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
Writer Mark Twain dies; Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II born; German flying ace Manfred ‘The Red Baron’ Rictoften killed in action during World War I; The musical ‘Annie’ opens on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They just provide such delicious opportunity.
Breakfast News
US News
Michigan House unveils plan to spend federal COVID-19 aid
Pennsylvania plans to send vaccine to more providers
Nevada teen suffers seizures, brain clots after J&J vaccine
Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death
In Minneapolis, city fortified after Chauvin guilty verdict
Sikh group wants probe of gunman’s possible supremacist link
New version of Idaho ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban advances
Montana blocks bill to ban gender affirming surgery in youth
Families, doctors urge Alabama to reject trans treatment ban
Arizona governor vetoes strict sex education legislation
Arizona governor sending National Guard to southern border
NTSB: Obstructed views, lack of alerts caused midair crash
Judge orders LA to offer shelter for homeless on Skid Row
Missouri House passes bill for guns in churches, buses
Videos: Police take bike, cuff Black youth, sparking anger
US Politics
Democrats point to Georgia in push for new elections law
Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes
AP sources: Biden to pledge halving greenhouse gases by 2030
The Latest: Biden says verdict can be giant step forward
Maxine Waters’ bold words echo civil rights, draw criticism
Vermont bill would end time limit for civil physical abuse
Bill seeks to end pistol purchase permits from NC sheriffs
Foxconn deal with Wisconsin lowers tax breaks to $80 million
International News
EU agency links J&J shot to rare clots, says odds favor use
Rebels vow to take capital after Chadian president killed
Suspected Chinese hackers spied on US, European targets
Sports
Following verdict in Floyd case, USC football reflects
Urías dominates as Dodgers pull out 1-0 win over Mariners
New York in action against Chicago after Stroman’s strong showing
New York takes 5-game skid into matchup with Atlanta
New York Mets move Jacob deGrom back 1 day for extra rest
Nationals put Juan Soto on IL with strained left shoulder
Neil Walker retires at 35 after 12 major league seasons
PGA Tour offering $40 million in bonus money to top stars
Arkansas racing officials vote not to suspend Bob Baffert
Super League collapses after the 6 English clubs withdraw
Breakfast Blogs
The Derek Chauvin Verdict Cannot Just Be Recorded in the Law. It Must Live in the Law. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Last Month, Baked Alaska Got to Ditch His Ankle Bracelet emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Almost like insanity? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Appeals Court: No Immunity For Cops Who Punched A Man Hanging From A Second Story Window And Tased Him When He Hit The Ground Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Government Whistleblower Investigated and Fired by Trump Administration Has Been Cleared of Wrongdoing and Reinstated Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
SCOTUS Seems to Have Heeded Justice Alito’s Warning, Appears Unlikely to Reverse Gun Convictions Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Imagine a female Andrew Yang being a frontrunner for mayor of NYC Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Super League fiasco Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Are There Good Cops? Part 2 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Republicans in the Quantum Realm driftglass, at his blog
Joe Did What? Coal edition Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
The Chauvin Verdict: Random Observations at the Beginning of a Long, Difficult Road, The Rude Pundit, at his blog
IT’S NOT TRUMPISM, IT’S REPUBLICANISM, PART LXXXVII Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Mass Shootings Determined To Strike Inside US Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Republicans Cower In Fear Of Tiny Octogenarian Congresswoman, Maxine Waters, A Very Bad Lady Liz Dye, Wonkette
Tyrant Joe Biden Never Lets America Go ANYWHERE Evan Hurst, Wonkette