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
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala. 146 people were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York. Aretha Franklin, Elton John born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.
Breakfast News
US News
Brighter outlook for US as vaccinations rise and deaths fall
Airlines return to old ways; Southwest drops boarding change
Judge rejects ex-CIA worker’s try to dismiss hacking charges
Police: Inmates killed 2 Iowa prison staff in escape attempt
Federal judge nixes Ohio’s push for early redistricting data
Congress questions Texas officials about power grid failure
Lakota activist: Mount Rushmore key in move to regain land
US report: Bald eagle populations soar in lower 48 states
Biden’s dogs back at White House after ruff start
US Politics
Democrats launch Senate battle for expanded voting rights
Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges
A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post
Women’s soccer stars join Biden to promote closing pay gap
Watchdog: Ex-Navy auditor sexually harassed female workers
High court mulls police power to enter homes without warrant
International News
The Latest: Philippine leader orders mayors investigated
Brazil becomes 2nd nation to top 300,000 COVID-19 deaths
Hong Kong vaccination drive struggles to gain public trust
Beyond the pandemic: London’s Tube battles to stay on track
North Korea test-fires ballistic missiles in message to US
Stuck ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide
2 trapped drivers become first Australian flood fatalities
Sports
Big Ten Conference making big mark so far on Sweet 16
Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey
Oregon women top Georgia 57-50, return to Sweet 16 as 6 seed
Louisville rallies from 18 down to beat Northwestern 62-53
Defense dominates, Hoosiers beat Belmont in women’s NCAAs
Maryland overwhelms Alabama; dangerous Terps on to Sweet 16
Arizona women in 1st Sweet 16 since ’98 after win over BYU
Nixon’s overtime bank shot sends Texas A&M past Iowa State
Mexico beats US 1-0 in men’ Olympic soccer qualifying
MLB steps up ball monitoring to suppress foreign substances
Breakfast Blogs
Senator Cruz Took a Voyage Around the Bend at the Senate Hearing on Voting Rights Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Days after an Oath Keeper Event with Roger Stone, Kelly Meggs Described Having “Organized an Alliance” with the Proud Boys emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The ghost of Strom Thurmond is laughing digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Patient Zero Tom Sullivan, Digby’a Hullabaloo
Beware Of Facebook CEOs Bearing Section 230 Reform Proposals Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Fulton County DA Might Try to Bring Rudy Giuliani Up on Felony False Statement Charges: Report Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Justices Appeared Pretty Pro-Cop During Oral Arguments Over Warrantless Searches of Private Homes Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Lawyers Had Some Thoughts After Ann Coulter Claimed Washington, D.C. Can’t Constitutionally Become a State Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
The COVID Eeyorism of American media Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Environmental ethics in a post-pandemic society, academic talks edition Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Financial Costs of Miscarriage Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Over At The National Review… driftglass, at his blog
Party Animals Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
ELECTORAL GANGSTERS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Internet’s ‘This F*cking Guy’ For Today Is ‘This F*cking Law Professor Simpering About Paternity Leave’ Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Cindy Hyde-Smith Is A Mississippi Goddamn Moron Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Judge A Mite SO FREAKING MAD At Looselips McGillicuddy Here Blabbing About Jan. 6 Charges Liz Dye, Wonkette
Look Around, We Got A Labor Secretary Busting His Balls Doing A Lot Of Sh*t Work You Take For Granted Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Yes, Marjorie Taylor Greene, We Really Do Want To Take All Your Guns 🙂 Stephen Robinson, Wonkette