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
George Wallace is sworn in; United States ratifies a peace treaty with Britain;, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet; Joe DiMaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe get married;Today Show debuts.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.
Breakfast News
US News
Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses
COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages
Biden to double free COVID tests, add masks to fight omicron
NYC mayor considering virtual learning plan for schools
Nevada planning to distribute 600,000 at-home COVID-19 tests
Cyber attack in Albuquerque latest to target public schools
Ohio takes big step by sending body cams to all its prisons
Navient settles predatory student loan claims for $1.85B
RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan will remain in prison
Ohio marijuana legalization campaign adds more signatures
California suspends some disability claims, citing fraud
High-profile Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby indicted
The heat stays on: Earth hits 6th warmest year on record
Bridge proposed along section of slumping Alaska park road
Manatee feeding experiment starts slowly as cold looms
US Politics
Seditious conspiracy: 11 Oath Keepers charged in Jan. 6 riot
Biden nominates 3 to Fed board, including first Black woman
Biden all but concedes defeat on voting, election bills
Twitter, Meta among tech giants subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel
Democrats defeat GOP sanctions on Russian gas pipeline
Beshear pushes for major investments in schools and new jobs
International News
French teachers go on strike over handling of pandemic
China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Olympics
NKorea warns of ‘stronger’ action following new US sanctions
Sports
No. 11 Michigan women beat Penn State for 6th straight time
Pointer carries No. 12 LSU women past Missouri in OT, 87-85
Boston helps South Carolina beat Texas A&M
Smith, Van Lith rally No. 3 Louisville women past Syracuse
No. 13 Wisconsin beats No. 16 Ohio State for 6th win a row
Terry, Jones help DePaul beat No. 20 Seton Hall, 96-92
Antetokounmpo has triple-double, Bucks rip Warriors 118-99
Brandon Ingram has 24 points, Pelicans beat Clippers 113-89
Connor Hellebuyck stops 33 shots, Jets beat Red Wings 3-0
Rask return, Pastrnak hat trick help Bruins beat Flyers 3-2
Stamkos gets 18th goal, Lightning beat Canucks 4-2
Skinner scores twice as Sabres beat Predators 4-1
Breakfast Blogs
A Wisconsin Lawmaker Asked How You Can Stop the Virus When You Can’t See It Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The First Seditious Conspiracy Charges Drop emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
She Chose Poorly Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
Look Who’s Funding the Coup digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Good for her Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Josh Hawley Was The Democrats’ Partner In Trying To Regulate Big Tech; Then The Public Realized He Was A Fascist Mike Masnick, Techdirt
New Washington Law Requires Home Sellers Disclose Lack Of Broadband Access Karl Bode, Techdirt
Pennsylvania Court Reverses Student’s Expulsion Over A Snapchat Post, Reminds School Students Still Have Rights Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Green shoots Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Innumeracy and COVID Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Museum of Conservative Civilization driftglass, at hi blog
Sinemascope Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD DO ABOUT THE 2024 DEBATES, AND WHAT THEY’LL PROBABLY DO Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Demotes Brother To Slightly Less Lucrative Crony Position Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Might Be Fake Trump ‘Electors’ Time In The Barrel Liz Dye, Wonkette
Paul Manafort Wants A Redemption Tour? F*ck Off, Let’s Talk About His Russian Spy BFF Some More Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Florida Man Victim Of Road Rage Shoot-Out He Started Doktor Zom, Wonkette