The Breakfast Club (Preparation)

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

Rodney King beaten in Los Angeles; Inventor Alexander Graham Bell born; ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ becomes the U.S. national anthem; ‘Time’ first hits newsstands; Steve Fossett’s non-stop global flight.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Alexander Graham Bell

Breakfast News

US News

New Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation

Missouri bill would allow hospital visitors during pandemics

Buttigieg tells states to consider safety for road projects

Child marriage becomes a legal loophole in custody fights

Checking in? Notorious hotel the setting of high court case

Dylann Roof takes church shooting appeal to US Supreme Court

Judge blocks Texas investigation of trans teen’s parents

Nurses at Providence hospital vote to unionize by 2-1 margin

No more extra credit? Schools rethink approaches to grades

Moose killed after attacking Maine teen’s dog sled team

Aroostook County to have dedicated courthouse therapy dog

Quills and thrills as prodigious porcupine puppet unveiled

US Politics

Biden, Cabinet fan out around nation to sell domestic agenda

Jan. 6 panel claims Trump engaged in ‘criminal conspiracy’

Manchin fans faint hopes for stalled social, climate bill

Florida GOP’s 15-week abortion ban nears final passage

Utah to scrap body measurements from transgender sports bill

Judge blocks NY’s bid to shutter NRA, but lawsuit continues

US House ‘staunchly, proudly’ passes resolution for Ukraine

Texas still working through rejected ballots after primary

Lawyers ask US justices not to block new NC Congress map

US Rep. Van Taylor drops Texas reelection bid, admits affair

International News

‘A blitzkrieg’: Ukraine’s volunteer fighters brace for more

Russians start feeling the heat of Ukraine war sanctions

Refugee count tops 1 million; Russians besiege Ukraine ports

Ukrainian maternity ward moves to basement for shelter

Higher oil prices push Sri Lanka into deeper economic crisis

Australia fully open to travel as last state reopens border

US returns billionaire’s plundered artifacts to Jordan

Sports

Kalkbrenner takes over, Bluejays hold off No. 18 UConn 64-62

Gilgeous-Alexander, Roby lead Thunder by Nuggets, 119-107

Maryland beats Gophers despite Battle’s 39 points, 84-73

Harden shines in Philly home debut with 26 points vs Knicks

Holiday’s basket caps huge rally as Bucks stun Heat 120-119

Women’s World Cup to begin amid COVID threat, changing times

Breakfast Blogs

The Key to Biden’s State of the Union Was in the Scenes After He Finished Speaking Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

It’s Official: January 6 Was Sedition emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Three Things: Part 2 — Russia’s Idiosyncratic Military Deployment [UPDATE-1] Rayne, emptywheel

The War For Ukraine Update 8: We Need To Talk About Policy, Strategy, & the Rapidly Changing Strategic, Operational, & Tactical Picture in Ukraine Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Emperor Joe extends a hand digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

A taste of its own medicine Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

After Going Bankrupt For Underinvesting In Fiber, Frontier Communications Pretends It Has Seen The Light Karl Bode, Law & Crime

Russia Follows Up Ukraine Invasion By Demanding US Social Media Companies Stop Fact-Checking Russian Government Content Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Very, Very Bad Ideas: Ukraine Asks ICANN To Disconnect Russia From The Internet Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Supreme Court Justices Spar over Whether Border Patrol Agents Can Be Sued for Violating the Constitutional Rights of American Citizens Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

COVID update Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

One of Robert Heinlein’s Worst Ideas driftglass, at his blog

If You Want to Sit on a Hedgehog You Should Keep Your Pants on. And Other Lessons of Ukrainian History Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

TO REPUBLICANS, THE UNDERDOGS ARE ALWAYS THE OVERDOGS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Grown-Up Tough Guy Ron DeSantis Stands Up To Masked High School Bullies, Doesn’t Even Start To Cry Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Juror Who Jeopardized Ghislaine Maxwell Guilty Verdict Makes Belated Decision To STFU Liz Dye, Wonkette

Indiana Anti-CRT Bill Fails, Thanks To ‘Balanced’ Teaching About Nazis Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Arizona GOP Passes Another ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Voter Suppression Bill Stephen Robinson, Wonkette