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
Pope John Paul II Dies at 84; President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany; Juan Ponce de Leon lands in Florida; Falkland Islands seized from Britain; Hans Christian Andersen Born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.
Breakfast News
US News
US draws close to 100M vaccinations as baseball resumes
Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
Supreme Court sides with Facebook in text message dispute
Justices uphold FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits
Gunman in Southern California mass shooting knew his victims
Supreme Court gives Georgia win in water war with Florida
Justice Department working with tribes on missing persons
Large Florida school district hit by ransomware attack
Daughter: Bystander disrupted attack on Asian American woman
Judge: US agency illegally paid for Colorado predator hunt
Arson arrest; woman said fires were to get rid of snakes
Ancient coins may solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate
Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies
US Politics
Biden’s ‘Jobs Cabinet’ to sell infrastructure as GOP resists
US looks to keep critical sectors safe from cyberattacks
Harris to move into official VP residence next week
After hack, officials draw attention to supply chain threats
At 1st Cabinet meeting, Biden says team ‘looks like America’
Biden admin lauds talks on readmitting US to Iran nuke deal
International News
Hospital workers despair as France’s virus strategy flails
Pakistan, India peace move silences deadly Kashmir frontier
Train crashes in Taiwan, causing injuries, possibly deaths
Myanmar still mired in violence 2 months after military coup
Lawmakers censure Dutch PM Rutte over coalition talks
OPEC and allies agree to gradually boost crude oil output
The Dutch went first in 2001; who has same-sex marriage now?
Sports
Opening Day: Snow, stars, fans and a virus postponement
COVID hits MLB opening day; positive tests scrap Mets-Nats
Royals outslug Rangers 14-10 in wild season opener
Segura’s hit in 10th lifts Phillies over Braves in opener
Iowa’s Luka Garza named AP men’s college player of the year
Michigan’s Juwan Howard named AP college coach of the year
Players hear ‘a lot of talk’ from Emmert about Title IX, NIL
In AP survey, ADs raise worries about women’s college sports
Wie West, Feng back on leaderboard at ANA Inspiration
Breakfast Blogs
The NCAA Ends Up Looking Silly in Any Venue It Cannot Control. Like, Say, the Supreme Court. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Irishman emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
STFU Arnold digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Georgia GOP has a hissy fit Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
New York City Council Passes Police Reforms That Includes Ending Qualified Immunity For NYPD Officers Tim Cushing, Techdirt
FCC Wants To Hear Your Thoughts On Crappy US Broadband Karl Bode, Techdirt
Florida Fished Itself to Death, Justice Barrett Rules for Unanimous Supreme Court in Opinion with No References to Alan Jackson’s ‘Chattahoochee’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Supreme Court Led by Justice Sotomayor Declines to Use a ‘Chainsaw’ Against Facebook in Robocall Case Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Attorneys General in More Than a Dozen States Sue Biden Admin Over Stimulus Bill’s ‘Threat’ to Tax Cuts Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
It did get weird enough for me Paul Campos, Lawers, Guns and Money
Matthew Dowd is a Fundamentally Ridiculous Person driftglass, at his blog
Infrastructure Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Would a Good Guy with a Gun Have Been Justified in Saving George Floyd? The Rude Pundit, at his blog
NEW RIGHT-WING TALKING POINT: EVIL LIBS WANT YOU TO THINK BUILDINGS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Yay Biden Judges! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Manhattan DA Really REALLY **REALLY** Wants To ‘Ask Allen Weisselberg’ About Trump’s Dirty Moneys! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Innocent Man Spent 22 Years In Prison Because Teen Didn’t Want To Tell His Dad He Bought Drugs Robyn Penacchia, Wonkette
Texas Senate Votes To Punish Wind, Solar For Blackouts Caused By Coal, Oil, Nuclear Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
OK, Who’s Writing The Matt Gaetz Screenplay, Because This Sh*t Is WILD Liz Dye, Wonkette
Derek Chauvin Trial Continues To Be Hard To Watch Stephen Robinson, Wonkette