The Breakfast Club (Student Of Stupidity)

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 Civil War’s Battle of Fort Donelson; the Georgia crematory case; John Demjanjuk goes on trial; America’s first 911 call; and the NHL scraps the rest of its season.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

P. J. Oroarke (November 14, 1947 – February 15, 2022)

I am a student of stupidity. I am a political reporter.

P. J. O’Rourke

Breakfast News

US News

Companies revert to more normal operations as COVID wanes

US approves new headlights that won’t blind oncoming drivers

Saved pollution credits may hinder California climate goals

US could see a century’s worth of sea rise in just 30 years

Entangled humpback whale cleared of marine debris off Maui

US Politics

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle

Senate GOP delays votes on Raskin and 4 other Fed nominees

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more in fake GOP electors scheme

For high court nominees ‘When’s your birthday?’ matters

GOP-controlled Arizona Senate passes 15-week abortion ban

Typo sends drivers in Florida to Trump 2024 merch website

International News

S. Korea to give out rapid tests as omicron shatters record

As Canada protests persist, so do challenges for Trudeau

Russia makes moves to ease Ukraine tensions; West skeptical

Risk of a Ukraine war spreading in Europe rests on unknowns

A stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in US

Sports

Hall leads 1-2 US finish in Olympic ski slopestyle event

Vescovi, Chandler lead No. 16 Vols over No. 4 Kentucky 76-63

Gillespie nets 33, No. 10 Villanova beats No. 8 Friars 89-84

After Coach K’s exit, No. 9 Duke edges Wake Forest 76-74

Suns get 6th straight victory, beating Clippers 103-96

Towns scores 39, Wolves beat Hornets 126-120 in overtime

Giannis pours in 50 to lead Bucks past Pacers 128-119

Crosby scores 500th, Penguins rally past Flyers 5-4 in OT

Tarasenko nets 2 goals, Blues top Senators 5-2

Breakfast Blogs

Put John Durham’s Probe on the Shelf Next to Whitewater and Benghazi Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Donald Trump Suggested Michael Sussmann Should Be Killed because Rodney Joffe “Spied” on Barack Obama emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

The Insights of Kandiaronk Ed Walker, emptywheel

Now do Fox News… Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice

The Right’s Latest Hissy Fit digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Of in-groups and out-groups Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Some Senators Are Freaking Out Because The White House Is Pitching Some Extremely Minor Police Reforms Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Managed democracy and the scandal of what’s legal Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Populism people hate Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and money

Controlling The Narrative Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,021 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

You Come Here, You Drink Trump Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

THE GREAT MAN THEORY OF NATIONAL DECLINE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog