The Breakfast Club (Human Possibilities)

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

Iconic photo captured in Iwo Jima; Persian Gulf War begins in Kuwait; Scottish scientists clone first mammal; Stan Laurel dies; Carlos Santana wins 8 Grammy awards.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!

W. E. B. Du Bois

Breakfast News

US News

People with Covid-19 may face long-term cardiovascular complications, study says

COVID-19 shots unlikely to prompt rare inflammation in kids

Arbery killers convicted of federal hate crimes in his death

Jury seated in trial related to Breonna Taylor’s shooting

Gunman charged with killing protester in Portland, Oregon

US Navy: 4 die in Hawaii crash of contractor’s helicopter

Environmentalists lose appeal to halt Arizona uranium mine

Beekeepers using tracking devices to protect precious hives

New Hampshire reaches $25M deal with Monsanto over PCBs

Big ol’ treehouse creates backyard battle royal on Seacoast

US Politics

Biden halts oil, gas leases amid legal fight on climate cost

Pentagon expected to OK National Guard for DC truck convoys

Florida GOP ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances in House

Anti-unemployment fraud measures in California face scrutiny

Maryland board votes to let local schools decide on masks

Murkowski concerned with how court may rule in abortion case

Biden interviews trio of candidates for Supreme Court

Biden agency vacancies to drag on White House priorities

Proposal to nix derogatory term targets hundreds of US sites

GOP senator’s call for all Americans to pay income tax sparks criticism from White House

High court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples

Supreme Court officially ends Trump’s recent legal fight to block document turnover to January 6 probe

Donald Trump’s DNA, not deposition sought in defamation suit

International News

WHO: New COVID cases fall for the 3rd week, deaths also drop

Hong Kong orders mandatory COVID-19 tests for all residents

Dubai airport is busiest for global travel as virus persists

The Latest: Japan sanctions Russia, separatist Ukraine areas

Biden, Putin signal bigger confrontation ahead over Ukraine

West hits back with sanctions for Russia’s Ukraine actions

Tonga’s internet finally restored 5 weeks after big eruption

UN ends Iraq’s requirement to pay victims of Kuwait invasion

India sends wheat to Afghanistan after deal with Pakistan

Biden wants to cut into China’s electric battery dominance

Ukraine crisis jolts Europe to push for secure energy supply

‘Superbly preserved’ pterosaur fossil unearthed in Scotland

Archaeologists find 9,000-year-old shrine in Jordan desert

Queen still has mild COVID symptoms, cancels online meetings

Sports

Cole’s drive, defense lift No. 21 UConn over No. 8 Villanova

Murray scores 28 as No. 25 Iowa beats Michigan State 86-60

No. 18 Arkansas stays hot, gets 1st win at Florida since ’95

Chandler paces No. 17 Tennessee in 80-61 rout of Missouri

No. 9 Texas Tech wins 20th home game in a row, 66-42 over OU

Flagler scores 29, leads No. 10 Baylor past Oklahoma State

No. 12 UCLA avoids late collapse, beats Arizona State 66-52

Tarasenko breaks tie in 3rd, Blues beat skidding Flyers 4-1

Blue Jackets top Toronto 4-3 on Laine OT goal

Predators beat Panthers 6-4, end 4-game losing streak

Breakfast Blogs

The Curious Case of Ginni Thomas Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Judge Mehta Observes that Roger Stone’s Role on January 6 “May Prove Significant in Discovery” emptyweel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Rick Scott’s Radical Republican Manifesto Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice

What He Wants digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

“This is nonsense.” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Massachusetts Court Says No Expectation Of Privacy In Social Media Posts Unwittingly Shared With An Undercover Cop Tim Cushing, Techdirt

US Copyright Office Gets It Right (Again): AI-Generated Works Do Not Get A Copyright Monopoly Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Former President Trump’s Legal Team Struggles in Court in Quest to Countersue E. Jean CarrollFormer President Trump’s Legal Team Struggles in Court in Quest to Countersue E. Jean Carroll Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Sotomayor Says ‘Courts Must Step In’ to Protect Constitutional Rights, Urges N.Y. to End Policy of ‘Indefinite Incarceration’ for Sex Offenders Who Served Their Time Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Supreme Court Justices Don’t Appear Ready to Allow Native American Tribe to Run Bingo Games on Reservation Land Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of Christian Web Designer Who Claims She’s Being ‘Forced’ by State Government to Promote Same-Sex Marriage Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to MAGA fascists Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Fascists aren’t less fascist when they use the word “God” a lot Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,028 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The GOP Put Out “An 11-Point Plan to Save America” and It’s Hysterical Hysteria The Rude Pundit, at his blog

Campaign For Nonvoters Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

IF McCONNELL DISAPPROVED OF RICK SCOTT’S NEO-BIRCHER AGENDA, IT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN RELEASED Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Florida Legislators Find A Way To Make ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Even Crueler Liz Dye, Wonkette

‘Fox & Friends’ Idiot Pretty Sure The Russia And The Ukraine Just Like Benghazi Because … Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Jenna Ryan An Ass, Also Not Wrong: Incarcerated People Should Have Cell Phones Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

No, White Dudes, We’re Not Making Culture Wars ‘Concessions’ To Bigots Stephen Robinson, Wonkette