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
A Cold War prisoner exchange; boxer Mike Tyson convicted of rape; Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ opens on Broadway; Bob Dylan’s ‘The Times They Are a Changin” released.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize – yours, not anybody else’s.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: N.C. senators OK bill to force schools to reopen
US vaccine drive complicated by 1st, 2nd dose juggling act
California uses ZIP codes, outreach to boost vaccine equity
Salesforce won’t force workers to go into office post-COVID
Hack exposes vulnerability of cash-strapped US water plants
1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minnesota health clinic
Missing explosives from Marine base under investigation
Cops fired over photos tied to Elijah McClain not reinstated
Aunt Jemima brand gets a new name: Pearl Milling Company
US Politics
Trump trial gets go-ahead after emotional, graphic first day
Rep. Jamie Raskin links impeachment with personal tragedy
The Latest: Republicans criticize Trump lawyers’ performance
GOP senator flips on impeachment trial, rips Trump lawyers
Impeachment trial goes blue, forcing network language calls
Trump never conceded he lost, but his impeachment lawyer did
Senate schedules confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland
Dems attempt to push through school funding, wage increase
Punished by Democrats, Greene consolidates support at home
Chase sues Virginia GOP over gubernatorial convention plans
International News
WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
Lying on arrival could mean 10 years in prison in England
Myanmar junta cracks down on crowds defying protest ban
Australian court rules terrorists can be imprisoned longer
Iran may pursue nuclear weapon, intel minister warns West
Palestinian elections on track after factions meet in Cairo
Holocaust scholars ordered to apologize in Polish libel case
Turkey unveils space program including 2023 moon mission
Arab spacecraft enters orbit around Mars in historic flight
World’s second-oldest person survives COVID-19 at age 116
Koala rescued after 5-car pileup on Australian freeway
Sports
US officials: Pilot error caused Kobe Bryant chopper crash
Once a Knick, always a Knick: Rose back in New York lineup
Redshirted rosters: No. 2 Baylor benefits from extra years
Cardinals re-sign C Yadier Molina for 18th season
MLB renews 7-inning doubleheaders, runners on 2nd in extras
MLB players to wear electronic tracers, face discipline
Nadal, Barty advance in straight sets at Australia Open
Kyle Busch streaks past Elliott, Blaney to win Busch Clash
Breakfast Blogs
The Trump Defense Team Were Beamed In From Dimension X Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Accused Insurrectionist Thomas Caldwell Claims to Have Top Secret Clearance emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trump Impeachment II – The Beginning bmaz, emptywheel
We Have Reached the Point Where the Parody Has Become the Reality: The GOP Has Turned Itself Into JAM Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
The original Trumper weighs in digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hulabaloo
TikTok takedown Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Chastity Penis Lock Company That Was Hacked Says It’s Now Totally Safe To Put Your Penis Back In That Chastity Lock Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Why Is Congress Pushing For Locking Up More Culture? Mike masnick, Techdirt
Section 230 Lets Tech Fix Content Moderation Issues. Congress Should Respect That Luke Ashton, Techdirt
DOJ Drops Ridiculous Trump-Era Lawsuit Against California For Passing Net Neutrality Rules Karl Bode, Techdirt
In Lawsuit Against MSNBC Anchor, Lin Wood Claims He Has Evidence Mike Pence Is a ‘Traitor’ and Will Provide It If Necessary Colin Kallmbacher, Law & Crime
Senate Denies ‘January Exception’ to Donald Trump as Six Republicans Break Ranks to Let Trial Proceed Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Chief Federal Judge in D.C. Overrules Magistrate, Orders Proud Boys Leader Held in Custody — For Now Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Ron Johnson Botched Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling While Grilling Biden’s OMB Nominee Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Trump’s Answer to the Senate and the Constitutional Stakes in the Pending Trial Bob Bauer, Lawfare
You get what everyone knows you’ll never pay for Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Captain Edward Smith’s Practical Guide to Recognizing Icebergs from Quite a Long Way Away
If We Can’t Abolish ICE, We Can Limit It Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Community Control of the Police and the History Behind ‘Defund’ Simon Balto. Lawyers, Guns and Money
Looks like anti-racism is contagious Melissa Byrnes, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Your Bulwark Word of the Day: The “L” Word! driftglass, at his blog
Joe Did What? Abolishing ICE Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Younger Democrats Are All Out of Fucks to Give for Republicans’ Feelings The Rude Pundit, at his blog
IT’S INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE, BUT NOT THE BAD KIND Steve M., No MOre Mister Nice Blog
Happy Impeachment Trial, Donald! You Are Also Under Investigation In Georgia. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Senate Republicans SHOCKED, SHOCKED At Mean Tweets. No, Not Trump’s, Neera Tanden’s DUH. Liz Dye, Wonkette
GOP Impeachment ‘Defense’: Lies, Damn Lies, More Marjorie Taylor Greene Conspiracies Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Twitter Bans Just Like The Holocaust Except For How No One Dies, Says Newsmax Guest Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
House Dems: Give EVERYBODY Stimmy! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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