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
Britain enacts the Stamp Act on its American colonies; The ‘Garbage Barge’; Skater Tara Lipinski reaches the record books; The Beatles release ‘Please Please Me’; Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That’s the definition of political sarcasm.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Arkansas Gov: end of mask mandate at month’s end
A rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout backfired in some US states
Miami sets earlier curfew after spring break crowds, fights
A year into pandemic, veterans halls ‘barely hanging’ on
Whiskey makers face worsening hangover from trade dispute
Gun waiting periods rare in US states but more may be coming
Supply bottlenecks leave ships stranded, businesses stymied
US Politics
‘Sorry’: GOP US Rep. Tom Reed retiring amid misconduct claim
Biden aims to prevent border crossings from swamping agenda
International News
France’s limited lockdown beset by glitches as cases rise
Infections continue to climb in Turkey amid relaxed measures
China urges unhurried public to get vaccinated against COVID
Mexico limits non-essential travel on southern border
In Kabul, Pentagon chief speaks of ‘responsible end’ to war
Republic of Congo polls open; candidate sick with COVID-19
Biden calls Turkey’s exit from treaty for women unwarranted
Ex-top aide to former Maltese PM charged with corruption
Canadian Pacific agrees to buy Kansas City Southern for $25B
Sports
The Latest: Appleby cleared to play for Florida
Coronavirus doesn’t care that it’s the NCAA Tournament
There is still madness in the NCAAs, it’s just a bit quieter
Buddy Boeheim gets dad back to Sweet 16 as Syracuse tops WVU
Nun-and-done: Loyola Chicago stuns top-seeded Illinois 71-58
Smith, Arkansas hold off Texas Tech 68-66 in NCAA 2nd round
Georgia Tech rallies to avoid upset with 54-52 OT win
South Carolina women open NCAA with Staley’s 500th win
Raptors’ Nurse fined $50,000 for mask-throwing, profanity
Blaney wins at Atlanta after Larson fades on old tires
Jones wins Honda Classic by 5 shots, earns spot in Masters
Breakfast Blogs
For Republicans, Tax Cuts Are No Longer Just Voodoo-Economic Snake Oil. They’re a Fetish Object. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Three Key Details the Proud Boy Unindicted Co-Conspirator Likely Revealed to Prosecutors emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Greene-ing of the Georgia GOP diigby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Make ideals real and life imitate art Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
It all started at the border, and that’s still where it is today Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Federalist Society’s favorite judge pens hysterical diatribe attacking purported media bias Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Long Tentacles of Racism in Science and Technology Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Joe Did What? Ecumenism Edition Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE WORST SENATE RACE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog