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
Rioting hits Los Angeles after four white officers are acquitted of most charges in beating of Rodney King; Dachau concentration camp liberated; Jerry Seinfeld born
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021)
I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before.
Breakfast News
US News
Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’
Feds raid Giuliani’s home, office, escalating criminal probe
US indicts 3 on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery
Judge won’t release videos of deputies shooting Black man
Body cam video released after Chicago police shoot and kill man they say had a gun during foot chase
Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case
Brendan Hunt found guilty of threatening to assault or murder members of Congress
Truckers fall under California gig economy law, court says
State weighs pause in 3rd grade promotion reading test
Louisville officer shot in Breonna Taylor raid retiring
Couple indicted after man was killed, decapitated
Standoff continues after one deputy killed and one wounded in North Carolina
Colorado’s main public universities requiring vaccinations
114-year-old Nebraska woman becomes oldest living American
US Politics
Biden speech takeaways: Government is good, and so are jobs
Harris, Pelosi make history seated behind Biden at speech
Florida House passes controversial voting bill that would add new restrictions
Connecticut ends its state religious vaccine exemption
Some Californians can’t get vaccine despite surge in supply
Idaho governor signs ‘nondiscrimination’ education bill
US government taking creative steps to counter cyberthreats
Supreme Court grapples with First Amendment rights of schoolchildren in cheerleader case
Samantha Power confirmed to lead US Agency for International Development
Senate confirms Biden pick for Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy
Cuomo asks NY attorney general to review legal options after state loses House seat in census count
International News
The Latest: Philippines extends virus lockdown to mid-May
India grieves 200,000 dead with many more probably uncounted
US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran
Reports: Myanmar airstrikes target ethnic forces on 2 fronts
Police: 4 people killed in German hospital, woman detained
EU lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade treaty
China launches main part of its 1st permanent space station
Sports
West Virginia governor signs anti-trans sports bill into law
Germán’s 2nd straight win, Frazier’s 1st homer lifts Yanks
Vázquez helps Red Sox beat deGrom, slumping Mets 1-0
Welcome to NY: Lindor slumping, drawing boos from Mets fans
Phillies’ Bryce Harper hit by pitch in face, “feels good”
Plate ump Layne hit in mask by foul ball, leaves game
Randle, Knicks beat Bulls 113-94 for 10th win in 11 games
Spoelstra gets win No. 600, Heat top Spurs 116-111
Kiley Neushul’s retirement leaves hole on US water polo team
Breakfast Blogs
The Cyber Ninjas Have Nowhere to Hide Now Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politiics
FISC Suspects John Ratcliffe of Relaxing Rules for Unmasking of FISA Material emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2021/04/28/the-black-psyop-comes-home-to-roost-the-national-security-implications-of-todays-doj-raids-on-giuliani-and-toensing/ Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Liz Cheney 2024? Let’s hope not digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
2% of 350,000 tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Cultural muscle memory Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Tend to Your Garden, or Brave the Storm? wlp22, The Confluence
Senator Marco Rubio: Speech I Disagree With Is Pollution Mike Masnick, Techdirt
US Department Of Education Now Investigating Florida Sheriff’s Student ‘Pre-Crime’ Program Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Justices Skeptical of Biden Admin and Natural Gas Pipeline Company’s Arguments in Favor of Eminent Domain for Big Business Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Things Got Weird During Supreme Court Oral Arguments Over a Cheerleader’s F-Bombs on Snapchat Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Legal Experts Say DOJ Likely Had ‘Significant Evidence’ to Execute Search Warrant on Giuliani: He’s ‘in Deep, Deep S**t’ Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Little Marco positions himself as Josh Hawley with 10% less smarm Scott Lemeiux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sing Michael sing Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Need for a Reinvigorated Workplace Safety Regime Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Donald Trump Didn’t Kill The Tea Party driftglass, at his blog
Refresher Course Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
REPLACE THE TRUMP FALSEHOOD DATABASE WITH A MURDOCH FALSEHOOD DATABASE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Supreme Court Looks Ready To Ditch ALL Gun Laws, Won’t That Be Fun? Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Hero Colorado Cops Share Laughs Over Video Of Them Beating Up 73-Year-Old Woman Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
We Assume NRA’s Wayne LaPierre And Wife Killed These Elephants For Self-Defense, To Save Country From Tyranny Liz Dye, Wonkette
Put Down Your Chram, Rudy, The FBI’s At The Door! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Louisiana State Rep: Slavery Wasn’t ‘Good,’ But Should Schools Be So Negative About It? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette