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
World War II’s Battle of Stalingrad ends; Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda; author James Joyce born; dancer-actor-coreographer Gene Kelly dies; punk rocker Sid Vicious dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
Breakfast News
US News
Minority women most affected if abortion is banned, limited
Asian Americans mark Lunar New Year amid ongoing hate crimes
Native American tribes reach $590 million opioid settlement
Food delivery workers, ride-share drivers demand more rights
‘UCLA classes to resume after lecturer arrested over threats
Tennessee community college suffers ransomware attack
6 more counties switch to regional driver licensing offices
Winter storm brings freezing rain, snow to wide swath of US
Dry January means less water than normal in California snow
US Politics
Biden aims to reduce cancer deaths by 50% over next 25 years
New N. Carolina state House member replaces veteran Fisher
Utah, home of conservative Trump critics, hosts GOP meeting
International News
New turning point? More countries easing COVID restrictions
Virus enters Tonga along with disaster aid, lockdown planned
Italy military chaplain hits back at vaccine-mandate critic
Too many masks: WHO cites glut of waste from COVID response
Beijing says COVID-19 situation ‘controllable,’ ‘safe’
Putin accuses US, allies of ignoring Russian security needs
As Russia tensions boil, US farmer remains jailed in Ukraine
Millions at risk as drought threatens the Horn of Africa
France to decide soon on military’s future in Mali
Lebanon’s taxi, bus and van drivers block roads in protest
Iran state TV streaming site targeted with dissident message
Inflation in 19 countries using the euro hits another record
UAE welcomes Somali apology for seized cash, easing dispute
Sports
No. 14 Texas Tech wins 77-64 over Beard and No. 23 Texas
No. 15 Providence holds off St John’s 86-82 for 6th straight
Suns roll to 11th straight victory, beat Nets 121-111
Breakfast Blogs
We Thought We Were Lucky the American Fascists Were Incompetent. But Even They Came Close.Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Tom Barrack Suggests He Can’t Be Prosecuted Because It Didn’t Happen Early Enough To Be Obstructed emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The right wing and its ideological allies digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Government is not the only thing Republicans want to drown in their bathtubs Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Senators’ ‘Myths & Facts’ About EARN IT Is Mostly Myths, Not Facts Mike Masnick, Techdirt
George W. Bush Appointee Becomes Seventh District Judge to Reject Motion to Dismiss Jan. 6 Obstruction Charge Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Let them guitars blast for Joni and Neil Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Canada anti-vax protests Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,007 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
You Say You Miss The Comforting, Toxic Myopia of 2010 David Brooks-Brand False Equivalence? driftglas, at his blog
IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A REPUBLICAN MISCALCULATION TO ME Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Black Students Threatened With Bombs, But GOP Knows A Black Woman Justice Is The Greatest Threat Of All Liz Dye, Wonkette
Is There A Michigan Crazy Person Who ISN’T Running Against Gretchen Whitmer? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Bari Weiss CANNOT BELIEVE YOU PEOPLE! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Comic Book Guy Sends Free Copies Of ‘Maus’ To TN Kids. That’s How You Beat Nazis! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette