The Breakfast Club (Spectator Sport)

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 Ronald Reagan born; Hillary Clinton runs for the U.S. Senate; Britain’s King George VI dies; baseball legend Babe Ruth and reggae superstar Bob Marley born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.

Jackie Robinson

Breakfast News

US News

The Latest: Hawaiians urged to avoid Super Bowl parties

Coronavirus cases drop at US homes for elderly and infirm

Virus outbreaks stoke tensions in some state capitols

‘Hug tent’ provides safe embraces at Colorado elderly home

High court: California can’t totally ban indoor worship

Reopening debate testing Biden’s ties with teachers unions

AP analysis: Federal executions likely a COVID superspreader

Bronx Boosters: Yankee Stadium becomes mass vaccination site

Pentagon deploys troops to fuel COVID-19 vaccine drive

New Orleans to shut down bars during Mardi Gras weekend

GOP Missouri lawmaker indicted on fraud refuses to resign

Judge sets bail hearing for Kyle Rittenhouse next week

66 people rescued from ice floes adrift on Wisconsin bay

New museum traces history of Black music across genres

Wallet lost in Antarctica in ’60s returned to California man

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

US Politics

Biden wants fast COVID aid, but minimum wage hike in doubt

Biden says ‘erratic’ Trump shouldn’t get intel briefings

Administration pledges more support for minority businesses

Trump impeachment trial confronts memories of Capitol siege

Biden revokes terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthis

A test for Trumpism: Virginia Republicans seek new playbook

Activists complain of weakened voting security standard

Biden back in Delaware with moving on his weekend to-do list

International News

Canada blocks cruise ships for a year, ending Alaska trips

Israel, a global leader in COVID vaccinations, finds limits

Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram to curb protests

ICC clears way for war crimes probe of Israeli actions

In thrice-demolished village, a Mideast battle of wills

Russia expels EU diplomats over Navalny as tensions rise

Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle

Sports

San Antonio area gets entire NCAA women’s basketball tourney

COVID-19 variants add more variables to playing in pandemic

Durant can’t start, can’t finish game for virus protocols

Braves bring back Ozuna on $65 million, 4-year deal

NL Cy Young winner Bauer joins World Series champion Dodgers

53-year-old Steve Stricker stroke back in Phoenix Open

Breakfast Blogs

Pandemic or No Pandemic, the Dangerous Jobs are Still the Dangerous Jobs. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

While Lindsey Graham Was Stalling Merrick Garland’s Confirmation He Was Hoping for Imminent Hunter Biden and John Durham News emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Risky Business digby aka Digby’s Hullabaloo

Lock who up? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Democrats Actually Learned From the Failures of 2009 Ryan Grim, The Intercept

Now It’s The Democrats Turn To Destroy The Open Internet: Mark Warner’s 230 Reform Bill Is A Dumpster Fire Of Cluelessness Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Court Says Lawsuit Over CBP Searches Performed 90 Miles From The Border Can Proceed Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Nearly 150 Constitutional Scholars Reject Trump’s Defense: ‘The First Amendment Does Not Apply in Impeachment Proceedings’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Biden administration makes radical decision to listen people who were right rather than people who were wrong Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The armed citizen Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Republican Coma Baby Lives! Maybe! But Probably Not! Or Maybe It’s Been Dead For Decades! driftglass, at his blog

Legislative Dada Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

WOULD RED-PILLED SHITPOSTER BROS VOTE FOR MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE IF SHE RAN FOR PRESIDENT? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Trump Nuns Not Even Real Nuns Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Reason #9734 For More Stimulus: Heading Off Long-Term Unemployment Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Why Is This Man Whining? Liz Dye, Wonktette

Minor IMDB Celebrity Didn’t Want To Be In Overrated Loser SAG Union Anyway! Evan Hust, Wonkette

https://www.wonkette.com/loathsome-trumpists-cant-believe-they-only-got-a-months-paid-paternity-leave-thanks-obama Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette