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
the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy; a searing image from the Vietnam War; Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran, ending years of exile; actor Clark Gable is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
To get it first is important – but more important is to get it right.
Breakfast News
US News
Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes
US gives full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
AP source: US urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 COVID shots
Medical team going to Sierra Vista to battle COVID-19 surge
Mandate to vaccinate New Orleans schoolchildren kicking in
Hackers prey on public schools, adding stress amid pandemic
All-out effort to keep Biden COVID-free; no ‘normal’ yet
Judge rejects plea deal for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery
US federal prisons on lockdown after 2 Texas inmates killed
Officials: Bridge not bad enough to close after inspection
Louisiana expected to get $111M to clean up abandoned wells
US military to appeal Hawaii’s order to drain fuel tanks
Measuring climate change: It’s not just heat, it’s humidity
Fire at fertilizer plant may cause explosion, area evacuated
U.S. braces for another storm days after Northeast walloped by snow, freezing temps
Longest lightning bolt record: 477 miles over 3 states
Teen rejects Elon Musk’s $5,000 offer to shut down jet tracker
US Politics
Biden issues an infrastructure ‘roadmap’ to help spend $1T
White House: No ‘gaming the system’ on Supreme Court pick
FBI chief: Threat from China ‘more brazen’ than ever before
Universal health care bill fails to pass in California
Pritzker to offer relief on groceries, gas, property taxes
Pence’s former chief of staff testifies before Jan. 6 committee
International News
Canada PM tests positive for COVID, rips anti vaccine demo
Boris Johnson says sorry after report slams lockdown parties
Russia, US exchange accusations over Ukraine at UN
Ukraine security chief: Minsk peace deal may create chaos
A Uyghur gets death sentence, as China bans once OK’d books
Celebrations for Year of the Tiger are muted, but bring hope
Israel punishes officers over Palestinian detainee’s death
Canadian Conservative leader faces revolt by his lawmakers
Pregnant New Zealand journalist in Afghanistan can go home
How a group of Irish fishermen forced the Russian Navy into a U-turn
Sports
Akinjo scores 25 points as No. 8 Baylor overcomes WVU 81-77
Curry heats up late to lead Warriors over Rockets 122-108
Maxey leads 76ers past Grizzlies 122-119 in OT minus Embiid
Burks, Fournier lead Knicks to 116-96 win over Kings
Stutzle scores in OT to lift Senators to 3-2 win over Oilers
Matthews scores 3 as Maple Leafs rally past Devils 6-4
Breakfast Blogs
John Durham Suggests April Lorenzen Thinks He Bullied Her emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Three Things: Irish Fish Stew Rayne, emptywheel
FL Dems: A cry for help? Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
Welcome back Joe McCarthy digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Shifty Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Massachusetts Court Says Breathaylzers Are A-OK Less Than Three Months After Declaring Them Hot Garbage Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Governor Inslee Wants To Jail Politicians Who Lie? What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Ilya Shapiro gets suspended for doing one too many racisms Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,006 Erik Loomis, Lawyers,Buns and Money
The Lincoln Project is Holistically Bad at Politics driftglass, at his blog
Moar Impeachment! Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
DESPITE DESPERATE EFFORTS TO PROVE OTHERWISE, IT’S STILL TRUMP’S NOMINATION TO LOSE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Beg Your Pardon, Susan Collins? Michael Mora, Wonkette
Anti-Vaxx ‘Freedom Convoy’ Truckers Harass Ottawa Soup Kitchen For Freedom, Eh Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Newt Gingrich Has Seen ‘Casablanca’ More Than 20 Times But Never Got The Point Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Trump Admits To Attempting To Overthrow The Government. Again. Liz Dye, Wonkette