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.
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