The Breakfast Club (The Road)

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

Funeral of Pope John Paul II; Pablo Picasso dies at 91; Teen aids patient Ryan White dies at 18; Hank Aaron hits 715th home run; Kurt Cobain found dead in home from self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

What keeps you going isn’t some fine destination but just the road you’re on, and the fact that you know how to drive.

Barbara Kingsolver

Breakfast News

US News

Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate

Mass shooting suspect served less time due to California law

Judge tosses Girl Scouts’ recruitment suit vs. Boy Scouts

Major outage forces Puerto Rico to shutter schools, offices

Bogus test taker to be sentenced in college admissions scam

7 charged in deaths of 2 fellow inmates at prison in Texas

Parole revoked for Iowa man convicted of lottery rigging

US Politics

Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice

Abortion rights backers block ‘trigger’ law in Nebraska

Biden bets strong job market will shield economy from slump

Manhattan DA: Trump criminal investigation is continuing

Trans youth medication ban passed by Alabama lawmakers

Pa. Senate candidate Oz reports at least $100M in assets

International News

Experts say US suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic

Strike kills 50 at Ukraine rail station crowded with people

Doctors, crater disprove Russia’s hospital airstrike misinfo

Food prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions

Japan to expel 8 Russian officials, impose new sanctions

Experts set to travel to Ukraine to identify the war’s dead

Sports

Valdez bests Ohtani, Astros top Angels 3-1 for opener record

Beer’s blast in 9th lifts Diamondbacks over Padres, 4-2

Mets beat Nats 5-1 in Showalter debut behind fill-in Megill

Mahle shines in 6-3 win as Reds spoil Braves’ celebration

Witt a debut! Royals rookie stars in 3-1 win over Guardians

Nuggets clinch playoff berth with 122-109 rout of Grizzlies

Bucks beat Celtics 127-121, take over 2nd place in East

CJ McCollum scores 23 points, Pelicans beat Blazers 127-94

Edwards scores 49 as Timberwolves hold off Spurs, 127-121

Pascal Siakam has triple-double, Raptors beat 76ers 119-114

Giannis, Holiday help Bucks rally past Celtics 127-121

Breakfast Blogs

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is No Longer an Event. She Is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

John Durham Unveils His Post-Putin Puppet Strategy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Update 43: Russia Seems To Be Preparing To Attack Everywhere In the East and South of Ukraine Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

The upcoming French election is looking scary digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

It’s about time Tom Sullvan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Social Responsibility Organization Says Meta’s Embrace Of Encryption Is Important For Human Rights Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Bar Security Camera Exposes Off-Duty Officers’ Lies About Their Unprovoked Assault Of Another Bar Patron Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Gov. Whitmer Files Lawsuit to Protect Abortion Rights in Michigan If Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Citing ‘Well Settled’ Law, Judge Refuses to Recuse Himself from Trump’s RICO Lawsuit: ‘I Have Never Met or Spoken with Bill or Hillary Clinton’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

The university administrator racket Paul Campos, Lawyers Guns and Money

And Muzak filled the air from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,064 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Why the Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Vanished From the News Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Literary Corner; Wokers of the World Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

TRUMP KNOWS WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO: KEEP NURSING GRIEVANCES, AND HAVE NO ENEMIES TO HIS RIGHT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Matt Gaetz Succeeds In Getting Defense Sec To Yell At Him, Great Job Matt Gaetz! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

‘Pro-Life’ Texas Set To Execute Innocent Mother Of 14, Because Of How Much They Love Life Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Trump Wishes He Had Attacked Capitol Personally, And 568,761 Other Bugf*ck Quotes From His WaPo Interview Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Arizona AG, Hoping For Trump Nod, Produces Election ‘Report’ Heavy On Innuendo, Light On Data Liz Dye, Wonkette

Maybe We Are Better Off Without Political Debates Stephen Robinson, Wonkette