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
Cult leader Jim Jones and hundreds of followers die in mass murder-suicide in South America; Massachusetts high court rules gay couples can marry; Disney’s ‘Steamboat Willie’ premieres in New York
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
Breakfast News
US News
Florida GOP limits vaccine mandates, flouting White House
New Mexico governor: Full vaccination means boosters too
US overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say
2 men set to be cleared in the 1965 killing of Malcolm X
Call to remove Black pastors adds to agony in Arbery’s town
Rittenhouse lawyers ask judge to declare mistrial over video
Under pressure, Apple allows self-repairs to iPhones, Macs
After record low, monarch butterflies return to California
Winds whip up volcanic ash from 1912 eruption in Alaska
Couple’s $86M reward in Monsanto pesticide case stands
Millionaire pooch selling Miami villa once owned by Madonna
US Politics
House censures Rep. Gosar for violent video in rare rebuke
Jan. 6 rioter who carried spear, wore horns, draws 41 months
Review says Pentagon reacted appropriately to Jan. 6 riot
Biden pushes electric vehicle chargers as energy costs spike
International News
Austin: Moscow should explain its troop buildup near Ukraine
Schools close as smog-laden India capital considers lockdown
Belarus brings some migrants in from cold at Polish border
State of emergency in British Columbia; more deaths expected
Wife of US hostage in Africa reveals captors’ ransom demand
Sports
NCAA women’s basketball tournament expands to 68 teams
Henderson, Cooke help No. 1 Gamecocks beat Clemson 76-45
No. 21 Ohio State women bowl past Bowling Green 94-63
No. 25 Virginia Tech thumps Coppin St. 85-32 behind Sheppard
Hermosa’s double-double leads No. 18 GT women past ETSU
Engstler’s 20 points lead No. 10 Louisville past UT Martin
Clark, Warnock lead No. 8 Iowa past Southern, 87-67
LaRavia scores 24, leads Wake Forest to 95-59 win
George Mason holds off No. 20 Maryland 71-66
Brown, Christie lead Michigan State past Butler 73-52
Hornets beat Wizards 97-87 for 4th straight victory
Grant, Joseph lead Pistons to 97-89 comeback win over Pacers
Balanced Hawks win 3rd straight game, beating Celtics 110-99
Breakfast Blogs
The Crime of Malcolm X’s Assassination Is Still Not Solved, But an Injustice Has Been Remedied Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Kevin Fairlamb and Jacob Chansley Sentences Affirm Judicial Legitimacy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Wingnut revenge on the ballot in 2022 digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“You see, I kill my own men” revisited Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Media Spends Years Insisting Facebook Makes Society Worse; Then Trumpets A Poll Saying People Think Facebook Makes Society Worse Mike Masnick, Techdirt
New York Prosecutors to Exonerate Two Men Convicted of Murder in 1965 Malcolm X Assassination Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Tuning out the news Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Wars and Rumors of Wars Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 954 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hey, Parents, Most of You Are Too Fucking Dumb to Decide on Your Kid’s School Curriculum The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Dud Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
KYRSTEN LIEBERMAN’S PLANS FOR 2024 (updated) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Nicolle Wallace Performs Live Autopsy On Pathetic Gasbag Chris Christie Stephen Robinson, Wokette
Judge Likens Q-Anon Shaman To MLK, Then Sends Him To Jail Liz Dye, Wonkette
Woke ‘Sesame Street’ Triggered Matt Schlapp To Death, But Don’t Worry He Got Better Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Fox Story About Antifa Clashing With Anti-Vax Nazis Made More Sense Before Fox Edited The Nazis Out Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Bureau Of Labor Statistics Had One Job. Is That Job One Or 19 Jobs? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette