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
Mt. St. Helens erupts in Washington State; The U.S. Supreme Court upholds racial segregation; Pope John Paul II born in Poland; Movie director Frank Capra born; ‘Les Miserables’ ends its Broadway run.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Fauci: Reasonable for businesses to keep masks
Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities
Man pleads guilty to seeking fraudulent PPP loans
Macy’s emerges from pandemic by swinging to surprise profit
New year, same results; 1Q sales roar at Home Depot
1st wild fishers born in North Cascades in decades
US Politics
Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms
Amid threats to members, House to vote on new security
Nationally watched questions on pandemic, race on ballot
Blinken touts Biden climate policies as shift from Trump
International News
India reports record day of virus deaths as cases level off
Clinic helps long-haul patients in London’s “COVID triangle”
The Latest: Israel gives US info about Gaza building strike
Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu
Indonesians protest at US Embassy over Israel’s airstrikes
EU vows to boost efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian fighting
India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone
Russia’s northernmost base projects its power across Arctic
Energy agency: End new fossil fuel supply investments
Air-France-KLM launches first long-haul flight with eco-fuel
Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack
Spain, Morocco square off after 6,000 migrants arrive by sea
Kosovo police seize record cocaine shipment, arrest 7
Court: China-built Port City commission needs public assent
Qatar detains Kenyan guard who wrote on laborers’ struggles
Report says Myanmar internet a ‘virtual battlefield’
Italy’s Lampedusa island slammed again by migrant arrivals
Monet’s gardens reopening, a picture-perfect pandemic tonic
New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery
Sports
Ohtani hits 13th home run, Trout injured in Angels’ victory
Pujols delivers RBI in debut, Dodgers top Diamondbacks 3-1
Contreras homers off Lester as Cubs beat Nationals 7-3
Mets overcome more injuries, beat Braves 3-1
Grizzlies host Spurs for play-in tournament matchup
Lakers host the Warriors in play-in game
Marchand scores in OT, Bruins beat Capitals to even series
MacKinnon, Grubauer lift Avs to 4-1 win over Blues in Game 1
Staal, Niederreiter lift Hurricanes past Predators 5-2
Rugby uses eye-tracking technology to tackle concussions
French rugby federation allows transgender people to compete
Breakfast Blogs
The Republican Assault on Voting Rights Now Includes Knuckling Poll Workers Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Your Mellow, I Am Here To Harsh It: The Agreed To 6th January Commission Is Not Worth the Paper the Agreement Was Announced On Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Demings to challenge Rubio Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
Y’all Qaeda Northwest: Ethan Nordean Provides Yet More Proof of the Proud Boys’ Sophistication and Resilience emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The culture war goes nuclear digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Swallow coffee before reading Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Chicago PD Oversight Says Officers Racked Up 100 Misconduct Allegations During A Single Wrong Address Raid Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Biden Revokes Trump’s Silly Executive Order On Section 230; But It Already Did Its Damage Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Supreme Court to Review Mississippi Abortion Law That May Let Conservative Justices ‘Take a Huge Bite Out of’ Roe v. Wade Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Bill Barr’s DOJ Secretly Tried to Unmask a Devin Nunes Parody Account in the Last Weeks of the Trump Presidency, Filing Reveals Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Supreme Court Justices Hand Down Two Unanimous Decisions in One Day Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Law and Politics for dummies and SCOTUS justices Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Broken Game of Baseball Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
I’m Losing My Capacity for Empathy Thanks to People Who Refuse to Get Vaccinated The Rude Pundit, at his blog
A NEW POLL SUGGESTS THAT QANON IS THE FUTURE OF THE GOP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Liz Cheney’s ‘Revolution’ Will Be Televised Michael Mora, Wonkette
DEEP STATE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP, Shrieks Rudy Giuliani In Letter To Real Judge Liz Dye, Wonkette
Montana GOP AG Still Wants To Pin ‘Sex Offender’ Label On Man Jailed For Gay Sex Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Scott Baio Not Charles In Charge Of Knowing What A Publicly Traded Company Is Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette