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
Israel and Egypt sign a peace treaty; Bodies of Heaven’s Gate cult members are found in Calif.; The first U.S. team to win hockey’s Stanley Cup; ‘Funny Girl’ opens on Broadway; Singer Diana Ross born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Gov. hopes to up number of Texans getting shots
Michigan sees virus surge, but tighter restrictions unlikely
California to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone over 16
Vaccination race enlists grassroots aides to fight mistrust
Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on speech responsibility
Tornadoes pummel Alabama, killing at least 5
Texas death toll from February storm, outages surpasses 100
Human errors, mechanical woes caused Marine tank sinking
FDA panel rejects Pfizer’s arthritis drug as too risky
Agency finds that Elon Musk tweet violated federal labor law
Lawyer: Colorado shooting suspect needs mental health review
Are suit jackets oppression? Lawmakers fight own dress codes
Surfer rescues man and dog from choppy Lake Superior
Snowboarders escaped monster avalanche, but not the law
US Politics
Biden leaves door open for Senate changes to advance agenda
Georgia Gov. Kemp signs GOP election bill amid an outcry
In shift, oil industry group backs federal price on carbon
Biden not ruling out chance US stays longer in Afghanistan
For media, Biden news conference notable for what’s missing
Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate’s ‘big, bold’ agenda
International News
Mexico tops 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, but real toll is higher
EU leaders grapple with surge of infections, vaccine issues
Romania OKs holding Easter celebrations despite virus surge
Hundreds arrested in Belarus ‘Freedom Day’ protest
Final vote results show major setback for Israel’s Netanyahu
Israeli elections: A look at the final, deadlocked results
Russia opposition leader Navalny’s health worsens in prison
Sports
Few Black women coaches lead Power Five basketball programs
Familiar faces joined by a few new ones in women’s Sweet 16
Transfers boost Sampson’s Cougars, others into NCAA Sweet 16
Michigan, Villanova push past key injuries in Sweet 16 run
NASCAR to play in the dirt for the first time since 1970
Breakfast Blogs
The January 6 Prosecutions Will Put the Entire System on Trial Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Priorities digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Who walks around with this? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Utah Governor Vetoes Ridiculous Unconstitutional Content Moderation Bill; Makes His Brother-in-Law Sad Mike Masnick, Tecdirt
Recordings, Transcripts Show Police, Prosecutors Lied To A Grand Jury To Bring Gang Charges Against BLM Protesters Tim Cushing, Techdirt
ACLU’s Family Separation Lawyer Threatens White House With ‘Litigation’ After Biden Says Immigrants ‘Should All Be Going Back’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Former Public Defender and Civil Rights Attorney Poised to Replace Judge Emmet Sullivan on D.C. District Court Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Neil Gorsuch Couldn’t Stop Complaining About the Rest of the Justices Today Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Jacob Blake Sues Kenosha Cop Who Shot Him Seven Times and ‘Severed’ His Spinal Column Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Is democratic representation worth making Republicans mad? An inquiry of the greatest seriousity Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Will the Biden Administration Take Environmental Justice Seriously? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks: 10 Years After driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Twitter Wars Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Republicans Need to Feel Way More Heat for Their Opposition to New Gun Laws The Rude Pundit, at his blog
BIDEN HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY — OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER
MN Supreme Court: It’s Not Rape If Unconscious Woman Drank Voluntarily Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Biden Names Kamala Harris President Of Immigration Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Severely Conservative Judge Giveth Olde-Timye Historye Lesson, Ruleth Hawai’i May Kicketh NRA In Ballocks Liz Dye, Wonkette
First Openly Trans Nominee Confirmed By Senate, F*ck Youuuuuuuu Rand Paul! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Marjorie Taylor Greene Pals Around With Insurrectionists, Allegedly! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette