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
A golden spike completes America’s first transcontinental railroad; Nazis burn books in Germany; Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland; Nelson Mandela takes office in S. Africa; U2’s frontman Bono born
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
Breakfast News
US News
Rare cases of COVID returning pose questions for Pfizer pill
Transgender treatment, doctors threatened by new Alabama law
Crews in New Mexico, Arizona scramble to corral wildfires
Cleanup underway after trees topple into Alaska road, bay
Carter asks court to defend Alaska’s ‘unrivaled wilderness’
Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob’s time in Las Vegas
Oh, rats! As New Yorkers emerge from pandemic, so do rodents
Goodwill find in Texas turns out to be ancient Roman bust
Coral reefs provide stunning images of a world under assault
US Politics
Senate passes bill to boost security for Supreme Court
Pelosi: Buying Russian oil funds invasion of Ukraine
Laxalt, Brown clash over voter fraud in GOP Senate race
Idaho lieutenant governor wants harshest US abortion ban
Missouri House passes new congressional redistricting plan
Maine senators call for ratification of Kigali Amendment
International News
As Putin marks Victory Day, his troops make little war gains
Biden signs Ukraine bill, seeks $40B aid, in Putin rejoinder
Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026
Marcos Jr. won Philippine presidency, unofficial count shows
Sri Lankan prime minister resigns after weeks of protests
2 journalists killed in Mexico; 10th and 11th of the year
German firefighters ‘free’ high-school exam from locked safe
Morning jolt? Swiss find cocaine stash amid coffee bean bags
Laos reopens to visitors after 2-year closure to fight virus
New South Korean president takes office, briefed on N. Korea
Sports
Yanks’ Cortes loses no-hit bid in 8th in 1-0 win vs Rangers
Quintana gets first win since 2019, Pirates down Dodgers 5-1
A’s beat Tigers 2-0 as Blackburn improves to 4-0
Reds beat Brewers 10-5, win 2 straight for 1st time in ’22
Horford, Tatum help Celtics even series with 116-108 victory
Pens chase Shesterkin again, topple Rangers 7-2 for 3-1 lead
Panthers beat Capitals in overtime in Game 4, tie series
Breakfast Blogs
If John Roberts Is a Shadow Puppet, It’s a Tragedy for the Nation
March 6, 2017: Sussmann Claims Durham Brady Violation over Meeting Notes Flynn Falsely Claimed Were a Brady Violation emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
A ‘Dicks Out’: On the Reported U.S. Intelligence Assist to Ukraine Rayne, emptywheel Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
More protests, more leaks Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
Choices Are Made Jjohn Cole, Balloon Juice
If you want a show vote, show the people what’s at stake digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Gettin’ medieval Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Staten Island District Attorney Used Forfeiture Funds To Secretly Purchase Clearview AI Access Tim Cushing, techdirt
Judge Is Not At All Impressed By Trump’s Lawsuit Against Twitter; Dismisses It Easily Mike Masnick, Techdirt
In the United States of Alito, every miscarriage in a red state a potential felony Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The delusions of Andrew Sullivan Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,090
Opinions We Never Finished Reading. IV Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE CDC REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS CLUSTER OF RIGHT-WING AMNESIA CASES Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Sunday Shows On Mother’s Day Got Kind Of Weird, Considering Michael Mora, Wonkette
Look For The Helpers: Blue States Gear Up To Meet Abortion Needs Of Women In Post-Roe Red State Hellscapes Liz Dye, Wonkette
How About We Not Elect This QAnon Insurrectionist Loon To Congress? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
How Protesting At Conservative SCOTUS Judges’ Homes Honors Their Position On Buffer Zones Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
US Economy Added 428,000 Jobs In April, CNN Doubts Good Times Will Ever Return Doktor Zoom, Wonkette