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
Israel and Egypt sign a peace treaty; Bodies of Heaven’s Gate cult members are found in Calif.; The first U.S. team to win hockey’s Stanley Cup; ‘Funny Girl’ opens on Broadway; Singer Diana Ross born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
Breakfast News
US News
Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming
‘Fuel network’ helps stave off schools’ gas costs — for now
Jury awards $14M to George Floyd protesters in Denver
Alaska air pollution holds clues for other Arctic climates
As NY preps pot market, sales grow on Native American land
High from hemp: States wrestle with chemically made THC
Amazon tries to stave off union drive on two fronts
Louisiana yard’s $19M Navy contract could bring up to $143M
Missouri station offering Russian state radio to listeners
Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood
Feds: Man smuggled 1,700 reptiles from Mexico, Hong Kong
Man touts electric unicycle as answer to high gas prices
New orca listening post installed in Puget Sound
Teen who underwent major brain surgery now a chess master
US Politics
AP Explains: Why the 14th Amendment has surfaced in midterms
Trump returns to Georgia confronting test of his grip on GOP
GOP push for state election reviews mixed, but sows distrust
High court: States must allow prayer, touch in executions
Wisconsin governor asks for swift action on redistricting
Justices reject Texas college official’s claims over censure
Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases
High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case
House leaders call on Nebraska Rep. Fortenberry to resign
House Republicans, bullish on midterms, plot return to power
Campaigns weigh strategy options if Ohio primary is delayed
Jan. 6 committee sets contempt vote for 2 former Trump aides
Report: Justice Thomas’ wife urged overturning 2020 election
International News
Shelled city in north Ukraine fears becoming ‘next Mariupol’
NATO deputy: Putin can’t win his ‘unprovoked, illogical’ war
Ukraine asks Qatar, others to boost energy exports amid war
Ukraine war drives US, EU deal to undercut Russian energy
Atom-smashing CERN lab ratchets up measures against Russia
Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights
Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East Antarctica
Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war
Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthis after Jiddah attack
Iraqi lawmakers fail to elect president for a second time
Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet pope over school abuse
‘Gargantuan task’: Why India’s renewable push will be hard
UK Shark House owner dismayed at getting protected status
Dredging project to deepen Port of Florence, improve access
Sports
Elite Pete! Saint Peter’s tops Purdue, makes 15 seed history
If the shoe fits: Love leads Carolina over UCLA into Elite 8
McGusty, Miami beat Iowa State 70-56 in Sweet 16
Martin scores 23, top-seeded Kansas beats Providence 66-61
Breakfast Blogs
We Have Two Political Parties and One of Them Has Gone Insane Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Legal Case Exposing Russian Spying Operations emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War for Ukraine Update 31: The Second Month Begins Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
One more investigation hits the dustdigby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Perhaps drawn and quartered? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Project Veritas Loses Its Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Because The Truth Is Just As Damning As What CNN Said Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Arizona Legislators Want To Make It Illegal For People To Record Cops From Whatever Cops Decide Is ‘8 Feet Away’ Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Steve Bannon’s Former Accused Co-Conspirators Will Plead Guilty in ‘We Build the Wall’ Case, Prosecutors Reveal Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Court splits 6-3 on the question of whether the President is Commander in Chief Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,053 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Republicans Force Ketanji Brown Jackson (and All of Us) to Live in Their Disturbing Fantasy World The Rude Pundit, at his blog
News From Russia Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
I TAKE A FEW BABY STEPS DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE SteveM., No More Mister Nice Blog
Remember When Hillary And James Comey Conspired To Steal Election From Herself? Trump LOLsuit Remembers! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Ginni Thomas Texts to Mark Meadows Indicate She Is Several Fries Short Of Happy Meal Gary Legum, Wonkette
Is Sarah Palin Running For Congress Or Is This A Cry For Help? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Biden Shitcans Jerk GOP Losers From Fitness Council And They Will Not Shut Up Doktor Zoom, Wonkette