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
Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as president and vows to lead America out of the Great Depression; President Ronald Reagan takes responsibility for the Iran-Contra affair; The AAA is founded.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Pharmacy to vaccinate Florida teachers under 50
States rapidly expanding vaccine access as supplies surge
Texas schools, stores divided on masks as mandate ends
Businesses tied to Noem family got $600,000 in virus grants
Water crisis continues in Mississippi, weeks after cold snap
Oregon moves to ban display of nooses, a racist symbol
US infrastructure gets C- from engineers as roads stagnate
Police: Live pipe bomb found at polling place in Iowa
SpaceX Starship lands upright, then explodes in latest test
Man accused of QAnon vandalism at ‘America’s Stonehenge’
In Mississippi, small-town bluesman keeps aging music alive
US Politics
Police uncover ‘possible plot’ by militia to breach Capitol
General: Pentagon hesitated on sending Guard to Capitol riot
Dems tighten relief benefits, firm up support for virus bill
House prepares to pass landmark voting rights, ethics bill
GOP takes aim at Biden’s health care pick on abortion rights
House panel seeks storm documents from Texas grid operator
IG finds misuse of office by Elaine Chao at Transportation
Cuomo addresses harassment claims, vows to stay in office
International News
Tactical shift: Europe seeks vaccine ‘overdrive’ to catch up
Virus surge forces Sao Paulo to shut as Buenos Aires reopens
Czechs seek help abroad to treat their COVID-19 patients
Reports: Myanmar security forces kill at least 34 protesters
Australia’s leader backs attorney-general accused of rape
EU, Britain clash again in latest post-Brexit spat
ICC launches war crimes probe into Israeli practices
Israel suspects Iran connection to Mediterranean oil spill
Sports
Lawmakers can’t cite local examples of trans girls in sports
Despite no combine, NFL releases list of who merited invites
Jets’ Douglas praises Darnold, but open to trading QB
Golf returns to Bay Hill and to some semblance of cheers
Breakfast Blogs
The Democrats Negotiated With Themselves to Find Compromise for Compromise’s Sake Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Poltics
Josh Hawley Shocked and Alarmed to Discover the FBI Would Follow the Money behind Right Wing Terrorists emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Do Democrats want to commit political suicide? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Breakdown Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Court Tells Government It Can’t Hide Behind Its Third-Party DNA Analysis Vendor To Withhold Evidence Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Senators Introduce Bill to Prevent Biden and Future Presidents from Justifying Military Force in Middle East with ‘Outdated’ Authorizations Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
‘Three Hours and 19 Minutes Later’: D.C. National Guard Chief Testifies About Protracted Delay Between Alert to the Army and Pentagon Approval Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Blue state Republican daddies are awful,Old Line State Edition Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
When Thurgood Marshall Was Nearly Lynched Eric Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It’s Stuff Like This That Gives Me Trust Issues driftglass, at his blog
Joe Did What? Ideology Edition Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
CONSERVATIVES TO LIBERALS: YOU’RE HATING CUOMO WRONG Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Hear Ye Hear Ye All Rise In The Case ‘Abolish Congress And President Because Trump Didn’t Win’ Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Stimmy Bill Won’t Have $15 Minimum Wage. At Least Not This Stimmy Package. Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Inspector General Confirms Congressman Doctor Ronny Jackson Is Angry Drunken Lecher Liz Dye, Wonkette
Georgia GOP: It’s Just ‘Common Sense’ To Keep Democrats From Voting, Forever Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
FBI Chief Chris Wray Spends Whole Day Playing Whack-A-Mole With Trump/GOP Lies About Capitol Attack Evan hurst, Wonkette