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
President Franklin Roosevelt dies; The American Civil War begins with the attack on Ft. Sumter; Yuri Gagarin is the first man to fly in space; Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on its first mission; Late night TV host David Letterman born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Michigan pushing for more vaccines amid spike
Fed’s Powell sees US boom ahead, with COVID still a risk
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication
Las Vegas pushes to become first to ban ornamental grass
US Politics
Lawmakers seek long-term limit on governors’ emergency power
CEOs gather to speak out against voting law changes
Biden sees `win’ for US in electric vehicle battery deal
International News
Brazil’s virus outlook darkens amid vaccine supply snags
Top official admits Chinese vaccines have low effectiveness
Marchers protest Romania’s virus restrictions as cases soar
Ecuador, Peru pick presidents under strict virus measures
Pubs, hairdressers set to reopen as UK eases virus lockdown
Iran calls Natanz atomic site blackout ‘nuclear terrorism’
Ukraine says 1 soldier killed in east as tensions rise
More flee volcano on Caribbean island of St. Vincent
Sports
Matsuyama becomes first Japanese in Masters green jacket
Martinez comes off COVID list, hits 3 HRs as Red Sox top O’s
Angry Stroman lasts 9 pitches in Mets-Marlins’ rainout
Ledecky dominates 1,500 freestyle at California meet
Clean-shaven Odor makes debut for Yankees against Rays
Angels OF Fowler needs season-ending surgery for torn ACL
Breakfast Blogs
West Virginia Lawmakers Are Trying to Turn Their Economy Into a Permanent Anachronism Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Why Immigration Is Good digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Landmark police reform taps the brakes Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Kagan Says Conservative Justices Compared ‘Apples and Watermelons’ in Ruling for Churches and Against COVID-19 Restrictions Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
The Court of Death Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Higher Ed, Covid-19, and the austerity shock doctrine Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Amazon Defeat Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Conservatives Finally Just Say, “Fuck Your Right to Vote” The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Brooks Whigging Out Again Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IMMIGRATION: “THE MACHINE STOPS” OR, DEALING WITH AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM “DISMANTLED IN ITS ENTIRETY” PART 1 Redhand, The Rectification of Names
ADD TWO LETTERS, INDUCE OUTRAGE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog