The Breakfast Club (For Keeps)

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

My Lai Massacre in Vietnam; Terry Anderson abducted; First successful liquid-fuel rocket launch; Jerry Lewis born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody knows this.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Breakfast News

US News

Extent of COVID-19 vaccine waste remains largely unknown

‘I don’t need the vaccine’: GOP worries threaten virus fight

Hawaii adopts most extreme open records limits amid pandemic

COVID-19 leads to burst of info, but some data blocked in NJ

Alcatraz reopens for indoor tours after yearlong closure

US air travel rises to highest levels yet since pandemic hit

Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat COVID-19 misinfo

How well do COVID vaccines protect after organ transplant?

Cruise ship passengers recall deaths, confusion, quarantine

Immigrant teens to be housed at Dallas convention center

Andrew Cuomo accuser speaks with investigators for 4 hours

3 die when car hits 9 people in San Diego homeless camp

Defense in ex-cop’s trial fears impact of $27M settlement

LGBTQ Catholics stung by Vatican rebuff of same-sex unions

Nebraska declares pro-meat day on Colorado meatless day

Chadwick Boseman is posthumously nominated for an Oscar

US Politics

2 charged in assault of Capitol officer who died after riot

Security officials to scale back fencing around US Capitol

Haaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head

Georgia prosecutor investigates election after Trump call

South emerges as flashpoint of brewing redistricting battle

Sharp jump in US Navy transits to counter China under Trump

FBI: Nashville bomber driven by conspiracies, paranoia

International News

WHO: Vaccine rollout unaffected by concerns over AstraZeneca

Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Brazil’s Bolsonaro picks 4th health minister as COVID rages

Estonia’s prime minister tests positive for COVID-19

Brazil’s Bolsonaro moves to arm base, alarming gun experts

In early foreign policy tests, Biden takes on world as it is

African court orders release of ally of Maduro wanted by US

France to return Nazi-looted Klimt to rightful Jewish heirs

Down from mountain, Japanese internee’s remains return home

Sports

Stanford tops NCAA women’s brackets; NC State gets top seed

UConn coach Geno Auriemma tests positive for coronavirus

With NIL reform in limbo, NCAA heading toward busy June

Indiana snapshot: Basketball temples take center stage

Indiana fires Miller, raises private money to cover buyout

Column: Suarez makes historical mark for himself, NASCAR

Breakfast Blogs

The Republican Senate Primaries in Ohio and Missouri Have Attracted the Conservative Undead Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

The FBI Was Still Collecting Evidence that Might Explain Brian Sicknick’s Death Yesterday emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Proud Boys and the Cops digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Can it be that it was all so simple then? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Kansas City PD Presentation Says Every Shooting Investigation Is Handled The Same Way… Unless It Involves A Cop Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Amazon’s Refusal To Let Libraries Lend Ebooks Shows Why Controlled Digital Lending Is So Important Mike Masnick, Techdirt

The House Has Proposed An Excellent Broadband Bill. Telecom Lobbyists Will Make Sure It Never Passes. Karl Bode, Techdirt

Fulton County DA Fani Willis Might Try to Bring Trump Up on Felony Charges Using Georgia’s Own RICO Statute Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Judge Orders Arizona GOP to Pay Up for Filing ‘Groundless’ Lawsuit Challenging 2020 Election Results Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime

Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow Ridiculously Demands SCOTUS Stop Teenagers from Using the F-Word Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

IRS Lets Wealthy Taxpayers Skate on Billions in Taxes Based on Misguided Priorities: Treasury IG Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Can Litigation Help Deradicalize Right-Wing Media? Alexander Vindman, Lawfare

Vaccine Eeyoreism, European Edition Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Eyes of Texas Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

For the Record: Why It’s Complicated With The New York Times Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

Immigration: The Wreck of No. 944 Redhand, The Rectification of Names

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY: STILL NOT DEAD, ALAS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Ron Johnson: Capitol Riots Would Have Been Scary If Led By BLM Instead Of Law-Abiding Insurrectionists Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette

GOP Senator John Barrasso Is An A-Hole Again Michael Mora, Wonkette

Jared Kushner Pens Love Letter To MBS In Wall Street Journal Liz Dye, Wonkette

These Louisiana State Troopers Even More Violently Racist Than You Might Expect, Allegedly! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Ted Cruz Sends Stern Letter To Military Demanding They Stop Being Mean To Poor Tucker Carlson Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette