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
Tet Offensive begins; Nazi leader Adolf Hitler becomes Germany’s chancellor; Franklin D. Roosevelt is born; Hindu extremist assassinates Mahatma Gandhi; as “Bloody Sunday” begins; “The Lone Ranger” airs.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Vaccinated congressman tests positive for virus
‘Simple is beautiful’: One-shot vaccine proves effective
Fauci sees vaccination for kids by late spring or the summer
Seattle hospitals rush out vaccines after freezer failure
A city’s problematic vaccine rollout raises larger questions
Pandemic help wanted: Fast food managers, road race experts
Warden out after new allegations at embattled federal jail
Activists: Next Columbus police chief must be an outsider
Checked by reality, some QAnon supporters seek a way out
Charges dropped against activist who exposed Iowa hog deaths
US employment costs rise modestly in fourth quarter
Toys R Us retrenches again, shutters its last 2 US stores
10-year-old San Antonio boy cashes in on GameStop stocks
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
US Politics
Officer who died after DC riot to lie in honor in Capitol
Biden warns of growing cost of delay on $1.9T econ aid plan
Out of sight, cleaners perform critical work in COVID ICUs
Judge blocks Trump rule to limit health studies in EPA regs
Ex-FBI lawyer given probation for Russia probe actions
Police tighten Congress security in era of rising threats
FBI: Pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were planted night before riot
International News
EU regulator authorizes AstraZeneca vaccine for all adults
EU tightens vaccine export rules, creates post-Brexit outcry
WHO team visits 2nd Wuhan hospital in virus investigation
Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south
Brazil neighbors limit travel to halt virus strain’s spread
France to close its borders to arrivals from outside EU
Moscow court puts Navalny’s allies under house arrest
Sports
More interviews didn’t equal more minority hirings in NFL
Brady out to join Robertson, Robinson in exclusive club
Yankees view Kluber and Taillon as high risk, high reward
AP source: Cardinals to acquire Arenado from Rockies
Viktor Hovland vaults into Farmers lead at wet Torrey Pines
Breakfast Blogs
Book-Burning Does Seem Like a Blast From the Past Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Spaz: More than Just a Thumb Drive [Updated] emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump gave it a face and a name Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The GOP Is Rapidly Making Its Way to Embrace of the Insurrection Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Discord Takes Over Moderation Of r/WallStreetBets Server As Facebook Shuts Down Popular Stock Trading Group Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The Only Person Convicted to Date in John Durham’s Investigation of Russia Probe Gets No Prison Time Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Can a Former President Assert Executive Privilege in an Impeachment Trial? Jonathan Shaub, Lawfare
The thinnest skins Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Trump Library Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The New York Times’ David Brooks Algorithm… driftglass, at his blog
The Terrorists Are in the House. Let’s Unify Over Getting Rid of Them. The Rude Pundit, at his blog
GREAT MOMENTS IN HORSESHOE THEORY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
A Supreme Court *Win* On *Abortion*? What’s The Catch? Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Nancy Pelosi Just Saying The Enemy Is Inside The House. You F*cking Heard Her. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Crazy We Know, But Did Democrats Learn ALL THE LESSONS About Telling GOP To GET BENT? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Don’t Try To Bullsh*t Elizabeth Warren Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
$1.9 Trillion Too Much For COVID Relief? Great, How About $3 Trillion Instead? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette