The Breakfast Club (Discover)

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

he U.S. battleship Maine explodes in Havana harbor, bringing America closer to war with Spain; The Soviet Union’s last troops leave Afghanistan; Astronomer Galileo and suffragist Susan B. Anthony born

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

Arthur C. Clarke

Breakfast News

US News

Unvaccinated medical workers turn to religious exemptions

US bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert

Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington

Council candidate accused of trying to kill would-be mayor

Mexico scientist pleads guilty to spying for Russia in Miami

Regulators won’t let Boeing certify new 787 jets for flight

Missouri lawmaker’s narcotics license placed on probation

West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years

Man accused of lifting $25K dinosaur claw at Tucson gem show

Climate grant illustrates growth in philanthropy-funded news

Current event: Boat launched by US students lands in Norway

US Politics

Pentagon: Contractor mergers hurt national security, economy

Pressure mounts on Congress to curb lawmaker stock trading

Accounting firm: Trump financial statements aren’t reliable

NY Rep. Rice won’t seek reelection, 30th House Dem to retire

GOP positions to grab left-leaning Nashville in US House map

US accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda

San Francisco votes on city’s scandal-plagued school board

Lawmakers approve $10k raises for many New Mexico teachers

South Bend council OKs tax abatements for 2 hydroponic farms

Utah senator drops opposition, internment camp bill advances

International News

S. Korean COVID deaths rise, hope rests on high booster rate

WHO Europe warns of COVID rise in east, like Russia, Ukraine

Canada’s Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell protests

Zimbabwe to stop paying unvaccinated government workers

With COVID rules eased, Barcelona embraces festival’s return

Official: Canadian police chief resigns amid criticism

Russia shows some troops leaving near Ukraine, seeks talks

Cyberattack hits Ukrainian government sites, major banks

Kremlin critic Navalny faces new trial, this time in prison

Spanish fishing boat sinks off Canada; 4 dead, 17 missing

Six months of Taliban: Afghans safer, poorer, less hopeful

DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks

UN to finalize science report on how warming hits home hard

Stonehenge through the ages: Exhibit brings builders to life

Sports

Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Tuesday, Feb. 15

Breakfast Blogs

The Durham Report Is Vague Enough to Be Useful Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

“Fill the Silence:” On Obstruction, Listen to DOJ and Merrick Garland emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Mazars to Trump Org: You’re Fired! Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice

Who’s driving the GOP bus? digby, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Too much in our headsTom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo