The Breakfast Club (Abdication)

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

Civil war erupts in Rwanda; NY audience previews long-distance television; Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies in Dearborn, Mich.;Singer Billie Holiday, known as “Lady Day” is born in Philadelphia.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.

Daniel Ellsberg

Breakfast News

US News

Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws

US Navy intends to decommission some of its newest warships

Boston to replace school buses with electric ones by 2030

Pennsylvania court blocks governor’s carbon emissions plan

North Dakota oil exec gets 3-year sentence for fraud scheme

Construction on key Northeast corridor rail bridge gets OK

Florida manatee feeding plan ends, starvation still an issue

Dolphins PlayfulSocial Habits Forms Bonds, But Spread Virus

Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America

Fox bites man, putting Capitol Hill on high alert

Ponchatoula readies for return of the Strawberry Festival

Michigan police investigate theft of Sasquatch lawn ornament

Cops corral slippery seal on jaunt through Long Island town

US Politics

Senate clears way for Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation

Michigan governor sues to secure abortion rights, vacate ban

US: 2 posed as agents, gave gifts to Secret Service officers

Congress votes to suspend Russia trade status, enact oil ban

Yellen calls for crypto regulation to reduce risks, fraud

International News

Live Updates | Zelenskyy: Shut Cyprus ports to Russian ships

Russian retreat reveals destruction as Ukraine begs for help

Atrocities spur NATO nations to send more weapons to Ukraine

UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body

Biden, Putin children open targets in sanctions over Ukraine

UK looks to nuclear power to cut Russian energy dependence

Germany seeks to boost renewable energy, cut Russian imports

India to boost arms output, fearing shortfall from Russia

Top Pakistan top court rules against PM, restores Parliament

Yemen’s president steps aside amid efforts to end war

Turkey to move trial of Khashoggi suspects to Saudi Arabia

Trial is ordered for 59 in deadly collapse of Genoa bridge

Up to 65% of Africans have had COVID, far more than thought

Shanghai wrestles with food shortages under virus shutdown

Chanel restricts sales to Russians abroad amid Ukraine war

EU officials probe salmonella cases linked to chocolate eggs

Spain PM in Morocco to mend ties after Western Sahara shift

Sports

LEADING OFF: Opening day! Guardians debut, Ohtani and Braves

Tiger’s back: Woods thrills patrons with Masters birdie

Husso makes 27 saves to lead Blues past Kraken 4-1

Breakfast Blogs

Eric Boehlert’s Spirit Was Decades Younger and His Wisdom Decades Older Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Tunnel Vision: Durham Treats Citizens’ Research into Real Paul Manafort Crimes Like a Criminal Conspiracy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Update 43: Centers of Gravity Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Nearly 1/3 of the House GOP is Pro-Putin digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Stop it. Just stop it. Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

It’s Wrong For Politicians To Announce Plans To Punish Companies For Speech, No Matter Who Does It Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Jury Awards $14 Million To Anti-Police Brutality Protesters Who Were Brutalized By Colorado Police Officers Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Alex Jones Goes on Rant About ‘Cancel Culture’ Outside Deposition, Claims ‘Corporate Media’ Won’t Cover His Apologies to Victims’ Families for Calling Sandy Hook Massacre a ‘Hoax’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

Oath Keepers’ Lawyer Who Likened Vaccine Mandates to the Holocaust Has Been Disbarred in Virginia Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Germany 1932 Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The shadow docket knows Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,063 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

More Advice From “Stopping Making Me Hit You!” Conservative Pundit Land driftglass, at his blog

RealismYastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

MARKET-SEGMENTED DEMONIZATION Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

SCOTUS Did A Good Thing For Civil Rights?! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette

Oklahoma Completely Bans Abortion Again, Might Get Away With It This Time Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Bad Parents Tell Stupid Lies, File Stupid Lawsuits To Defend The ‘Right’ To Hurt Their Own Trans Kids Liz Dye, Wonkette

GOP House Candidate Matt Mowers Loved Voting So Much In 2016 Primaries He Did It Twice Stephen Robinson, Wonkette