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
Alexander Graham Bell successfully tests telephone; James Earl Ray pleads guilty to MLK assassination; Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko dies; Scarsdale Diet author killed; Odd Couple opens on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
They say that women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Alaska opens vaccines to all 16 or older
VIRUS TODAY: New York lowers vaccine eligibility to age 60
Tennessee: Some inmates now qualify for COVID-19 vaccine
Volunteers are key at vaccine sites. It pays off with a shot
Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
Wisconsin Republicans ask mayor to quit over election report
California recall threat puts pressure on Newsom speech
Arrested journalist pleaded with officer: ‘This is my job’
Pandemic shapes trial of Minneapolis ex-cop in Floyd’s death
Venezuelans overjoyed by US temporary residency opportunity
Bezos plans to spend $10 billion by 2030 on climate change
Town north of Honolulu evacuated as stream floods
First whooping crane hatched at foundation in Wisconsin dies
Remains of Cold War-era Russian sub seen in film catch fire
US Politics
Pentagon approves extending Guard deployment at Capitol
Biden administration won’t defend Trump immigration rule
GOP struggles to define Biden, turns to culture wars instead
House approves pro-union bill despite dim Senate odds
Biden visits businesses to highlight changes to loan program
Biden’s Russia credentials questioned over European pipeline
Biden won’t put his name on relief checks, unlike Trump
Biden dog Major in doghouse after injuring security agent
International News
Biden joining summit with key Asia-Pacific ‘Quad’ leaders
US prosecutors allege Honduras president helped move drugs
Protesters adapt tactics after Myanmar police use violence
Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano erupts, showering ash
Sports
No. 1 Gonzaga rallies to beat BYU 88-78 in WCC title game
Breakfast Blogs
Republicans Probably Would Prefer an Interior Secretary From Exxon, But They’re Getting Deb Haaland Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Cuomo Conspiracy Theory Worth Considering? Steve M., Crooks and Liars
Voting rights do not have “both sides” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Death Row Inmate Freed After Bullshit Bite Mark Evidence Determined To Be Bullshit Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Lawyer Who Bragged About Storming Capitol Asks Judge If He Can Get a Drink with His Steak Tonight Colin Kalmbecher, Law & Crime
Arkansas Governor Signs Bill Banning All Elective Abortions to ‘Set the Stage for the Supreme Court’ to Overturn Roe v. Wade Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Judge Throws Out Trump Campaign’s Defamation Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Russia ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Op-Ed Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
The American Rescue Plan will be one of the best and most progressive statutes ever enacted by the United States Congress Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How to Vaccinate Health Care Workers: Unions Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The insanity of lifting pandemic restrictions at this particular moment Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Lincoln Project: Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing driftglass, at his blog
There’s Some Magic Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Pillow Salesman Willing To Lessen Sentences Of ‘Election Criminals’ If They Confess To Him Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Tucker Carlson Filled With White Pride Over Deb Haaland’s Scandinavian Heritage Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Trump And RNC Kiss And Make Up After Party Books Fundraiser At Mar-a-Lago. What A Coincidence! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Who Else Is COVID Relief Bill Helping? Black Farmers, Finally! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
How Much Racist Misogyny Can Rep. Paul Gosar Pack Into A Single Tweet? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette