The Breakfast Club (Teamwork)

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

President George W. Bush warns terrorists still threaten United States; bomb rocks an abortion clinic in Birmingham; “The Raven” is first published; Ty Cobb named hall of famer; Oprah Winfrey is born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain’t nothin’ can beat teamwork.

Edward Abbey

Breakfast News

US News

Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave

Governor kept mum amid conflicting accounts of deadly arrest

Kyle Rittenhouse gun from Kenosha shootings to be destroyed

Pittsburgh bridge collapses, drops city bus into ravine

East Coast buttons up ahead of snow; Boston could get 2 feet

Sales soar for ‘Maus’ after its banning in Tennessee

Getting an F: Alabama city’s new logo stirs strong feelings

US judge won’t rein in federal wild horse roundup in Nevada

Willow Biden joins long and varied line of White House pets

US Politics

Trump facing legal, political headwinds as he eyes comeback

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas fake Trump electors in 7 states

Biden visits collapsed bridge, touts infrastructure law

Court throws Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law into doubt

Supreme Court pick holds import for Black women in the law

International News

Austin says Putin now has full range of options in Ukraine

No peace in Myanmar 1 year after military takeover

South America squid left exposed amid surge in China fishing

Sports

Bridges, Hornets hold off short-handed Lakers, 117-114

Antetokounmpo has big game, Bucks beat Knicks 123-108

Wild edge Rangers 3-2 to spoil Lundqvist jersey retirement

Bruins win 17th straight over Coyotes 2-1

Capitals beat Stars, former teammate Holtby 5-0

Breakfast Blogs

Don’t Be Senator Roscoe Conkling. Don’t Go Out in the Bomb Cyclone. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Some Strategic Concerns To Keep In Mind as Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine Unfolds Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

John Durham Flew to Italy to Get Joseph Mifsud’s Blackberries But Never Walked Across DOJ to Obtain James Baker’s Phones emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Tucker’s Propaganda Program digby aka Heather Digby parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Are you next? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Georgia Sees Florida & Texas Social Media Laws Go Down In 1st Amendment Flames And Decides… ‘Hey, We Should Do That Too’ Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Biden Praises Right To Repair, As John Deere Hit With Two Fresh Repair Lawsuits Karl Bode, Techdirt

The cruelty and unusual is the point Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Just like the flu Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

One More Time: Nearly Every Parent Is Too Fucking Dumb to Decide on School Curriculum The Rude Pundit, at his blog

NO, THE PROBLEM ISN’T EMOTIONAL GIVING BY INDIVIDUAL DEMOCRATIC DONORS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Pennsylvania Court Decides Mail-In Voting Is Illegal Now That Democrats Are Doing It Liz Dye, Wonkette

Oh Look, DEEP DISARRAY RIFTS In Wisconsin GOP! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Freedom-Loving Group Confiscates 16 Books From School Library, For Freedom Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette