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
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala. 146 people were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York. Aretha Franklin, Elton John born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
Breakfast News
US News
Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6
Nebraska gives initial OK to $1B pandemic spending plan
Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopes
US plan aims to end racial, ethnic bias in home appraisals
Sacramento teachers strike as Minneapolis walkout continues
Powell: Digital currencies will require new regulations
Suit filed over threat to ban Native Americans from hotel
Louisiana twister carved destruction in mere moments
EXPLAINER: Why South gets more killer tornadoes at night
California car owners could get up to $800 for gas
Officials: Florida manatees eat ‘every scrap’ in food trial
US Politics
Jackson seems headed for confirmation despite GOP darts
Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps
California governor signs law that makes abortions cheaper
Idaho governor signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law
GOP push against ballot drop boxes hits rural places, too
Vetoes show lack of GOP lockstep on transgender sports bans
High court rejects case of Christian group, bisexual lawyer
High court won’t say whether Thomas remains hospitalized
Greitens accusations revive GOP worries about Senate bids
Ex-prosecutor: Trump ‘guilty of numerous felony violations’
Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies
International News
Live updates: Britain giving Ukraine thousands more missiles
NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine
US finds Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine
Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe
Poland orders expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying
IRS unit gets no funds to enforce sanctions on rich Russians
New Zealand to remove pandemic mandates as omicron wanes
Dutch publisher pulls Anne Frank betrayal book amid critique
Simba the lion, wolf safely evacuated from war-torn Ukraine
Sports
New York City to allow unvaccinated athletes play home games
Breakfast Blogs
The Supreme Court Used What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act to Further Damage Voting Rights. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Paul Manafort Prevented from Flying to Dubai emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
And Three More Things: Day Three The Well-Qualified K. B. J. [UPDATE-1] Rayne, emptywheel
Carlo Graziani on the War in Ukraine: Get Real WaterGirl, Balloon Juice
The Ivermectin hoax digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Not the defense of democracy we imagined Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Qualified Immunity Denied To Officer Who Tased Man In The Genitals Tim Cushing, Techdirt
White House Urges Companies To Protect Data From Russian Hacks With Encryption; While Congress Looks To Effectively Outlaw Encryption Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Tells Ted Cruz It’s Her ‘Plan’ to Recuse Herself from Pending Harvard Affirmative Action Case Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
As Sotomayor Blasts Court for Throwing Out Wisconsin Redistricting Maps, Legal Experts Say Conservative Majority May ‘Gut’ Voting Rights Act Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Donald Trump Committed ‘Numerous Felony Violations’ That Could Be Proven ‘Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,’ Resigning Prosecutor Told Manhattan DA Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Roberts Court: the 14th Amendment and Voting Rights Act require the representation of Black voters to be reduced Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Election fraud just means the wrong people are winning elections Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,050 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Borkity, Bork, Bork, Bork! driftglass, at his blog
THEY’RE GOING TO PUT US IN CAMPS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
UT Gov Spencer Cox Takes Radical Position That Trans Kids Are Human And Adults Shouldn’t Bash Them Liz Dye, Wonkette
GOP Sen. Mike Braun Suggested Overturning Loving v. Virginia And We’re Never Letting Him Forget It Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Congress Can Make Those Weirdass New Postal Trucks Electric, So Do That, Congress! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette