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.
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