The Breakfast Club (The Best Work)

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

The Boston Massacre; Winston Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech; The Soviet Union’s dictator Josef Stalin dies; Comedian John Belushi found dead; Country singer Patsy Cline killed in a plane crash

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Breakfast News

US News

Strong job growth points to COVID’s fading grip on economy

Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy

Amtrak engineer acquitted in 2015 derailment that killed 8

For families, $6B deal with OxyContin maker is just a start

Inmates leaving gangs, stripping tats for jobs, better lives

Hawaii suspends Russian oil imports after Ukraine invasion

As planet warms, less ice covering North American lakes

Massive Hawaii taro root could be largest ever harvested

For whom the bell rolls: Paul Revere chime returns home

US Politics

White House disavows Graham’s call for Putin assassination

Pence hits Trump: No room in GOP for ‘apologists for Putin’

Voter turnout sagging in troubled voting rights hub of Selma

Witness: Jan. 6 rioter wanted to remove ‘corrupt’ lawmakers

Utah governor says he’ll veto transgender youth sports ban

Florida Senate passes GOP election police bill

Courts give conflicting orders on asylum limits at border

International News

Live updates: UN council to meet on humanitarian situation

Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm

Ukrainian drone enthusiasts sign up to repel Russian forces

Russia cracks down on dissenting media, blocks Facebook

China cuts economic growth goal as it tries to reverse slump

North Korea fires ballistic missile in extension of testing

Life in South Asia returns to normal as COVID cases decline

Sports

No. 2 Stanford cruises past Buffs, 71-45, into Pac 12 final

Harden helps Miami women stun No. 4 Louisville in ACCs

No. 18 Lady Vols rout Alabama 74-59 in SEC quarterfinals

Howard scores 26, Kentucky beats No. 6 LSU in SEC quarters

Antetokounmpo scores 34 points, Bucks beat Bulls 118-112

Towns, Reid score 20, lead Timberwolves past Thunder 138-101

Cousins leads in Jokic’s absence, Nuggets beat Rockets

Tyrese Maxey helps 76ers beat Cavaliers for 5th straight win

Svechnikov scores in OT as Hurricanes rally past Penguins

Skinner scores twice and Sabres rally to 5-4 win over Wild

Robertson’s hat trick leads Stars to 4-3 OT win over Jets

As war rages, Paralympics open in Beijing without Russia

Breakfast Blogs

The Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional, Even for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Error that Betrays Insufficient Attention to the Obstruction Standard in the January 6 Eastman Filing emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheeL

A World War of Economic Attrition Rayne, emptywheel

War On Ukraine Update 10: As Dawn Breaks Ukraine and Her Defenders Still Stand Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

How anti-American are they? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Ukraine Calls For Video Game Blockade Against Russia To Motivate Its Citizenry Timothy Geigner, Techdirt

Russia’s Social Media Propaganda Campaign Is Backfiring, So It’s Banning Facebook In Russia Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Ohio Supreme Court Rolls Back Awful Rulings, Says Cop Must Use His Real Name If He Wants To Keep His Defamation Suit Going Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Unanimous Supreme Court Narrowly Reverses Ninth Circuit in State Secrets Case About FBI’s Allegedly Unlawful Spying on California Muslims Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

SCOTUS Reinstates Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence, But Justices Barrett and Gorsuch Express Key Doubts About Appellate Court Powers Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

Federal Judge Blocks State Candidate Challenge Proceedings Against Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Cites Law That Forgave Confederates adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Durham Seeks to Keep Sussmann Case Alive: ‘The Defendant Was Disseminating Highly Explosive Allegations About a Then-Presidential Candidate’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

NIMBYS deny thousands of students an educational opportunity to protect their petty financial and aesthetic interests Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Crime pays if you can buy the law Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,034 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

AFTER SIDING WITH PUTIN, TUCKER CARLSON SHIFTS HIS FOCUS TO ASSERTING THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE STUPID Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Something Good Happened In Wisconsin?! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette

Ted Cruz Takes Moral High Ground​ From Lindsey Graham, What Even Is Happening​ Gary Legum, Wonkette

Damn, Rick Scott *Really* Hates Poor People! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Watch Joe Biden Brag On His HOT SH*T JOBS REPORT BITCHES! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Roger Stone Let Danish Film Crew Record Him ​Plotting 1/6 Coup And You Are A Dirty Crimer For Noticing! Liz Dye, Wonkette

RT America Cancel Cultures Self Evan Hurst, Wonkette