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 Pope John Paul II; Pablo Picasso dies at 91; Teen aids patient Ryan White dies at 18; Hank Aaron hits 715th home run; Kurt Cobain found dead in home from self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
What keeps you going isn’t some fine destination but just the road you’re on, and the fact that you know how to drive.
Barbara Kingsolver
Breakfast News
US News
Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate
Mass shooting suspect served less time due to California law
Judge tosses Girl Scouts’ recruitment suit vs. Boy Scouts
Major outage forces Puerto Rico to shutter schools, offices
Bogus test taker to be sentenced in college admissions scam
7 charged in deaths of 2 fellow inmates at prison in Texas
Parole revoked for Iowa man convicted of lottery rigging
US Politics
Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice
Abortion rights backers block ‘trigger’ law in Nebraska
Biden bets strong job market will shield economy from slump
Manhattan DA: Trump criminal investigation is continuing
Trans youth medication ban passed by Alabama lawmakers
Pa. Senate candidate Oz reports at least $100M in assets
International News
Experts say US suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic
Strike kills 50 at Ukraine rail station crowded with people
Doctors, crater disprove Russia’s hospital airstrike misinfo
Food prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions
Japan to expel 8 Russian officials, impose new sanctions
Experts set to travel to Ukraine to identify the war’s dead
Sports
Valdez bests Ohtani, Astros top Angels 3-1 for opener record
Beer’s blast in 9th lifts Diamondbacks over Padres, 4-2
Mets beat Nats 5-1 in Showalter debut behind fill-in Megill
Mahle shines in 6-3 win as Reds spoil Braves’ celebration
Witt a debut! Royals rookie stars in 3-1 win over Guardians
Nuggets clinch playoff berth with 122-109 rout of Grizzlies
Bucks beat Celtics 127-121, take over 2nd place in East
CJ McCollum scores 23 points, Pelicans beat Blazers 127-94
Edwards scores 49 as Timberwolves hold off Spurs, 127-121
Pascal Siakam has triple-double, Raptors beat 76ers 119-114
Giannis, Holiday help Bucks rally past Celtics 127-121
Breakfast Blogs
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is No Longer an Event. She Is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
John Durham Unveils His Post-Putin Puppet Strategy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War for Ukraine Update 43: Russia Seems To Be Preparing To Attack Everywhere In the East and South of Ukraine Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
The upcoming French election is looking scary digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
It’s about time Tom Sullvan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Social Responsibility Organization Says Meta’s Embrace Of Encryption Is Important For Human Rights Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Bar Security Camera Exposes Off-Duty Officers’ Lies About Their Unprovoked Assault Of Another Bar Patron Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Gov. Whitmer Files Lawsuit to Protect Abortion Rights in Michigan If Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Citing ‘Well Settled’ Law, Judge Refuses to Recuse Himself from Trump’s RICO Lawsuit: ‘I Have Never Met or Spoken with Bill or Hillary Clinton’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
The university administrator racket Paul Campos, Lawyers Guns and Money
And Muzak filled the air from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,064 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Why the Clarence and Ginni Thomas Scandal Vanished From the News Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Literary Corner; Wokers of the World Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP KNOWS WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO: KEEP NURSING GRIEVANCES, AND HAVE NO ENEMIES TO HIS RIGHT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Matt Gaetz Succeeds In Getting Defense Sec To Yell At Him, Great Job Matt Gaetz! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
‘Pro-Life’ Texas Set To Execute Innocent Mother Of 14, Because Of How Much They Love Life Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Trump Wishes He Had Attacked Capitol Personally, And 568,761 Other Bugf*ck Quotes From His WaPo Interview Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Arizona AG, Hoping For Trump Nod, Produces Election ‘Report’ Heavy On Innuendo, Light On Data Liz Dye, Wonkette
Maybe We Are Better Off Without Political Debates Stephen Robinson, Wonkette