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
James Marshall finds a gold nugget; Winston Churchill dies; Ted Bundy is executed; Thurgood Marshall dies; John Belushi is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Breakfast News
US News
LA schools to require students to wear non-cloth face masks
Kentucky’s largest school district resuming in-person class
New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment
Taxpayers face overloaded IRS as filing season opens Monday
Youth’s overdose death renews pleas for Narcan in schools
Wildfire along California’s Big Sur forces evacuations
US Politics
Black Democrats in South Carolina giving Biden mixed reviews
Last straw: Fed-up Arizona Democrats censure Sen. Sinema
Virginia’s new AG removes 2 lawyers at public universities
International News
Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels
Beijing district orders mass virus testing ahead of Olympics
Omicron spreads in New Zealand, spoiling PM’s wedding plans
Russia rejects UK claim of trying to replace Ukraine leader
US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount
Taliban talks in Norway raise new debate about recognition
Cruise ship changes course after US judge orders seizure
Security scanners across Europe tied to China govt, military
UAE bans flying of recreational drones after fatal attack
Irish police investigate claim dead man taken to post office
Sports
Ducharme leads No. 9 UConn to 75-57 win over St. John’s
Gay’s 30-yard FG lifts Rams over Brady, Buccaneers 30-27
Forsberg stops 35 shots as Senators beat Blue Jackets 2-1
Breakfast Blogs
Rudy Giuliani’s Cockamamie Scheme Was the Master Thread Through the Labyrinth of Stupid Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Why It Would Be Counterproductive To Appoint a Special Counsel to Investigate January 6 emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Enough With Hobbes And Rousseau Ed Walker, emptywheel
The Forgotten First Year Digby’s Hullabaloo
If only Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,000 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Lincoln Lads Continue Playing Catch-Up driftglass, at his blog
IT’S OKAY TO BE AN UPMARKET ELITIST IF YOU’RE BASHING LIBERALS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog