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
President Ronald Reagan is wounded in an assassination attempt; The U.S. reaches a deal with Russia to buy Alaska Territory; Actor James Cagney dies; Musician Eric Clapton born.
Breakfast Tunes
Who knew George Segal played the banjo. TMC
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
Breakfast News
US News
Virus fight stalls in early hot spots New York, New Jersey
Record rains cause flash flooding in Tennessee; 4 dead
Shooter at Kansas Jewish centers appeals death sentence
New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana
Jurors in ex-officer’s high-profile trial face heavy burden
Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps
US Politics
AP sources: SolarWinds hack got emails of top DHS officials
Biden economic plan to focus 1st on infrastructure this week
Former Trump adviser takes prominent role in voting battle
White House says it’s working on access to migrant centers
Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting
Path from Clinton to Biden takes U-turn on debt, trade, more
Court fight against Georgia voting overhaul no sure thing
International News
AP Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of COVID
Slovak premier resigns to end crisis over Russian vaccine
Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases
UK eases lockdown but nervously eyes European virus surge
In Brazil, moms are bearing the brunt of pandemic’s blow
Ship ‘partially refloated,’ but still stuck in Suez Canal
Suez Canal blockage adds to pressure points in global trade
Thousands flee into Thailand following Myanmar air strikes
Swiss banker to Venezuelan kleptocrats becomes star witness
Rebels besiege town in northern Mozambique for fifth day
Infant found alive after Egypt building collapse kills 25
N. Korea accuses UN of double standard over missile firings
UN rights investigator Agnes Callamard named Amnesty chief
Auschwitz museum slams New Yorker Holocaust piece on Poland
Bangladeshi protesters clash with police during strike
Sports
Powerhouses UConn, Baylor meet in women’s Elite Eight
Texas slows Maryland, gets to Elite Eight with 64-61 win
Timme, top-seeded Gonzaga roll past Creighton to Elite Eight
Final Four drought will end for either Baylor or Arkansas
USC shuts down Oregon 82-68 to end 20-year Elite Eight wait
No. 11 UCLA beats ’Bama 88-78 in OT to reach Elite Eight
Inside job: Michigan goes to the paint to top FSU 76-58
Hoosiers bring back former star player Woodson as coach
US men lose to Honduras, miss 3rd straight Olympic soccer
Rain swamps Bristol dirt track; NASCAR to try again Monday
Breakfast Blogs
Georgia Republicans Enacted a Tribute to the Lost Cause Between Lunch and Dinner Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
R.I.P. George Segal Dennis Hartley, Digby’s Hullabaloo
A feel good story FTW digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Don’t make them angry Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Passover 2021: We Were Slaves In Egypt Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Trump, Bush Appeals Court Judges Rule in Favor of Professor of ‘Christian Thought’ Who Refused to Call Students by Their Preferred Gender Pronouns Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
The National Review, standing athwart the enfranchisement of Black voters yelling “stop!” since 1957 Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 817 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
If the Creek Do Rise, What Else Will? Protect Yourself! Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
ON LINDSEY GRAHAM AND THE PERMANENCE OF EVERY RIGHT-WING GRIEVANCE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog