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
Bomb strikes a West Berlin disco; Gen. Douglas MacArthur and billionaire Howard Hughes die; Educator Booker T. Washington born; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sets an NBA record; Katie Couric to become CBS anchor.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Navajo Nation reports 4 new virus deaths
With new aid, schools seek solutions to problems new and old
Florida works to avoid ‘catastrophic’ pond collapse
Delta cancels about 100 flights, opens some middle seats
US shuts once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners
Deadly breach could delay decisions about Capitol fencing
US Politics
Capitol attack raises questions of security vs public access
New to DC, Buttigieg looks to build bridges with Biden plan
International News
The Latest: Religious figures to have vaccine site in Italy
UK eyes testing COVID-19 passports at mass gatherings
Expats struggle to get vaccines in Kuwait, citizens come 1st
Kenya stops the private importation of COVID-19 vaccines
Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
Jordan’s king sends tough message on dissent in royal family
Truck owner behind deadly Taiwan railway crash apologizes
Sports
Pushing for change: College athletes’ voices grow strong
Stanford holds off Arizona 54-53 to win women’s NCAA title
Gonzaga’s last hurdles: a quick turnaround — and Baylor
LEADING OFF: Braves-Nats wait to play, Rangers welcome fans
Shohei Ohtani to bat, pitch in same historic game for Angels
Jordan Spieth ends drought with victory at Texas Open
Augusta National now a 10-day celebration at home of Masters
Breakfast Blogs
John Boehner’s I-Was-Just-a-Feather-in-the-Gales-of-Crazy Act Doesn’t Work on Those of Us Who Were There Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Politico Claims It Embarrasses Joe Biden that Non-Violent Civil Disobedience Merits Little or No Jail Time emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Trumpist monster was birthed a long time ago digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How do I suppress thee? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
‘At Some Point, Litigation Must End’: Another Federal Judge Dismisses Another Devin Nunes Lawsuit Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
The problem with complacency over the Georgia vote suppression statute Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Supply Chain Fragility and Globalization’s Future Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Social Construction of Political Reality (on Social Media)