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
Patrick Henry declares, ‘Give me liberty, or give me death,’ German parliament grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers, President Reagan proposes anti-nuke ‘Star Wars’ program, Movie ‘Titanic’ wins 11 Oscars
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.
Breakfast News
US News
Hugs, at last: Nursing homes easing rules on visitors
Tourism groups push US to eliminate travel restrictions
Miami’s South Beach confronts disastrous spring break
Illinois city becomes 1st in US to pay reparations to Blacks
Big railroad deal seen more likely to gain regulators’ OK
Powell says economy recovering but Fed support still needed
Justices seem ready to rule against unions in farm case
Court: U Iowa officials liable for targeting Christian group
14th juror seated for ex-officer’s trial in Floyd’s death
Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias
Report: California wildfire sparked when tree hit power line
US weather model upgraded to better forecast extreme events
Sign on Staten Island roadway misspells Goethals Bridge
US Politics
Biden eyes $3T package for infrastructure, schools, families
DC’s long-simmering statehood push begins in Congress
Biden Cabinet near complete but hundreds of jobs still open
GOP firebrand US Rep. Mo Brooks enters Alabama Senate race
International News
The Latest: Sinovac: CoronaVac vaccine effective in children
Spain broadens use of AstraZeneca jab to adults under age 65
Germany extends virus lockdown till mid-April as cases rise
Australia PM wants more women in politics after new scandal
EU targets 11 Myanmar officials over coup, crackdown
Niger govt confirms 137 dead in village attacks near Mali
Indigenous anti-dam activist killed in Honduras
Sports
Illinois’ Cockburn targeted in racist post after NCAA loss
Baker, Wright State upset Arkansas in women’s NCAA tourney
Oklahoma can’t hang with Timme, Gonzaga; top seed advances
Big Ten comeback: Michigan topples LSU 86-78
Mobley Bros. lead No. 6 seed USC to 85-51 rout of Kansas
Zegarowski, Creighton beat Ohio 72-58 to reach NCAA Sweet 16
Not rusty: Oregon soars past Iowa 95-80 into Sweet 16
Breakfast Blogs
The 60 Minutes Piece on January 6 Was the Sound of the Ante Being Upped Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Were Proud Boys Using Livestream for Command and Control … and Other Operational Questions emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, empttywheel
Seditious intent digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Flying on instruments Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Cop’s Lies About A Traffic Stop Are Exposed By A Home Security Camera Located Across The Street Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Farm Owners Made Anti-Union Arguments to Supreme Court, and It Did Not Go Well Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Sidney Powell Tells Judge ‘No Reasonable Person’ Would Believe Her Dominion Conspiracy Theories Were ‘Statements of Fact’ Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Chief Justice Roberts Expresses Deep ‘Concerns’ About Presidents Being Able to Designate ‘Submerged Land About the Size of Connecticut’ as a Monument Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Hair Club for Growth declares support for democratic elections a deal-breaker Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 815 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
You Cannot Talk About Biden’s Border Actions Without Talking About Trump’s Gutting of the Federal Government The Rude Pundit, at his blog
NO, THERE WON’T BE A TRUMP SOCIAL MEDIA SITE IN TWO OR THREE MONTHS Steve M., No More Mister nice Blog