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
American Civil War effectively ends; Iraq celebrates collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime;NASA announces first seven astronauts dubbed the Mercury Seven; Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial; Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We must dare to think ‘unthinkable’ thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
Breakfast News
US News
New York to offer COVID aid to immigrants excluded earlier
US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations
Southwest to recall flight attendants before summer season
Florida sues federal government to allow cruises to sail
Expert: Lack of oxygen killed George Floyd, not drugs
Amazon takes early lead as union vote count gets underway
Police: Employee kills 1, wounds 5 at Texas cabinet business
Authorities: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself
Verizon recalls mobile hotspots sold to schools, in stores
Yosemite National Park to limit summer visitors due to virus
California Highway 1 to reopen by April 30, agency says
California plans $536M for forests before wildfire season
University of Kentucky mistakenly sends 500,000 acceptances
7th man arrested in sex abuse case at youth detention center
Miss America to be crowned in live event after virtual year
No one in small southwest Missouri town voted on Tuesday
US Politics
Biden seeks a new view of infrastructure, far beyond asphalt
Biden orders gun control actions — but they show his limits
Gaetz associate working toward plea deal with prosecutors
Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands tug-of-war
Northam endorses predecessor McAuliffe for Virginia governor
International News
The Latest: Quebec imposes earlier curfew for Montreal
Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths
Brazil top court orders probe of Bolsonaro’s pandemic steps
In Peru, authorities allowed secret burials of virus victims
Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates
Myanmar junta limits internet, seizes satellite TV dishes
St. Vincent warns of volcanic eruption, orders evacuations
Reigning Mrs. World arrested over onstage melee in Sri Lanka
Monkey business: 2 dozen monkeys escape German zoo for a day
Sports
Homers, happy: Twins welcome fans back with 10-2 win vs. M’s
NHL grapples with vaccine inequity between U.S. and Canada
Castroneves starts getting acclimated to new team, color
Breakfast Blogs
Mr. Happy Sunshine Man Has Some News Out of Washington (State) Charles P. pierce, Esquire Politics
Daniel Hale, Citizenfive emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Social Critique Of The Port Huron Statement Ed Walker, emptywheel
Russian Mobilization, Ukraine, and What the Hell Is Going On?!?!?! Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Emperor Manchin lays down the law digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Minority-rule party thinks outside the ballot box Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
NYPD Training Document Shows How A Terrorist Response Group Was Weaponized To Attack Protesters Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Republicans Using Incredibly Sketchy And Manipulative ‘Dark Patterns’ To Dupe People Into Donating Way More Than Intended Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Backing Tennessee Abortion Providers, 20 Attorneys General Tell Sixth Circuit to Strike Down Law Requiring Waiting Periods for Women Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Tennessee Lawmakers Move Forward With ‘Laughably Unconstitutional’ Anti-Free Press Bill Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Republican Governors Are Banning Vaccine Passports. Here’s What It Means. Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Elite insouciance at Yale Law School Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 825 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It’s the Debt, Stupid. I Mean the GOOD Debt. Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
HOW IT STARTED/HOW IT’S GOING Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Joe Biden Gonna Job The Sh*t Out Of You! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Tucker Carlson Thwarted Once Again By Google Machine, Dictionaries Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Georgia GOP Lt. Governor: Yeeeeeah, This Is All Because Of Rudy Giuliani’s Bullsh*t Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Corporations Won’t Even Pay Trumpers Millions Of $$$ To Do Jack Sh*t, Is That Even Legal? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Janet Yellen Gonna Eat Rich With Nice Chianti By Taxing Corps 28% Which Is 3 Points Higher Than 25% Doktor Zoom, Woknette