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 Ronald Reagan born; Hillary Clinton runs for the U.S. Senate; Britain’s King George VI dies; baseball legend Babe Ruth and reggae superstar Bob Marley born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Hawaiians urged to avoid Super Bowl parties
Coronavirus cases drop at US homes for elderly and infirm
Virus outbreaks stoke tensions in some state capitols
‘Hug tent’ provides safe embraces at Colorado elderly home
High court: California can’t totally ban indoor worship
Reopening debate testing Biden’s ties with teachers unions
AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader
Bronx Boosters: Yankee Stadium becomes mass vaccination site
Pentagon deploys troops to fuel COVID-19 vaccine drive
New Orleans to shut down bars during Mardi Gras weekend
GOP Missouri lawmaker indicted on fraud refuses to resign
Judge sets bail hearing for Kyle Rittenhouse next week
66 people rescued from ice floes adrift on Wisconsin bay
New museum traces history of Black music across genres
Wallet lost in Antarctica in ’60s returned to California man
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
US Politics
Biden wants fast COVID aid, but minimum wage hike in doubt
Biden says ‘erratic’ Trump shouldn’t get intel briefings
Administration pledges more support for minority businesses
Trump impeachment trial confronts memories of Capitol siege
Biden revokes terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthis
A test for Trumpism: Virginia Republicans seek new playbook
Activists complain of weakened voting security standard
Biden back in Delaware with moving on his weekend to-do list
International News
Canada blocks cruise ships for a year, ending Alaska trips
Israel, a global leader in COVID vaccinations, finds limits
Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram to curb protests
ICC clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions
In thrice-demolished village, a Mideast battle of wills
Russia expels EU diplomats over Navalny as tensions rise
Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle
Sports
San Antonio area gets entire NCAA women’s basketball tourney
COVID-19 variants add more variables to playing in pandemic
Durant can’t start, can’t finish game for virus protocols
Braves bring back Ozuna on $65 million, 4-year deal
NL Cy Young winner Bauer joins World Series champion Dodgers
53-year-old Steve Stricker stroke back in Phoenix Open
Breakfast Blogs
Pandemic or No Pandemic, the Dangerous Jobs are Still the Dangerous Jobs. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
While Lindsey Graham Was Stalling Merrick Garland’s Confirmation He Was Hoping for Imminent Hunter Biden and John Durham News emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Risky Business digby aka Digby’s Hullabaloo
Lock who up? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Democrats Actually Learned From the Failures of 2009 Ryan Grim, The Intercept
Now It’s The Democrats Turn To Destroy The Open Internet: Mark Warner’s 230 Reform Bill Is A Dumpster Fire Of Cluelessness Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Court Says Lawsuit Over CBP Searches Performed 90 Miles From The Border Can Proceed Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Nearly 150 Constitutional Scholars Reject Trump’s Defense: ‘The First Amendment Does Not Apply in Impeachment Proceedings’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Biden administration makes radical decision to listen people who were right rather than people who were wrong Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The armed citizen Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Republican Coma Baby Lives! Maybe! But Probably Not! Or Maybe It’s Been Dead For Decades! driftglass, at his blog
Legislative Dada Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
WOULD RED-PILLED SHITPOSTER BROS VOTE FOR MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE IF SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Nuns Not Even Real Nuns Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Reason #9734 For More Stimulus: Heading Off Long-Term Unemployment Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Why Is This Man Whining? Liz Dye, Wonktette
Minor IMDB Celebrity Didn’t Want To Be In Overrated Loser SAG Union Anyway! Evan Hust, Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/loathsome-trumpists-cant-believe-they-only-got-a-months-paid-paternity-leave-thanks-obama Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette