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
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Children are resilient and strong with powerful spirits.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Trump blasts Fauci and Birx as ‘self-promoters’
More than a dozen states to open vaccines to all adults
COVID vaccine found highly effective in real-world US study
Ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic is extended
Biden, CDC director warn of virus rebound if nation lets up
Georgia’s new GOP election law draws criticism, lawsuits
Judge orders 3 to trial in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
New Mexico sues US over proposed nuclear waste storage plans
Amazon faces biggest union push in its history
US Politics
Biden wants infrastructure package approved over summer
Biden boosts offshore wind energy, wants to power 10M homes
International News
Canada pauses AstraZeneca vaccine for under 55
Trash scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine
Suez Canal reopens after stuck cargo ship is freed
Guatemala declares emergency measures as new caravan rumored
Paris court convicts, fines pharma firm for deadly diet pill
N. Korea calls South’s leader ‘a parrot raised by America’
Sports
UConn reaches 13th straight Final Four, beating Baylor 69-67
Houston tops Oregon State, reaches 1st Final Four since ’84
MLB to relax virus protocols when 85% on field vaccinated
Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLS
Logano takes the checkered flag in a haze of Bristol dirt
Breakfast Blogs
It’s Hard to Top This as a Case Study in Plutocratic Contempt for Popular Democracy Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
It’s not just about the water digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Democracy vs. “democracy” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Months After LAPD Officers Attacked A Journalist, Prosecutors Are Trying To Charge The Journalist For Failing To Disperse Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Supreme Court Will Hear Whether Kentucky Attorney General Can Mount Last-Ditch Bid to Revive Near-Ban on Abortion Procedure Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Supreme Court Rejects Judicial Watch’s Final Attempt to Depose Hillary Clinton About Her Emails Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
John Roberts Attacks the Antiquities Act Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The ethics of vaccine line jumping Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
WE MUST PURGE THE EVIL OF PURGING BY PURGING THE PEOPLE WE THINK ARE PURGERS! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Chief Trump Immigration Nazi Starts ACLU, The MAGA Version Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
If It’s Sunday, Chuck Todd Is Still So Bad At This Michael Mora, Wonkette
May All Our Shoes Be Satan Shoes Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Michigan GOP Chair Says Burn The Witches About Gretchen Whitmer And Others, He Seems Nice Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Parler Snowflakes Melt Into Rage Puddles After Site Narcs Them Out To Deep State FBI Liz Dye, Wonkette
Wingnuts Outraged: There Is A Black Muppet Meteorologist And His Kid At The End Of This Book! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette