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
President Abraham Lincoln and naturalist Charles Darwin born; The U.S. Senate acquits President Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial; Founding of the NAACP; Cartoonist Charles Schulz dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Breakfast News
US News
Biden says US is securing 600 million vaccine doses by July
AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes
Race to vaccinate older Americans advances in many states
White House says it will defer to CDC on reopening schools
Winter weather is latest snag for lagging vaccine rollout
San Francisco sues schools, cites high of suicidal students
RFK Jr. kicked off Instagram for vaccine misinformation
Law enforcement diversity may improve policing, study shows
Judge declines new arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse
Plane slides off taxiway at Pittsburgh Airport; no injuries
3 North American river otter pups born at Zoo Miami
US Politics
Democrats pushing Biden’s COVID-19 bill through House panels
‘Overwhelm the problem’: Inside Biden’s war on COVID-19
Convict Trump or face dire democracy damage, prosecutors say
Biden wants to quadruple refugee admissions set by Trump
Biden hopes infrastructure can bridge partisan divide
Lincoln Project to launch outside probe amid new revelations
Amid COVID shutdowns, GOP’s McCarthy attended son’s wedding
International News
The Latest: Australia on track for vaccine by end of March
Kim lays blame at officials for N. Korea’s economic failures
China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move
Despite Biden’s push, a difficult road to peace in Yemen
Women’s rights activist charged for role in Polish protests
Sports
Conference tournaments still on schedule despite concerns
No crowds, but Australian Open will continue during lockdown
Williams advances in Australia, fans be banned from Saturday
Tennis, everyone? Participation up 22% in 2020, survey says
NHL adds game-day rapid testing to stem COVID-19 outbreaks
Tensions rising: NHL multigame series ratchet up animosity
Almirola wins first qualifying race for Daytona 500
Lasting legacy: Earnhardt’s death saved lives, forced change
Cantlay ties course record with 62 and leads at Pebble Beach
Paraguay’s 2nd division soccer players improvise to survive
Tokyo Olympics: Mori to leave but gender issue remains
Breakfast Blogs
This Evokes the Image of Donald J. Trump in a County Jail in the South Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Republicans Prepare to Sanction a President Doing Nothing as the Country Was Assaulted by Terrorists emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Failing At Democracy Ed Walker, emptywheel
Third Party Dreams digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The radical wight Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Time to Reconsider the 14th Amendment for Trump’s Role in the Insurrection James Wagstaffe, Just Security
Louisiana AG Sues Journalists To Keep Them From Obtaining Documents Detailing Sexual Harassment By Top Prosecutor Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Orrin Hatch, Who Once Wanted To Destroy The Computers Of Anyone Who Infringed On Copyrights, Now Lies About Section 230 Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Dumb New GOP Talking Point: If You Restore Net Neutrality, You HAVE To Kill Section 230. Just Because! Karl Bode, Techdirt
Prosecutors Use ‘Weapons Are OK Now’ Line Against Oath Keeper Charged in Conspiracy Against U.S. Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Texas Doctor, Wrongly Charged for Giving Extra Vaccine to Sick and Elderly, May Have a Case for Malicious Prosecution Aaron Keller and Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
The paranoid style is now completely mainstream Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Donald’s Army Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 784 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How To Recognize Shambolic Wingnut Disasters From Quite a Long Way Away driftglass, at his blog
Which Side Are We On? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
REPUBLICANS WON’T CONVICT? MUST BE THE DEMOCRATS’ FAULT! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Fox News Covers Trump Impeachment By SQUIRREL! BIIIIIG SQUIRREL! GREAT BIG DEMOCRAT SQUIRREL! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Trump’s DOJ Put Kibosh On Investigation Into Rudy Giuliani? SHOCKER! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Mitt Romney’s Child Allowance Plan Pretty Damn Good, Would Cut Child Poverty. Yes, That Mitt Romney! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaxx Nonsense Got Him Kicked Off Of Instagram Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Never Gonna Be President … We’re Pretty Sure Stephen Robinson, Wonkette