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
James Byrd, Jr. dragged to death in Texas; Communists complete takeover of Czechoslovakia; Israel destroys an Iraqi nuclear power plant; ‘Grease’ opens on Broadway; Singer-songwriter Prince born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.
Breakfast Blogs
It’s Always the Guns Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Quoting Enrique Tarrio Invoking “The Winter Palace,” DOJ Charges the Proud Boys with Sedition emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War For Ukraine Day 103: Ukraine Forces Continue Their Counterattack On the Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Why Politics Is Both the Poison and the Cure Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
The Ghost of Watergate digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Status No! Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Huhllabaloo
Not How Any Of This Works: Mariah Carey Sued Over Title Of Song. Mike Masnick, Techdirt
US Postal Service Sued For Seizing ‘Defund Police’ Facemasks Tim Cushing, Techdirt
In Unanimous Opinion, Justice Sotomayor Upbraids Congress for Bankruptcy System that Left Debtors in 2 States Paying Much Lower Fees Than the Rest of the Country Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
SCOTUS Rules Florida Can Recoup Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Medicaid Payouts from Personal Injury Settlement of Woman in Vegetative State Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
What Roe said was irrelevant Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
COVID and the right wing epistemic bubble Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,113 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Spleenwald Plays The Oldies driftglass, at his blog
DEMOCRATS NEED TO WORK ON THEIR MESSAGING, AND DAN PFEIFFER ISN’T HELPING Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
GOP Picks America’s Sweetheart Elise Stefanik To Lead Response To Jan. 6 Hearings
Steve Scalise Still Can’t Bring Himself To Say One Mean Word About A Gun Michael Mora, Wonkette
Kansas Telemedicine Abortions Not Aborted Just Yet Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
C’mon, Los Angeles, Don’t Vote For Billionaire Who Was Republican Until Five Seconds Ago For Mayor Stephen Robinson, Wonkette Liz Dye, Wonkette