The Breakfast Club (Filibuster)

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.

Clare Boothe Luce

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