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
Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated; Taliban regime flees Afghan capital; President Bill Clinton to pay Paula Jones; Alabama’s top judge removed amid Ten Commandments flap; ‘Lion King’ opens on Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
Breakfast News
US News
California, Colorado and NM expand virus booster access
Nursing homes can now lift most COVID restrictions on visits
North Dakota lawmakers pass vaccine, race theory bills
Poor Mississippi county celebrates rural hospital reopening
Alzheimer’s drug cited as Medicare premium jumps by $21.60
Homer Plessy, key to ‘separate but equal,’ on road to pardon
Americans give bosses same message in record numbers: I quit
Jury to get to weigh some lesser charges in Rittenhouse case
Officer: Ahmaud Arbery would have received trespass warning
Britney freed: Judge dissolves Spears’ conservatorship
Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ star Winter dies at Florida aquarium
Girl, teddy bear reunited a year after loss in Glacier park
The cosmos beckons for Snoopy onscreen and in real life
US Politics
Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 subpoena
CEO who threw chair inside Capitol on Jan. 6 gets jail time
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to run in 2022; Trump backs rival
International News
Not out of the woods: COVID cases rising in Western Europe
Japan adding more hospital beds in plan for next virus surge
Out of time: Climate talks go past deadline over coal, cash
Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail
Gaza doctor seeks apology from Israel for daughters’ deaths
Sports
No. 22 Arizona tops No. 6 Louisville in OT
Jones scores 15, No. 5 NC State women drub Wofford 90-57
Reese’s 23 points leads No. 4 Maryland over Villanova 88-67
Bean scores 30 to lift Utah St. past Richmond 85-74
Sasser scores 26, No. 15 Houston beats Rice 79-46
Agbaji scores 25 points, No. 3 Kansas beats Tarleton 88-62
Hall scores 22, Dawes’ key 3 gets Clemson past Wofford 76-68
Moore leads No. 9 Duke past Army in home opener
Liddell scores 29, No. 17 Ohio State struggles past Niagara
Ridder breaks Cincinnati TD record, No. 2 Bearcats beat USF
Bridges, Ball lead Hornets past Walker, Knicks 104-96
Garland scores 21 points, Cavaliers rout Pistons 98-78
Cozens scores 2, Sabres snap skid with 3-2 win over Oilers
Ovechkin scores 742nd in Capitals’ 4-3 win over Blue Jackets
Hamilton tops Brazil qualifying, gets 5-place grid penalty
Breakfast Blogs
Steve Bannon F*cked Around and Found Out Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Three Things: No, No, and Hell to the NO, NYT emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Three Things: No, No, and Hell to the NO, NYT Rayne, emptywheel
Kyle Rittenhouse, the All-American Boy digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Nullabaloo
Jaw-dropping reporting Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Fifth Circuit Awards Immunity To Cop Who Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Jump On A Moving Car And Kill The Driver Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Minutes After Steve Bannon Indictment, Jan. 6 Committee Sends Shot Across the Bow to Ex-Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Adam Kklasfeld, Law & Crime
Smartmatic Files ‘Precautionary’ 2020 Election Lawsuit Against Sidney Powell — Just Barely Within Washington, D.C.’s One-Year Statute of Limitations Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Steve Bannon’s Criminal Contempt Indictment Is First of Its Kind in Decades Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Kyrsten Sinema stands up for America’s most embattled class, the single-digit million-dollar earners Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Look at all the white men on the street Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Tree DNA Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Unretouched Photo Taken… Driftglass, at hi blog
Made Men Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
T COULD BE EVEN WORSE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Can You Ban ‘Black Pastors’ From Courtroom? Check Box ‘Yes’ Or ‘No’ Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Joe Manchin Whines Build Back Better’s EV Tax Credit Is Too Nice To Unions Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Vaxxed Anti-Vaxxers Now De-Vaxxing Themselves With The ‘Aztec Secret’ Face Mask Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkete
Tucker Just Asking Why We Can’t Support Mother Russia’s War Efforts Against Ukraine Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Steve Bannon INDICTED, Mark Meadows Flips Off 1/6 Committee, Trump Looks Headed For Brick Wall Liz Dye, Wonkette