’ Enough About Right-Wing Hate Speech On Facebook Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Kelly Loeffler Has Genius Plan For Georgia GOP: What If Instead Of FAIR Fight, We Did UNFAIR Fight? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Hope Mike Lindell Has $1.3 Billion Stuffed In One Of His Trusty MyPillows Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Texas Outages And Outrageous Bills Show Conservative Policies Only ‘Work’ If Nothing Bad Ever Happens Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Steve Scalise Still Not Sure Who’s President … OR IS HE? Michael Mora, Wonkette