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
Iran releases American hostages; Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy inaugurated as President.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
Breakfast News
US News
Prior infection, vaccines provide best protection from COVID
Starbucks nixes vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling
Biden to give away 400 million N95 masks starting next week
US begins offering 1B free COVID tests, but many more needed
Biden says nation weary from COVID but rising with him in WH
Airlines cancel some flights after reduced 5G rollout in US
Mining co. drops rights to watershed in preservation step
Army Corps to spend $732M on Mississippi River lock upgrade
Missouri Highway Patrol mistakenly sends Batman-themed alert
Celeb-heavy Los Angeles suburb gets tough on water wasters
US Politics
Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster
Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents
What comes next in New York’s investigation of Donald Trump
Biden blasts GOP as lacking a message heading into midterms
U.S. Supreme Court asked to hear Confederate statue case
WA House passes pause to long-term care program and tax
International News
WHO counts 18 million virus cases last week as omicron slows
UK lifts COVID restrictions, says omicron wave ‘has peaked’
Biden predicts Russia will invade Ukraine, warns Putin
Russia says it will take nothing less but NATO expansion ban
First aid flights leave for Tonga after big volcano eruption
UK’s Johnson defies calls to quit as ouster bid gathers pace
N. Korea slams US, hints at resuming nuclear, ICBM tests
Germany criticizes Czech tycoon’s 257 mph Autobahn ride
Rare, pristine coral reef found off Tahiti coast
Sports
Lewis buries late 3 to send Marquette past Villanova 57-54
Walker rallies Oklahoma State past TCU 57-56
No. 12 Kentucky withstands test from Aggies in 64-58 win
Curry returns to help Louisville top Boston College 67-54
Embiid ties career high with 50 points, 76ers beat Magic
Nets hold off Wizards’ rally, beat Washington 119-118
DeRozan, Vucevic lead way as Bulls hold off Cavs 117-104
Short-handed Heat pull away late, top Trail Blazers 104-92
Murray has triple-double as Spurs roll past Thunder, 118-96
Giannis leads Bucks past short-handed Grizzlies, 126-114
Rangers use 3-goal third period to blow past Maple Leafs 6-3
Breakfast Blogs
These New Details About the ‘Peaceful Tourists’ Who Visited the Capitol Are Incredibly Dark Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
“HOLD. THE. LINE!!!” DOJ’s Late Research into Brandon Straka’s Grift emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Party ID Hysterics digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
No indictment too soon Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
DirecTV Finally Dumps OAN, Limiting The Conspiracy And Propaganda Channel’s Reach Karl Bode, Techdirt
In Campaign Finance Case, Justices Alito and Thomas Liken Sen. Ted Cruz to Aggrieved Black Man in Plessy v. Ferguson Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Against complacency on voting rights Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Predator Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 997 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Today’s Never Trump Moment of Zen driftglass, at his blog
Marco Rubio’s Caramel Macchiato Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THAT POLL DOESN’T SAY WHAT MATT YGLESIAS THINKS IT SAYS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Family Gets Late Night Love Note From New York Attorney General Liz Dye, Wonkette
Florida Takes Its Turn On ‘Please Don’t Make White People Uncomfortable’ Bandwagon Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Yesterday In Labor History: The Goddamn Pinkertons Erik Loomis, Wonkette
Let’s Assume, Just For The Moment, That Joe Manchin Is A Dishonest Man Stephen Robinson, Wonkette