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
Funeral of Jordan’s King Hussein; Premiere of ‘The Birth of a Nation’; a South Carolina civil rights protest turns deadly; the Boy Scouts of America is incorporated; actor James Dean born
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
Breakfast News
US News
Governors in 4 states plan for end to school mask mandates
California votes to require paid sick leave for virus cases
California will lift mask mandate as omicron cases fall
Lamont recommends ending mask mandate for schools, day care
Justice Dept. signals it may allow safe injection sites
Amir Locke protesters seek acting police chief’s resignation
Judge awards millions to lawyers in Flint water settlement
Groups sue over Maui resort lights that disorient seabirds
Power still out to 60K customers, days after Memphis storm
Air Force ordered to pay more than $230M in church shooting
Jury building to help Houston court system deal with backlog
US Politics
Supreme Court sides with GOP in Alabama election map case
House prepares short-term bill keeping government open
White House considers expanding limits on ‘no-knock’ warrant
What does Ivanka Trump know about Jan. 6? Congress is asking
White House: Top scientist resigns over treatment of staff
IRS to end use of facial recognition to identify taxpayers
Spending bill has $403M for leaky Hawaii fuel tank facility
International News
Canada pushes back against GOP support for COVID protests
Omicron forces S. Korea to end GPS monitoring, some checkups
Australia to open borders to vaccinated travelers on Feb. 21
Biden threatens: No gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine
Experts to visit Fukushima plant to check water release plan
US approves support deal with Taiwan for Patriot missiles
Iran nuclear talks to resume in Vienna on Tuesday
Boris Johnson reboots office in bid to move past ‘partygate’
Sports
Florida enters AP women’s hoops poll; South Carolina No. 1
No. 5 NC State cruises past No. 11 Georgia Tech 59-48 in ACC
Pointer, Aifuwa lead No. 14 LSU women past Mississippi 68-64
Auburn, Gonzaga stay 1-2 in AP Top 25; Texas Tech up to 9th
Beekman 3 gives Virginia stunning 69-68 win over No. 7 Duke
Aluma leads Virginia Tech to a 74-47 rout of Pittsburgh
Adebayo, Butler lead Heat to 121-100 win over Wizards
Siakam, Raptors beat Hornets 116-101 for 6th straight win
Murray stops 32 shots to help Senators beat Devils 4-1
Parrot’s cancer comeback leads to Olympic snowboard gold
US-born freeskier Gu wins Olympic big air gold for China
The doctor is in (the Olympics): Desmond makes Irish history
Breakfast Blogs
We Sent Some American Crazy Up to Canada. You Better Believe It’s Going to Rebound. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Why to Delay a Mark Meadows Indictment: Bannon Is Using His Contempt Prosecution to Monitor the Ongoing January 6 Investigation emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler,emptywheel
Gaslighting of the Obstructive Kind Rayne, emptywheel
The Fed Prepares To Screw Working People Again Ed Walker, emptywheel
Bossie Moving On Up digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Staggering political weakness Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Hypocrisy Rules As Companies Try To Smear New FTC Nomination Alvaro Bedoya Karl Bode, Techdirt
IRS Says It Will Move Away From Requiring ID.me Facial Recognition Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Court Grants Qualified Immunity To Officer Who Told Couple To Take Down Facebook Post About Off-Duty Cop Who Shot Their Dog Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Justices Kavanaugh and Alito Unite Against ‘Worn-Out Rhetoric’ About ‘Shadow Docket’ as SCOTUS Allows Alabama GOP Maps That a Court Found Were a Racial Gerrymander for Midterm Elections Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Sidney Powell, ‘Kraken’ Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Reverse ‘Intemperate’ Sanctions Order: We’re Not ‘Overwrought, Dangerous Lunatics’ Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
No Safe Haven Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A little night music Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,013 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
February 7, 2022: Today in Shelter Culture ™ driftglass, at his blog
A Game of Thrones Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
ANDREW CUOMO IS PROBABLY TOO MUCH OF AN EGOMANIAC TO DO THE DAMAGE HE COULD DO Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Profiles In GOP Cowardice: Your Sunday Shows! Michael Mora, Wonkette
Media Whiffs Coverage Of January 6 Committee, Vows To Go Forth And Whiff Again Liz Dye, Wonkette
Police Really Need To Stop Breaking Into Black People’s Homes And Killing Them Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Right-Wingers No Longer Being Shy About Wanting To Defund Public Schools Entirely Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
POP QUIZ: Who’s This So-Called Chancellor Of Germany Standing Next To Joe Biden? Evan Hurst, Wonkette