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
President Ronald Reagan is wounded in an assassination attempt; The U.S. reaches a deal with Russia to buy Alaska Territory; Actor James Cagney dies; Musician Eric Clapton born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It’s supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.
Breakfast News
US News
Biden to receive 2nd booster as admin launches COVID.GOV
Nurses: Guilty verdict for dosing mistake could cost lives
California panel OKs reparations limit for slave descendants
California governor rejects parole for Manson family member
Growth slows for endangered Mexican gray wolf population
Braces, sex pills, fake eyeball among bizarre NJ beach trash
Celebrities: Monkeys near Florida airport delight visitors
Flamingo that escaped Kansas zoo in 2005 spotted in Texas
US Politics
Jackson wins GOP vote, nearly assuring Supreme Court seat
GOP’s Senate campaign chief won’t back down from party fight
International News
Live updates: UK’s Johnson backs sanctions until troops go
Russia shells areas in Ukraine where it vowed to scale back
Poland to end Russian oil imports; Germany warns on gas
Number of Ukraine refugees passes worst-case U.N. estimate
Breakfast Blogs
No Worries, This Only Has Implications for the Entire Climate of Europe Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Before John Durham’s Originator-1, There Was a Claimed BGP Hijack emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War for Ukraine Update 35: Today Was Weird Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
He’s not hanging out with Democrats digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Catching ire Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Wisconsin Supreme Court Sees Nothing Wrong With Cops Acquiring Evidence A Court Had Already Suppressed Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Justices Spar in Military Burn Pit Case, Ask Questions About Ukraine, the Vietnam War, and Even Quote Hamilton Lyrics Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
White House Phone Logs Provided to Jan. 6 Committee Contain Unexplained Eight-Hour Gap: Report Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
‘Resign’: AOC Ratchets Up Calls for Impeachment of Justice Thomas After Revelations of His Wife’s Post-Election Texts Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
The core unifying belief of Republican elites is that democracy is bad because it threatens upward wealth distribution Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
We can remember it for you wholesale Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,056 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Bootlick Mick Gets His Beltway Media Earl Scheib… driftglass, at his blog
WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT THEY ALL KNOW THEY’RE LYING TO THEIR OWN VOTER BASE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Kyiv Mayor’s Brother Just Saying Tucker Carlson And Candace Owens Have Blood On Their Hands Evan Hurst, Wonkette
People’s Convoy Leaves DC Without Even Citizen’s Arresting The Mayor Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Oh No, Joe Biden’s Budget Really Gonna Eat The Rich This Time, Get Ready Rich! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
DeSantis Surrounds Himself With Happy Cis White Kids To Celebrate Bill Kicking Everyone Else Liz Dye, Wonkette
Working Class Hero Joe Manchin MIGHT Not Be Entirely On The Up And Up! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette