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
Journalist Edward R. Murrow takes on Senator Joe McCarthy’s anti communist campaign; Commedian George Burns dies in 1996.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean the circus has left town.
Breakfast News
US News
Mask mandates go away in schools, but parent worries persist
Teachers hit picket lines in Minneapolis as parents worry
Voters reject spaceport plan long pursued by Georgia county
US officials reverse course on pesticide’s harm to wildlife
US looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management
EPA memo steers water money to disadvantaged communities
Puerto Rico scraps debt restructuring deal for power company
6 teens arrested in Iowa school shooting that killed 1
Half of US adults exposed to harmful lead levels as kids
California county rejects ExxonMobil plan to truck oil
New York City man rescued twice in 2 days on Arizona hikes
Ice-fishing shanty blown across Michigan bay; anglers safe
Indiana boy rescued after getting stuck in tree rescuing cat
Border authorities find 52 reptiles hidden in man’s clothing
Octopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows
US Politics
Court rejects GOP redistricting plans in NC, Pennsylvania
Record gas costs pose fresh political challenge for Biden
Biden’s inflation plan upends thinking on jobs sent overseas
Ukraine aid grows to near $14B in $1.5T government bill
Limits on insulin costs revived in push for Senate action
Proud Boys leader charged with conspiracy in Capitol riot
Sen. Collins, key vote on Supreme Court, praises Jackson
1st trial in Capitol riot ends in conviction on all counts
Florida GOP nears final passage on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
Congress passes bill to shore up Postal Service, delivery
Newsom wants tax rebate, touts ‘California Way’ of governing
International News
As virus cases go from 1 to 24,000, New Zealand changes tack
Suffering goes on in encircled Mariupol as evacuation fails
US strikes harder at Putin, banning all Russian oil imports
Pentagon says Poland’s jet offer for Ukraine ‘not tenable’
McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coke, Pepsi join exodus out of Russia
Russian war in world’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens food supply
On global holiday, a ‘terrible dream’ for Ukrainian women
South Koreans vote for president in tight, bitter election
Sports
South Carolina remains atop women’s AP Top 25 despite loss
No. 6 UConn wins 20th Big East title, tops Villanova 70-40
Gonzaga women upend No. 15 BYU to win WCC title 71-59
No. 15 BYU women beat Portland 59-52 in WCC semifinals
UT Arlington women secure Sun Belt title, NCAA berth
No. 1 Gonzaga outlasts No. 17 Saint Mary’s, wins WCC tourney
Bryant beats Wagner for 1st NEC title, fight stops game
West helps Louisville oust Georgia Tech in ACC tourney 84-74
Irving scores 50, Nets beat Hornets to snap 4-game skid
Morant, Grizzlies build early lead, rout Pelicans 132-111
Giannis scores 39; Bucks top Thunder for 5th straight win
S. Dakota St. beats NDSU 73-69 for Summit League title
Fiala gets 2 goals to help Wild halt slide, beat Rangers 5-2
Paul Statstny scores twice as Jets beat Tampa Bay 7-4
Kane, Strome shine as Blackhawks pound Ducks 8-3
Josi scores late to lead Predators over Stars, 2-1
Stutzle, Norris score in Ottawa’s 4-1 win over Blues
Duclair, Verhaeghe help Panthers beat Penguins 4-3
Matthews hat trick powers Maple Leafs to 6-4 win over Kraken
Breakfast Blogs
There Is No Excuse for Failure to Charge Trump for His Role on January 6 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
It Is Not News that Bill Barr Lied to Protect Kleptocracy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War for Ukraine Update 14: The Ukrainians Are Still Holding, But Some Things Are Getting Weird Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
The zealots will never stop digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digbys Hullabaloo
Fighting to upend democracy Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Video Game Blockade Against Russia Begins With Volunteer Companies Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Clarence Thomas Is Doing That Thing Again Where He Muses Ignorantly About Section 230 For No Damn Reason Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Congress Is Weakening America’s Cybersecurity. It Couldn’t Have Picked A Worse Time. Michael Petricone, Techdirt
Trump Lawyer Behind ‘Coup Memos’ to Overturn Election Argues Attorney-Client Privilege Should Keep Emails from Jan. 6 Committee Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Government Watchdog Report Finds Homeland Security Held Off on Sharing Information About Known Pre-Jan. 6 Threats Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Board of Elections Torpedoes Attack on Andrew Cuomo’s Post-Resignation Campaign Payments: ‘His Conduct Fits the Definition of Candidate’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Idaho Law to Make Gender-Affirming Treatment for Transgender Minors Punishable by Life in Prison Heads to State House Floor Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
There are at least four Supreme Court votes for a constitutional theory so partisan and stupid two justices who joined Bush v. Gore refused to sign off on it Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
NATO, Putin, and Ukraine Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
War Without Violence Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
COVID two years in Paul Campos, Lawyres, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,037 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Lincoln the Centrist? driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: This Week in IOKIYAR Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THERE ARE TWO REPUBLICAN PARTIES, BUT NOT THOSE TWO Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Sad Story: Lady We’ve Never Heard Of ‘Canceled’ Just For Being Terrible Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Congress Outlaws Lynching, No, Really, Lynching. Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
SCOTUS Leaves Fair NC And PA Maps In Place, Will Bone American Elections At Its Leisure Next Year Liz Dye, Wonkette
Joe Biden Stops Buying Only Thing Russia’s Selling Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Russia Generously Offers To Let Ukraine Refugees Reach Safety In Russia Doktor Zoom, Wonkette