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.
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