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
Martin Luther King Jr. gives speech before assasination; Bruno Richard Hauptmann electrocuted for kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son; President Harry Truman signs Marshall plan; Jesse James shot to death; Pony Express begins service; Actor Marlon Brando born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.
Breakfast News
US News
Many still hesitate to get vaccine, but reluctance is easing
California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge
Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed
University of California victim of nationwide hack attack
Lieutenant: Kneeling on Floyd’s neck ‘totally unnecessary’
7 Texas officers fired following death of Black jail inmate
US judge tosses claims by Chinese-born professor over arrest
April, the giraffe that became an online star, dies
Piece of SpaceX rocket debris lands at Washington state farm
Estimated 25 million to see boost in federal food benefits
Even with pretax profits, many big companies pay zero US tax
March hiring accelerated to 916K, yet many jobs remain lost
Unique 4/3/21 date draws lines for Vegas wedding licenses
US Politics
The Latest: Flags at half-staff after Capitol officer killed
Pressure mounts on corporations to denounce GOP voting bills
Biden lifts Trump sanctions on international court officials
Few in GOP rush to defend Gaetz amid sex trafficking probe
International News
The Latest: Germany faces ‘crisis of trust’ amid pandemic
UK regulator reports 30 clot cases linked to AstraZeneca jab
Christians mark Good Friday, Holy Week under virus woes
Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine
‘First step:’ US, Iran to begin indirect nuclear-limit talks
Taiwan prosecutors seek arrest in deadly train crash
Myanmar death toll mounts amid protests, military crackdown
Authors of UK racism report hit back at ‘misrepresentation’
Sports
Arizona reaches NCAA title game with 69-59 win over UConn
Stanford tops South Carolina 66-65 to reach title game
Stanford and Arizona meet in all Pac-12 NCAA title game
‘Crisis management’: Nats’ COVID outbreak scraps Mets series
Mercedes gets 1st 5 career hits, White Sox beat Angels 12-8
MLB All-Star Game yanked from Georgia over voting law
Raptors rout Warriors 130-77 for 2nd win in last 15 games
Breakfast Blogs
Our Capacity for Shock Is Finally Coming Back to Us Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
So they wanted back the 1950s? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Georgia Republicans Try To Punish Delta For CEO’s Statement About Voting Rights Law Mike Masnick, Techdirt
California Supreme Court Says Keeping People Locked Up Just Because They Can’t Make Bail Is Unconstitutional Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Citing Watergate, Prosecutors Tell Judge D.C. Isn’t Too Liberal to Give Capitol-Storming Texas Florist a Fair Trial Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Everyone hates Ted Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Alabama, you’ve got the rest of the Union to help you along Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
What Student Loan Debt Really Means Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Think of a Household! Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
LINDSEY GRAHAM’S NEW ALPHA IS A GUN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Oh, No, Please Don’t Make Us Run Against The Senate’s Dumbest Republican Again! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Tucker Carlson Fears Canada’s COVID Gulags May Come To America! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Cop Supervisor Says Derek Chauvin Should Have Stopped Killing George Floyd When Floyd Stopped Moving Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Jen Psaki’s Got Your ‘Tone’ Right Here, Buddy Evan Hurst, Wonkette