The Breakfast Club (Power Of Music)

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

Bomb attack on Madrid’s commuter trains; Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic found dead; Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union; General Douglas MacArthur leaves Philippines in WWII.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Complete strangers can stand silent next to each other in an elevator and not even look each other in the eye. But at a concert, those same strangers could find themselves dancing and singing together like best friends. That’s the power of music.

LZ Granderson

Breakfast News

US News

‘Scum of the earth’: Drug victims face Purdue Pharma owners

IRS plans to hire 10,000 workers to relieve massive backlog

New Mexico terror trial in limbo years after compound raid

Some minority groups missed at higher rate in 2020 US census

Iditarod mushers taking break at race’s halfway point

US Politics

Biden to Dems: Sell agenda with ‘confidence’ and ‘clarity’

US extends mask rule for travel while weighing new approach

Judge: Legal filing by Durham team created a ‘sideshow’

Senate gives final approval to Ukraine aid, huge budget bill

GOP senators urge Biden to send Polish warplanes to Ukraine

Pence meets far-right Israelis on West Bank holy site tour

International News

Live updates: U.S. House approves Russia oil import ban bill

Fields, Keys lead Cowgirls past Tech 74-58 in Big 12 opener

UNLV women beat Colorado State, win first MWC tourney title

No. 23 FGCU women shoot past Stetson in A-Sun semis 82-67

No. 25 UCF women clamp down on SMU 61-28 in AAC semifinal

Russians keep pressure on Mariupol; massive convoy breaks up

EU united on Ukraine, but won’t offer fast-track membership

US colleges cut partnerships, financial ties with Russia

Kim seeks to expand launch pad amid worry about ICBM firing

Sports

West Virginia women roll past TCU 68-48 in Big 12 tournament

Coles leads No. 20 UConn past Seton Hall to Big East semis

Slater clutch, No. 8 Villanova rallies past St. John’s 66-65

No. 2 Arizona outlasts Stanford 84-80 in Pac-12 quarters

No. 7 Duke surges late to hold off Syracuse 88-79 in ACC

Texas Tech routs Iowa State 72-41 in Big 12 quarterfinals

No. 25 UNC cruises past Virginia 63-43 into ACC semifinals

No. 23 Colorado State ekes by Utah State in MWC quarters

NC Central breezes past UMES 68-56 in MEAC quarterfinals

No. 13 UCLA beats Washington State 75-65 in Pac-12 quarters

Richmond gets past Rhode Island 64-59 in A10 tournament

Sabres beat Golden Knights 3-1 in Eichel’s return to Buffalo

David Pastrnak breaks late tie, Bruins beat Blackhawks 4-3

Lee has 1st hat trick as Islanders beat Blue Jackets 6-0

Josh Norris scores in overtime, Senators beat Kraken 4-3

Bear, Aho, Raanta help Hurricanes beat Avalanche 2-0

Duchene’s two goals, assist lead Predators over Ducks 4-1

Thomas scores twice as Blues beat Rangers 6-2

Wild beat Red Wings in a shootout, 6-5

Connor scores 35th, Comrie makes 33 saves, Jets beat Devils

Bear breaks late tie, Hurricanes beat Avalanche 2-0

Breakfast Blogs

I’d Like to Thank Republican State Legislatures for Taking Us Back to the Buchanan Administration Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Enrique Tarrio Gets His Chance to Fit In or Fuck Off emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Update 16: The Ukrainians Are Still Holding, the Russians Are Quickly Escalating Their Agitprop and Demands, & Marking Some Beliefs To Market Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Anything goes in Trump’s GOP digby aka Heather Digby PArton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

“They’re not haters. They’re people who are threatening to hurt and rape me for having a goddamn opinion.” – Blaire Erskine Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Democracy needs citizens not profit generators Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

First Amendment Group Tells Appeals Court University Officials Shouldn’t Have Access To Qualified Immunity Tim Cushing, Techdirt

How Tracking Someone’s Movements Can Make Them Look Guilty, Even When They’re Not Mike masnick, Techdirt

Judge Chides Durham Team for Putting Extraneous ‘Information’ in Court Documents: ‘You Folks Have an Audience of One, and That’s Me’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

Lord Haw-Haw says only a fool or Frenchman would deny that Nazi-dominated Ukrainian government has deadly bioweapons Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Census massively undercounts Blacks and Hispanics; seriously overcounts non-Hispanic whites paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

A Semi-Fair Congressional Map In Spite Of Ourselves Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

On Propaganda Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

IMAGINE HOW DELUSIONAL YOU HAVE TO BE TO BELIEVE YOUR PARTY COULD BE SAVED BY MIKE PENCE’S BRAVERY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Conservatives Really Doubling Down On This ‘LGBTQ People Are Child-Molesting Groomers’ Thing Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

If Russia Uses Biological Weapons, These Helpful Americans Will Blame It On Ukraine Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Republicans Gear Up For Bullsh*t Attacks On Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Media Gears Up To Help Them. Liz Dye, Wonkette

Democrats Might Just Save Liz Cheney … So, Hooray? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Crook Bastard Nonprofits Took Pandemic Money, Put Fraud On Minnesota Food Programs, Allegedly. Doktor Zoom, Wonkette