The Breakfast Club (Private Wants)

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

Malcolm X assassinated; President Richard Nixon visits China; Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart makes a tearful confession; Steve Fossett is the first to fly across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.

Barbara Jordan

Breakfast News

US News

US virus cases, hospitalizations continue steady decline

School accused of racial discrimination over COVID protocols

Rents reach ‘insane’ levels across US with no end in sight

Some school systems pause diversity programs amid pushback

‘Irreversible’: No easy fix for water fouled by gas driller

FDA: Do not use recalled infant formulas tied to infections

MassDOT busy retrieving traffic cones tossed into river

Investor pushes McDonald’s to change the way it buys pork

Huge opal sells for nearly $144,000 at Alaska auction

Cold front to bring light rain, snow and wind to California

French Quarter Festival returns after two-year COVID hiatus

Michigan woman turning 100 adds another tattoo

US Politics

In GOP embrace of truckers, some see racist double standard

Race excluded as WH rolls out climate justice screening tool

Dems, GOP set inflation, COVID mandates as election themes

International News

Canada’s protests settle down, but could echo in politics

US claims Russia has ordered final preparations for invasion

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls on Putin to meet as tensions soar

Brazil’s deadly mudslides reflect neglect, climate change

Ethiopia starts partial power generation from Blue Nile dam

IAEA reviews water release from damaged Japan nuclear plant

Australia welcomes back tourists with toy koalas, Tim Tams

Pompeii: Rebirth of Italy’s dead city that nearly died again

Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for COVID; mild symptoms

GOP state lawmaker sues over state Capitol mask requirements

Sports

Williams leads No. 10 UConn to 90-49 rout of Georgetown

No. 2 Stanford women rally to beat Oregon 66-62.

Boston ties SEC mark, No. 1 Gamecocks top Lady Vols 67-53

No. 11 LSU women top No. 17 Florida, now alone in 2nd in SEC

No. 3 Louisville cruises past No. 23 Virginia Tech 70-56

No. 9 Michigan takes Big Ten lead with win over Maryland

Spencer scores 23 to carry Loyola (Md.) past Lehigh 69-42

Ohams lifts Fordham over George Mason 50-47

Shesterkin, Rangers edge Senators 2-1

Barkov leads Panthers to 5-2 victory over Blackhawks

Hammond lead Canadiens past Islanders in 3-2 shootout win

Canes edge Penguins 4-3 in top Metropolitan Division matchup

Britain wins Olympic women’s curling gold 10-3 over Japan

Cindric wins Daytona 500 to celebrate Penske’s 85th birthday

Breakfast Blogs

Turning a City Into Pit Road at Daytona—But With Big Rigs—Is Not Good for Anyone’s Quality of Life Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

American Patriots Deleting Presidential Records: Ivanka’s Destruction of Evidence about an Ongoing Conspiracy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

About the latest “scandal” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hulabaloo

All hell will break loose Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

MAGA media tried desperately to portray a fringe protest as a massive popular uprising Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Pandemics end when people no longer care Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,026 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

When The Zone is Already Flooded: Part I driftglass, at his blog

For the Record: I Say It’s Spinach Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

THE NEW TWO-PARTY SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO OUR HORSERACE-OBSESSED PRESS: REPUBLICANS VS. REPUBLICANS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog