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 George W. Bush warns terrorists still threaten United States; bomb rocks an abortion clinic in Birmingham; “The Raven” is first published; Ty Cobb named hall of famer; Oprah Winfrey is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain’t nothin’ can beat teamwork.
Breakfast News
US News
Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
Governor kept mum amid conflicting accounts of deadly arrest
Kyle Rittenhouse gun from Kenosha shootings to be destroyed
Pittsburgh bridge collapses, drops city bus into ravine
East Coast buttons up ahead of snow; Boston could get 2 feet
Sales soar for ‘Maus’ after its banning in Tennessee
Getting an F: Alabama city’s new logo stirs strong feelings
US judge won’t rein in federal wild horse roundup in Nevada
Willow Biden joins long and varied line of White House pets
US Politics
Trump facing legal, political headwinds as he eyes comeback
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas fake Trump electors in 7 states
Biden visits collapsed bridge, touts infrastructure law
Court throws Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law into doubt
Supreme Court pick holds import for Black women in the law
International News
Austin says Putin now has full range of options in Ukraine
No peace in Myanmar 1 year after military takeover
South America squid left exposed amid surge in China fishing
Sports
Bridges, Hornets hold off short-handed Lakers, 117-114
Antetokounmpo has big game, Bucks beat Knicks 123-108
Wild edge Rangers 3-2 to spoil Lundqvist jersey retirement
Bruins win 17th straight over Coyotes 2-1
Capitals beat Stars, former teammate Holtby 5-0
Breakfast Blogs
Don’t Be Senator Roscoe Conkling. Don’t Go Out in the Bomb Cyclone. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Some Strategic Concerns To Keep In Mind as Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine Unfolds Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
John Durham Flew to Italy to Get Joseph Mifsud’s Blackberries But Never Walked Across DOJ to Obtain James Baker’s Phones emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Tucker’s Propaganda Program digby aka Heather Digby parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Are you next? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Georgia Sees Florida & Texas Social Media Laws Go Down In 1st Amendment Flames And Decides… ‘Hey, We Should Do That Too’ Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Biden Praises Right To Repair, As John Deere Hit With Two Fresh Repair Lawsuits Karl Bode, Techdirt
The cruelty and unusual is the point Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Just like the flu Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
One More Time: Nearly Every Parent Is Too Fucking Dumb to Decide on School Curriculum The Rude Pundit, at his blog
NO, THE PROBLEM ISN’T EMOTIONAL GIVING BY INDIVIDUAL DEMOCRATIC DONORS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Pennsylvania Court Decides Mail-In Voting Is Illegal Now That Democrats Are Doing It Liz Dye, Wonkette
Oh Look, DEEP DISARRAY RIFTS In Wisconsin GOP! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Freedom-Loving Group Confiscates 16 Books From School Library, For Freedom Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette