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.
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