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
Highlights of this day in history: Ferdinand Marcos flees the Philippines; Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounces Josef Stalin; Samuel Colt patents the revolver; Muhammad Ali becomes world boxing champ; Musician George Harrison born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Kentucky urges Black citizens to get vaccinated
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big ‘real world’ test
FDA says single-dose shot from J&J prevents severe COVID
Military begins delivering vaccines in Texas, New York
States pass their own virus aid, not waiting on Washington
Health network allowed employees’ kin to skip vaccine line
Anti-abortion bills pass during chaotic House session
Amid surge, US tries to expedite release of migrant children
Federal watchdog blasts FAA over certification of Boeing jet
Students protest as Utah lawmakers resist changing ‘Dixie’
Virginia GOP to choose nominees at convention in Lynchburg
Bats, birds among wildlife pummeled during Southern freeze
Man exits church after years in sanctuary from deportation
Vaccinated for virus, Jimmy Carter and wife back in church
US Politics
Chief: Capitol Police were warned of violence before riot
Biden orders a review of US supply chains for vital goods
Biden revokes Trump orders on ‘anarchist’ cities and more
Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking legal immigration to US
Biden choice for budget chief faces new hurdles in Congress
Manchin says he’ll vote for Haaland for interior secretary
GOP rallies solidly against Democrats’ virus relief package
Republicans push back on Pelosi proposal for riot commission
Blackouts bring up ‘a four-letter word’ in Texas: regulation
International News
Ghana 1st nation to receive coronavirus vaccines from COVAX
EXPLAINER: UN vaccine plan is underway, but problems remain
Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
Sanctions prompt Venezuela to expel head of EU delegation
UN: Yemen faces world’s worst famine and needs $3.85 billion
Indonesia presses regional effort to resolve Myanmar crisis
Brazil’s Bolsonaro visits Amazon jungle state hit by floods
Sports
LA sheriff calls Tiger Woods crash ‘purely an accident’
Missouri St women claim MVC title for 14th time since 1990
Marquette hands North Carolina rare home nonconference loss
Miller carries George Mason past George Washington 63-58
Syracuse’s heart: PG, cancer survivor Tiana Mangakahia
No. 2 Baylor returns with 77-72 win to stay undefeated
Michigan St tops No. 5 Illinois 81-72, bolsters NCAA chances
Suns’ Booker replaces Lakers’ Davis in NBA All-Star Game
Hectic finish awaits all NBA teams in 2nd half of season
Jose Abreu tests positive for virus; Miller says he had it
Steelers planning on Roethlisberger’s return in 2021
Rapinoe-led US beats Argentina 6-0 to win SheBelieves Cup
Breakfast Blogs
The Cynical Republican Tack on the COVID Relief Bill Could Work. It Wouldn’t Be the First Time. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
A Tale of Two Zip Tie Guys: The Different Fates of Eric Munchel and Larry Brock emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Get ready for some epic gaslighting digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Tell ’em you helped ’em Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How a January 6 Commission Can Succeed: What Empirical Research Tells Us Jordan Tama, Just Security
California Poised To Defeat Broadband Industry In Scrum Over Net Neutrality Karl Bode, Techdirt
Yet Another Story Shows How Facebook Bent Over Backwards To Put In Place Different Rules For Conservatives Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Pardon Control: Manhattan DA Issues Subpoenas Aimed at Steve Bannon’s Role in ‘We Build the Wall’ Scheme Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
In ‘Huge Win,’ Federal Judge Says California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law That the Trump Admin Opposed Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
D.C. Attorney General Grilled Donald Trump Jr. for Ongoing Probe of 2017 Inauguration, Docs Reveal Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
When Can Cops Can Enter Private Homes without Warrants? SCOTUS Justices Seemed Annoyed That They Were Being Asked to Decide Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Republicans use the Big Lie to justify vast new vote suppression measures Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Before Kaepernick Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The politics and economics of the minimum wage Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and MOney
Matthew Dowd is a Fundamentally Ridiculous Person driftglass, at his blog
500,000+ Dead Need to Be Piled in Front of the GOP The Rude Pundit, at his blog
REPUBLICANS WON’T PERCEIVE A 1/6 COMMISSION AS BALANCED NO MATTER HOW MANY PARTY MEMBERS ARE ON IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Stephen Miller DISGUSTED President Biden Treating Immigrants Like Human Beings, DISGUSTED! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Georgia GOP Will Ensure Election Integrity By Making Voting As Whites-Only As Possible Liz Dye, Wonkette
Another White House Press Briefing That’s Probably TOO BORING For CNN To Air Evan Hurst, Wonkette
GOP Civil War Canceled, Says Rick Scott Hiding Under Desk In Secured Location Doktor Zoom, Wonkette