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
Lindbergh baby kidnapped; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed caught in Pakistan; Bobby Sands begins hunger strike; JFK creates Peace Corps; Ron Howard born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: First US J&J vaccine doses shipping Sunday night
Some GOP state lawmakers help spread COVID-19 misinformation
‘Blame Trump’ defense in Capitol riot looks like a long shot
Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs
Cuomo sorry for remarks aide ‘misinterpreted’ as harassment
Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice
Virginia lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana in 2024
LA police probe fire, vandalism at Japanese Buddhist temple
Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new solar wings
New Orleans Museum of Art announces 3 big gifts in 1 month
Cahdwick Boseman wins posthumous award at bicoastal Globes
US Politics
Biden team readies wider economic package after virus relief
Republicans test history in vote against pandemic relief
Trump calls for GOP unity, repeats lies about election loss
Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits
International News
Philippines launches virus vaccinations amid supply problems
Purim celebrations threaten fresh virus outbreak in Israel
Germany limits travel from French region over virus variant
US still open to Iran nuclear talks after Iran’s rejection
UN: At least 18 killed by Myanmar forces in several cities
Israeli-owned ship docked in Dubai after mysterious blast
Thai marchers link their democracy cause to Myanmar protests
Nigerian families await news of 300 kidnapped schoolgirls
Hong Kong detains 47 activists on subversion charges
Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest
Mexico may reduce protection area for endangered porpoise
In oil-rich Iraq, a few women buck norms, take rig site jobs
Sports
Izzo’s Spartans trying for late push to improve NCAA chances
Antetokounmpo, Bucks rally late to to beat Clippers 105-100
James scores 19 in 1,300th regular-season game in Lakers win
Raptors’ virus issues worsen, game vs. Bulls called off
Welcome back: Optimism abounds as MLB’s spring includes fans
Spring games begin with fans, new faces, moment for Mancini
Byron gives NASCAR another surprise winner at Homestead
Morikawa plays a steady hand to win Workday Championship
Whoa, Nelly! Korda makes it 2 straight wins for her family
Breakfast Blogs
This Country Is Spending $1.7 Trillion on Planes That Don’t Work Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Oath Keepers Learn the Hard Way: Don’t Plan an Insurrection on Facebook emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Global doubts digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Don’t look too closely Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Sen. Bennet Bucks Biden Admin. Request; Names Former McDonald’s, Big Pharma Attorney for Lifetime Judgeship Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
‘I Do Not Accept’: NY AG Letitia James Refuses Cuomo’s New Plan on How to Investigate Him for Sexual Harassment Alberto Luperon, Law & Crime
How Eeyorism and contrarianism undermined public health messaging on COVID Scott Lemeiux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
This is why we can’t have nice things Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
New Hampshire Republicans and Anti-Union Extremism Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sunday Morning Comin’ Down: Continue Grinding to a Uniform Consistency Edition driftglass, at his blog
Literary Corner: Party of Country Clubs Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
MINIMIZING BIDEN’S WIN BY CALLING IT “LUCKY” Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Millions Could Go Homeless Because Trump Judge Doesn’t Think Rent Is An Economic Activity Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Nothing Says ‘America’ Like A 7-Year-Old Selling Lemonade To Pay For Brain Surgery Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/relax-dummies-no-ones-cancelling-the-muppet-show Stephen Robinson, Wonkette