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!
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
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