The Breakfast Club (Implementing Ideas)

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

US launches 2003 attack on Baghdad; Televangelist Jim Bakker quits ministry due to scandal; Nevada legalizes casino gambling; Bob Dylan’s debut album is released

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

Shirley Chisholm

Breakfast News

US News

The Latest: Washington state expands vaccination eligibility

Biden says US to hit 100 million vaccine goal Friday

Medicaid incentive so far not enough to sway holdout states

Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns

Appeal court reinstates conviction of Flynn business partner

With striking of Black juror, Floyd activists see racism

The Latest: Georgia sheriff’s spokesman replaced on case

Asian American churches plan acts beyond prayer for healing

New mom, Army vet among 8 killed in Georgia spa shootings

Man faces hate crime charge in Florida church arson attack

Chip shortage forces Ford to build trucks without computers

NASA completes engine test firing of moon rocket on 2nd try

Facebook grows in Oregon with data center, fiber-optic cable

FedEx’s profit nearly triples as online shopping grows

Prosecutor demoted for DoorDash moonlighting during work

Storms send TV anchors scrambling off set in N Carolina

Forecast for spring: Nasty drought worsens for much of US

US Politics

House OKs Dems’ immigration bills for Dreamers, farm workers

House scuttles GOP attempt to boot Swalwell from intel panel

Agents found no evidence of backdated ballots, report says

Burns confirmed as CIA director as US faces diverse threats

Pentagon looks to root out extremists targeting US troops

Biden meets with UN Security Council members to talk climate

Students who got partial loan relief to see full discharge

Buttigieg: Biden plan will usher in a new transportation era

International News

Biden plans to send COVID shots to Mexico, Canada

EU agency: AstraZeneca vaccine safe, will add clot warning

UK faces vaccine shortfall, could delay shots for under 50s

US-Russia ties nosedive after Biden-Putin tit-for-tat

US, China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden

China to open 1st trial of Canadians held on spy charges

NKorea cuts diplomat ties with Malaysia over US extradition

Armenia to hold early parliamentary election in June

Sports

Weighty issue: Inequity raised in women’s, men’s tourneys

Drake tops Wichita State for first NCAA win in 50 years

Texas Southern beats Mount St. Mary’s 60-52 in NCAA opener

NCAA basketball players use biggest stage to deliver message

Pitino rises from ashes of scandal for rebirth at Iona

NFL reviewing sex assault claims against Texans QB Watson

Matt Jones ties course record with 61 in Honda Classic

Breakfast Blogs

Nebraska’s Governor Is Going Full Reefer Madness Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

How to Arrest Someone (Almost) Entirely Off Social Media emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence Has Released Its 2020 Election Assessment & the Executive Summary of Its 2021 Domestic Violent Extremism Assessment Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Major Assets digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Suppression’s majestic equality Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

The Most Radical Republicans Aren’t in Congress. They’re in the Statehouses. Matt Cohen, Mother Jones

Appeals Court Decision Shows The Cleveland PD Cares More About Being Lied To Than About Officers Killing Children Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Pluses and Minuses of Pelosi’s Draft Jan. 6 Commission Proposal Andy Wright and Ryan Goodman, Just Security

Army Refuses to Restore Medals and Honors for Accused Murderer Pardoned by Trump Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Judge Refuses to Toss Criminal Case Against Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in Flint Water Crisis Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

Capitol Siege Arrest: Retired U.S. Special Forces Soldier Charged with Assaulting Police Using Flagpole Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime

‘Oyez, Oyez’: Senate Judiciary Leaders Push Bill to Let the Public Both See and Hear Supreme Court on TV Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Vaccination already having a major impact Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Reverse passing Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 813 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

J.D. Vance: A Farce in the Crowd driftglass, at his blog

The Real Culture War Is Over Vaccines The Rude Pundit, at his blog

THE FUTILE BUT NEVER-ENDING SEARCH FOR GOOD REPUBLICANS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Are COVID Relief Checks Making Us MUUUURDERERS? Fox Business: F*ck It, Nothing Matters, Why Not Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

TN Republicans Want To Cancel Historical Commission For Canceling First KKK Grand Wizard Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Texas Rep. Pretty Sure Hearing On Anti-Asian Violence PERFECT Place To Call For Lynchings Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Waaait A Minute, You Mean The ‘Pennsylvania Post Office Frauded All The Ballots’ Was A LIE???? Liz Dye, Wonkette