The Breakfast Club (Winking Stars)

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

Hitler takes Austria; FDR’s first fireside chat; Gacy convicted; Girl Scouts predecessor founded; Les Miserables opens.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars.

Jack Kerouac

Breakfast News

US News

2 years into pandemic, world takes cautious steps forward

Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’

Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents

‘Bomb cyclone’ to dump snow from Mississippi to Maine

Rattlesnake roundups take 2 paths, drawing praise and scorn

New analysis provides more clues about Pilgrim-era shipwreck

Cherry Blossom Festival marks DC’s pandemic comeback

US Politics

Agenda languishing, Democrats press Biden to go it alone

Oil, sanctions, jets: How Congress pushes Biden on Ukraine

Florida’s DeSantis, Disney butt heads over LGBTQ school bill

Georgia House: No longer require permit for gun in public

Crossing Trump: 2 S.C. Republicans take different approaches

Judge: Trump delays on rape accuser’s claims in ‘bad faith’

International News

Russians push toward Kyiv, keep up siege of other cities

Live updates: Ukraine says shelling damaged cancer hospital

China amplifies unsupported Russian claim of Ukraine biolabs

Warsaw overwhelmed as it becomes key refugee destination

UN: War in Ukraine to hurt poor nations importing grain

US rolls out more sanctions after North Korea missile tests

Sports

No. 8 Villanova topples No. 20 UConn to make Big East final

Creighton routs No. 11 Providence to reach Big East final

No. 9 Purdue tops Penn State 69-61 in Big Ten tourney

Virginia Tech beats No. 25 UNC to reach ACC championship

N. Colorado beats Portland St. 86-79 in Big Sky tourney

No. 2 Arizona pulls away to beat Colorado 82-72 in Pac-12

Breakfast Blogs

One Thing About Baseball Really Is Timeless: The Transparent Greed of Owners Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Now that DOJ Has Rudy Giuliani’s Phone Contents, Lev Parnas Prepares to Plead emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Update 17: Friday Night Edition Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juine

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

Just don’t call it systemic Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Performative Conservatives Are Mad That A Search Engine Wants To Downrank Disinformation Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Following The Murder Of George Floyd, The Minneapolis PD Built A Large-Scale Surveillance Program Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Indiana Law Now Says Pregnant Inmates Can’t Be Shackled to a Bed During Childbirth Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

Federal Judge Reinstates Torture Case Against Libyan Military Commander Repped by Trump Lawyer Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime

Show me the party of life Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Making Iowa irrelevant Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,039 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Doomsday Machine driftglass, at his blog

Democrats Need to Embrace Abortion Rights Because Republicans Want to Kill Women The Rude Pundit, at his blog

SO NOW “AMERICA IS LYING AND RUSSIA IS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT UKRAINE BIOLABS” IS THE MIDDLE-GROUND POSITION Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Russia to Lose Most-Favored-Nation Trade Status, Access to Diamond-Encrusted Ferraris Gary Legum, Wonkette

Herschel Walker May Have Fudged Details Of His Chicken Empire Just A Tiny. Ooopsie! Liz Dye, Wonkette

Mississippi To New Moms: Drop Dead Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

MO Lawmaker Can’t Wait To Watch People Die From Ectopic Pregnancies Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

OAN Sh*thead Just Asking If MAAAAAAYBE Ukraine Bombing Own Hospitals Evan Hurst, Wonkette