The Breakfast Club (My Parade)

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

Israel and Egypt sign a peace treaty; Bodies of Heaven’s Gate cult members are found in Calif.; The first U.S. team to win hockey’s Stanley Cup; ‘Funny Girl’ opens on Broadway; Singer Diana Ross born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.

Tennessee Williams

Breakfast News

US News

Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming

‘Fuel network’ helps stave off schools’ gas costs — for now

Jury awards $14M to George Floyd protesters in Denver

Alaska air pollution holds clues for other Arctic climates

As NY preps pot market, sales grow on Native American land

High from hemp: States wrestle with chemically made THC

Amazon tries to stave off union drive on two fronts

Louisiana yard’s $19M Navy contract could bring up to $143M

Missouri station offering Russian state radio to listeners

Scientists figure out how vampire bats got a taste for blood

Feds: Man smuggled 1,700 reptiles from Mexico, Hong Kong

Man touts electric unicycle as answer to high gas prices

New orca listening post installed in Puget Sound

Teen who underwent major brain surgery now a chess master

US Politics

AP Explains: Why the 14th Amendment has surfaced in midterms

Trump returns to Georgia confronting test of his grip on GOP

GOP push for state election reviews mixed, but sows distrust

High court: States must allow prayer, touch in executions

Wisconsin governor asks for swift action on redistricting

Justices reject Texas college official’s claims over censure

Justices decide for themselves when to step aside from cases

High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case

House leaders call on Nebraska Rep. Fortenberry to resign

House Republicans, bullish on midterms, plot return to power

Campaigns weigh strategy options if Ohio primary is delayed

Jan. 6 committee sets contempt vote for 2 former Trump aides

Report: Justice Thomas’ wife urged overturning 2020 election

International News

Shelled city in north Ukraine fears becoming ‘next Mariupol’

NATO deputy: Putin can’t win his ‘unprovoked, illogical’ war

Ukraine asks Qatar, others to boost energy exports amid war

Ukraine war drives US, EU deal to undercut Russian energy

Atom-smashing CERN lab ratchets up measures against Russia

Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights

Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East Antarctica

Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war

Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthis after Jiddah attack

Iraqi lawmakers fail to elect president for a second time

Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet pope over school abuse

‘Gargantuan task’: Why India’s renewable push will be hard

UK Shark House owner dismayed at getting protected status

Dredging project to deepen Port of Florence, improve access

Sports

Elite Pete! Saint Peter’s tops Purdue, makes 15 seed history

If the shoe fits: Love leads Carolina over UCLA into Elite 8

McGusty, Miami beat Iowa State 70-56 in Sweet 16

Martin scores 23, top-seeded Kansas beats Providence 66-61

Breakfast Blogs

We Have Two Political Parties and One of Them Has Gone Insane Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Legal Case Exposing Russian Spying Operations emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Update 31: The Second Month Begins Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

One more investigation hits the dustdigby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Perhaps drawn and quartered? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Project Veritas Loses Its Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN Because The Truth Is Just As Damning As What CNN Said Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Arizona Legislators Want To Make It Illegal For People To Record Cops From Whatever Cops Decide Is ‘8 Feet Away’ Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Steve Bannon’s Former Accused Co-Conspirators Will Plead Guilty in ‘We Build the Wall’ Case, Prosecutors Reveal Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Court splits 6-3 on the question of whether the President is Commander in Chief Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,053 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Republicans Force Ketanji Brown Jackson (and All of Us) to Live in Their Disturbing Fantasy World The Rude Pundit, at his blog

News From Russia Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

I TAKE A FEW BABY STEPS DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE SteveM., No More Mister Nice Blog

Remember When Hillary And James Comey Conspired To Steal Election From Herself? Trump LOLsuit Remembers! Liz Dye, Wonkette

Ginni Thomas Texts to Mark Meadows Indicate She Is Several Fries Short Of Happy Meal Gary Legum, Wonkette

Is Sarah Palin Running For Congress Or Is This A Cry For Help? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Biden Shitcans Jerk GOP Losers From Fitness Council And They Will Not Shut Up Doktor Zoom, Wonkette