The Breakfast Club (Your True Self)

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

Russian cosmonaut first man to walk in space; Mahatma Gandhi is sent to prison for civic disobedience, Italy’s Mussolini agrees to enter WWII; Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube removed; Singer John Philips dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.

Queen Latifah

Breakfast News

US News

The Latest: Nevada to open vaccination to everyone over 16

Expanded testing part of Biden administration school plans

Experts: Virus surge in Europe a cautionary tale for US

Treasury says state tax cuts OK if separated from virus aid

Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia massage parlors

2 jurors dropped from Chauvin trial after $27M settlement

Stiff adoption scheme term sought for Arizona ex-politician

IRS will delay tax filing due date until May 17

SC lawmaker draws ire from fellow Dems on transgender bill

Bye Alpha, Eta: Greek alphabet ditched for hurricane names

Scientists in US and Canada set to battle murder hornets

A good boy again: Biden’s dog will return to the White House

15th century bowl found at yard sale sells for $722,000

US Politics

Republicans seize on immigration as border crossings surge

Trump’s taxes in hand, Manhattan DA’s probe heats up

Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge

Officials: Violent extremists pose ‘elevated threat’ to US

House passes domestic violence bill, pushes issue to Senate

Block a bill? Biden wants old-school Senate filibusters

International News

Palestinians get 60,000 vaccine doses through WHO program

After vaccine freeze, European countries seek a quick thaw

UK expects significant reduction in vaccine supply in April

Biden recommits to Good Friday accord on St. Patrick’s Day

North Korea ignores US offer for talks, citing hostility

Caretaker PM Rutte seen as winning most seats in Dutch vote

Ex-Vatican altar boy testifies in seminary sex abuse trial

Tanzania’s populist President John Magufuli has died at 61

Sports

NCAA teams hit by COVID pauses take hope from antibodies

Not NCAA Property: Players push for reform on social media

Closed circuit: March Madness trip leads to life on lockdown

Antetokounmpo lifts Bucks to 109-105 OT victory over 76ers

Zibanejad has 3 goals, 3 assists as Rangers rout Flyers 9-0

Automated strike zone coming to minors but a while from MLB

Breakfast Blogs

We’ve Got New Bad Climate News Courtesy of Cold War Insanity Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

News from the Election Front: Russia Attacked Joe Biden Through “Prominent US Individuals, Some of Whom Were Close to Former President Trump” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Breaking: Eyewitness Reports Indicate the Atlanta Mass Shooter/Domestic Terrorist Was Specifically Targeting Asians, Contradict This Morning’s Law Enforcement Statements Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Maybe they made a mistake? digby aka Heather DigbyParton, Digby’s Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

What did he blurtle? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

After 40 Years Of Being Wrong, Texas Rangers Finally Decide Hypnosis Isn’t A Viable Investigative Technique Tim Cushing, Techdirt

PACT Act Is Back: Bipartisan Section 230 ‘Reform’ Bill Remains Mistargeted And Destructive Mike Masnick, Techdirt

‘It’s the Peaky Fookin Blinders!’: Photo from Days Before Pro-Trump Insurrection Comes Back to Haunt Accused Capitol Rioter colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Trump Fan Known as #FloridaFlagJacket Now Faces Felony Charges, Including for Assaulting Officers Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

Domestic Violent Extremists ‘Will Almost Certainly’ Attempt Violence in 2021, Intelligence Community Warns Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Texas Man Arrested Outside of Gates to Naval Observatory in D.C. Has Been Identified. He Now Faces Weapons Charges. Matt Naham, Law & Crime

Roscoe Filburn conservatism Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Look at all the white men on the street Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Will Trumpism Force Evangelicals To Reckon With Their Values? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

21 Years Later and Not a God Damn Thing Has Changed driftglass, at his blog

It Was All True Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

Saint Patrick’s Day Redhand, The Rectification of Names

POLITICO DOESN’T EVEN PRETEND THAT NEGOTIATING OVER LEGISLATION IS CONGRESS’S JOB Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Cancel-Cultured MyPillow Alan Dershowitzes The RICOs! If You Understood That, Please Get Help. Jamie Lyn Crofts, Wonkette

Biden Finally Giving Press Conference, But He Told Everybody About It, Like A Sucker! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Trump Gonna Class Up Miami With Slot Machines KA-CHING! Liz Dye, Wonkette

Okay, Who Told The Wingnuts About The Help For Black Farmers Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

How Many Rudy Giulianis Does It Take For Russia To Steal An Election For Trump? Evan Hurst, Wonkette