The Breakfast Club (Political Sarcasm)

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.

Bassem Youssef

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