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
Martin Luther King Jr.’s son meets James Earl Ray in prison for assassinating his father; Comedian Milton Berle dies; the FDA approves Viagra; Quentin Tarantino is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Texas state judge upholds Austin’s mask mandate
Shots in little arms: COVID-19 vaccine testing turns to kids
FEMA vaccination sites to close as California ramps up shots
Business as usual: Thousands cross Mexico’s southern border
Small Texas border town is route to US for migrant children
Arkansas governor signs medical conscience objections law
Colorado shooting suspect passed check in legal gun purchase
‘Treating us like robots’: Amazon workers seek union
Snap-decision defense may not work for Minneapolis officer
California woman sentenced for Catholic school bomb threats
Man held in New Jersey killing charged in New Mexico deaths
US court sides with photographer in fight over Warhol art
Former top broker gets over 17 years for scamming clients
Michigan attorney general ends campus probe tied to Nassar
In likely California recall, energizing Latino voters is key
California construction workers find 2 people living in cave
3 students cited in theft of rare tree in Wisconsin
NASA gives all clear: Earth safe from asteroid for 100 years
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
US Politics
Democrats assail Georgia law, make case for voting overhaul
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
The eviction moratorium is expiring. What will Biden do?
Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims
Attorney for Georgia lawmaker calls charges ‘overreach’
Pelosi taps DC National Guard head to lead House security
International News
Lebanon private sector steps in to speed up vaccine campaign
Mexico complains of mask-less tourists, closes ruin site
China outlines COVID-origin findings, ahead of WHO report
Plan made to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal using tide
China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash
Trains crash in southern Egypt, killing at least 32
Report clears France of complicity in 1994 Rwandan Genocide
Migrant arrivals to Europe lower but deaths remain high
Northern Mozambique town attacked by rebels for third day
Sports
AP Interview: Emmert says poor communication led to inequity
NCAA’s Midwest Region full of upsets but maybe not surprises
UCLA, USC go from late night to NCAA prime-time spotlight
Shaka Smart leaves Texas to take over Marquette’s program
Ovechkin scores twice, red-hot Capitals shut out Devils 4-0
NASCAR goes for first ride through the dirt at Bristol
Breakfast Blogs
Drugs May or May Not Make You Stupid, But They Certainly Make Governments StupidDrugs May or May Not Make You Stupid, But They Certainly Make Governments Stupid Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Zip Tie Guy Eric Munchel Gets a Second Chance at Release emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The GOP’s 2022 vetting strategy digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Jim Crow in a peach-colored suit and tie Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How Mark Warner’s ‘SAFE TECH Act’ Will Make Many People A Lot Less Safe Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Biden Administration Says There’s Nothing Wrong With ICE Setting Up A Fake College To Dupe Foreign Students Out Of Their Money, Residency Tim Cushing, Techdirt
First Lawsuit Against Georgia’s ‘Election Integrity Act’ Says the New Law Is Actually a ‘Voter Suppression Bill’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Federal Appeals Court Suspends Larry Klayman from Practicing Law in D.C. Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Missouri Republicans horrified by the prospect that poor people might get medical care Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
John Roberts Jim Crow Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Definition of Insanity Abigail Nussbaum, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Racism and Science, Revisited Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Reaganomics With a Human Face Yatreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE CRUELTY IS STRATEGIC, AND INDEFENSIBLE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
John Roberts Tells Cops They Can’t Even Shoot Somebody Who Didn’t Do A Crime, Like What? Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
US Could Have Saved Almost 400,000 Lives, But Think Of The Ragin’ Parties We’d Have Missed Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Mike Flynn’s Family Sues CNN For Airing Them Shouting Q Slogans Like Some Kind Of Qooks! Liz Dye, Wonkette
World’s Dumbest Republicans Leave World’s Dumbest Yelp Reviews For Biden’s First News Conference Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Amazon Denies Pee Bottles A Thing, Surprising Drivers Who Have Definitely Peed In Bottles Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette