The Breakfast Club (Humor)

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.

George Takei

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