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
Richard Nixon dies, Elian Gonzalez seized by federal agents, Oklahoma land rush begins.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: New Mexico preparing for ‘vaccine hesitancy’
Navajo Nation reports its first COVID-19 death in 11 days
Arkansas reports 352 new coronavirus cases, 2 more deaths
Texas COVID-19 cases, deaths continue an above-average pace
Lewis & Clark College to require COVID student vaccinations
Burgum vetoes bill barring mask mandates by state officials
New data reassuring for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy
Businesses scramble for help as job openings go unfilled
LA schools superintendent stepping down as classrooms reopen
Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
Garland announces sweeping police probe after Floyd verdict
Police kill Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, who attacked 2 with knife
Sheriff: Deputy fatally shot Black man while serving warrant
California governor declares drought emergency in 2 counties
Idaho Senate OKs bill to kill up to 90% of wolves in state
Medical marijuana legal in Utah, but not always affordable
Canadian Pacific attacks rival bid for Kansas City Southern
US takes new aim at ransomware after costly year for attacks
Transit officials unveil plans to redo NYC’s Penn Station
US Politics
After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws
Biden pushes for momentum as US returns to climate fight
House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans
Washington House approves new tax on capital gains
US ends oil, gas lease sales from public land through June
Missouri House votes to ban trans athletes on girls teams
Arkansas lawmakers vote transgender athlete ban expansion
Colorado bill would protect gender identity and expression
Lawmakers move closer to letting child sex abuse victims sue
NY man’s trial starts for Jan. 6-related online threats
International News
Latin American leaders seek more vaccines at Andorra summit
Mexico calls fake coronavirus vaccines “a risk to health”
Catholic officials halt activity in Haiti for 9 kidnapped
Chile vets fined for giving dog vaccines against COVID-19
Israel says it strikes targets in Syria after missile attack
Australia ends China deals on national interest grounds
Lava from Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano threatens towns
US outlines possible sanctions relief for Iran in nuke talks
Suspect linked to 2016 Nice attack arrested in Italy
Sports
Scherzer’s 9 K’s, Avila RBI double lift Nats past Cards 1-0
Gomber lifts Rockies 6-3, Astros’ 9th loss in 10 games
Knapp’s 9th-inning single leads Phillies past Giants 6-5
NHL: Virus protocols not ‘relaxed’ for vaccinated players
Breakfast Blogs
Bearing Witness Forces Us to Act on Our Fundamental Duties to Each Other as Citizens Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Goodbye, American Dream: The Unaffordability of American Life Rayne, emptywheel
A beautiful tribute to a good man digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Truth decay revisited Tom Sullivan, Digby’s HullabalOO
Filming Cops Is The Best Accountability Tool: Officer Derek Chauvin Convicted Of Murder For Killing George Floyd Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Not All Tech Regulatory Desires Are Equal: And We Should Stop Pretending They Are Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Lawsuit Challenges Florida’s New Anti-Riot Laws as ‘Unconstitutional on Their Face’ Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Federal Judge Issues Sweeping Injunction that Gives Himself Extraordinary Power to Solve Los Angeles ‘Homelessness Crisis’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Overcoming GOP Opposition, Obama’s Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief Vanita Gupta Is Back at the Justice Department Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Tucker Carlson celebrated the murderer of Harvey Milk and George Moscone Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The GOP Vision of America Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The vaccine enthusiasm tipping point Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
2021 Never Trumpers are a Third-Rate Cover Band Version of the 2005 Liberal Blogosphere driftglass, at his blog
There’s still work to do Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
HAS ANYTHING REALLY CHANGED? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
MyPillow Suing Voting Company Dominion For McCarthyism Or Some Sh*t, Who Knows, It’s Hard To Tell Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Senate GOP Never Guessed Voting Law Expert Stacey Abrams Would Know So Much About Voting Laws Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Two Red States Read The Room, Forego Punching Trans Children For A Minute Liz Dye, Wonkette
Is John Cornyn Still Nursing Old Dick-Punching Injury Vanita Gupta Gave Him In 2003? Evan Hurst, Wonkette