The Breakfast Club (Great Things)

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

Hitler takes Austria; FDR’s first fireside chat; Gacy convicted; Girl Scouts predecessor founded; Les Miserables opens.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Jack Kerouac

Breakfast News

US News

VIRUS TODAY: Biden signs aid bill; ex-presidents get shots

States drawing up big wish lists for the COVID relief money

Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second

Savannah expects St. Patrick’s crowds, possible virus surge

Resignation demands grow as police get Cuomo groping report

Kentucky Senate votes to make it a crime to taunt police

Portland mayor seeks $2 million to stem rampant gun violence

Judge OKs 3rd-degree murder charge for ex-cop in Floyd death

Police posed as reporter in phone call with hostage taker

As climate fight shifts to oil, Biden faces a formidable foe

Molson Coors says cyberattack impacting brewing operations

Contempt hearing sought against Joe Arpaio’s successor

Study: Lack of diversity in Hollywood costs industry $10B

With ‘big one’ coming, quake alert system launches in Oregon

Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers

Officials seize goats from home of environmental activist

Where’s the beef? Runaway steer still roaming Rhode Island

US Politics

Biden’s $1.9T rescue signed, agenda now a slog in Congress

Biden sets May 1 target to have all adults vaccine-eligible

A look at new steps Biden team launching to fight virus

As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent

At Air Force One base, intruder given up by ‘mouse ears’

International News

UN chief blasts vaccine nationalism, hoarding, side deals

WHO whistleblower who denounced spiked Italy report resigns

Brazil hospitals buckle in absence of national virus plan

Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit

China legislature endorses reducing public vote in Hong Kong

Sports

Mississippi gov signs bill limiting transgender athletes

‘Controlled environment’: NCAA plunges ahead with tourneys

Georgetown upsets Big East top seed Villanova 72-71 at MSG

Duke pulls out of ACC Tournament, NCAA tourney streak ends

Kentucky NCAA hopes end after being bounced from SEC tourney

Missouri hits late free throw, beats Georgia 73-70 at SEC

Massner carries Northwestern St. past New Orleans 82-79

Perry scores 15 to lift UCF past East Carolina 72-62

NBA fines Meyers Leonard $50,000 for anti-Semitic slur

US-Canada border decision looms in playoffs for NHL

Big finish sends Garcia to big lead at Players Championship

IOC and China make vaccine deal for Tokyo, Beijing Olympians

USA Basketball picks 57 players for men’s Tokyo Games pool

Breakfast Blogs

The Conservative Commitment to Government ‘Closest to the People’ Is a Texas-Sized Scam Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

GoToInsurrection and Other Astounding Oath Keeper Social Media Habits emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Keynes to the rescuedigby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

It’s not vetos and balances Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Senior Military Leaders – Officers and Senior Enlisted – Have Decided To Very Publicly Smack Tucker Carlson Around Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Public Oversight Board Releases Thousands Of NYPD Disciplinary Records Tim Cushing, Techdirt

It’s Not Just Republican State Legislators Pushing Unconstitutional Content Moderation Bills Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Arizona GOP Bill Would Allow GOP-Controlled State Legislature to Overturn Presidential Popular Vote Colin KalmbacHer, Law & Crime

In Big Win for Prosecution, Judge Rules Derek Chauvin Must Again Face Third-Degree Murder Charge in George Floyd’s Death Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

Second Circuit Judge Dies One Week After Taking Senior Status Matt Naham, Law & Crime

Advancing the ACA Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Donald Trump is completely indifferent to whether his own supporters die from COVID Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 806 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Your Bulwark Quote of the Day: “If You Had Told Me Ten Years Ago…” driftglass, at his blog

I CAN ASSURE YOUR RIGHT-WING RELATIVES THAT MILITARY MATERNITY FLIGHT SUITS ARE NOT JOE BIDEN’S IDEA Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

President Biden Signs COVID Relief Bill Without Sharpie, Does That Even Count? Evan Hurst, Wonkette

GOP ‘Party Of Working Class’ Has Brand New Shiny Idea: No Taxes For Dead Twenty-Millionaires! Liz Dye, Wonkette

American Rescue Plan Rescuing Child Care, Too! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

MAGA Rioter Wants To Be Tried In Texas Because DC Is Prejudiced Against Racists Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Stacey Abrams: Who Needs The Filibuster When You Can Have An Actual Democracy? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette