The Breakfast Club (Rightful Masters)

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 Abraham Lincoln and naturalist Charles Darwin born; The U.S. Senate acquits President Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial; Founding of the NAACP; Cartoonist Charles Schulz dies.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Abraham Lincoln

Breakfast News

US News

Biden says US is securing 600 million vaccine doses by July

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes

Race to vaccinate older Americans advances in many states

White House says it will defer to CDC on reopening schools

Winter weather is latest snag for lagging vaccine rollout

San Francisco sues schools, cites high of suicidal students

RFK Jr. kicked off Instagram for vaccine misinformation

Law enforcement diversity may improve policing, study shows

Judge declines new arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse

Plane slides off taxiway at Pittsburgh Airport; no injuries

3 North American river otter pups born at Zoo Miami

US Politics

Democrats pushing Biden’s COVID-19 bill through House panels

‘Overwhelm the problem’: Inside Biden’s war on COVID-19

Convict Trump or face dire democracy damage, prosecutors say

Biden wants to quadruple refugee admissions set by Trump

Biden hopes infrastructure can bridge partisan divide

Lincoln Project to launch outside probe amid new revelations

Amid COVID shutdowns, GOP’s McCarthy attended son’s wedding

International News

The Latest: Australia on track for vaccine by end of March

Kim lays blame at officials for N. Korea’s economic failures

China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move

Despite Biden’s push, a difficult road to peace in Yemen

Women’s rights activist charged for role in Polish protests

Sports

Conference tournaments still on schedule despite concerns

No crowds, but Australian Open will continue during lockdown

Williams advances in Australia, fans be banned from Saturday

Tennis, everyone? Participation up 22% in 2020, survey says

NHL adds game-day rapid testing to stem COVID-19 outbreaks

Tensions rising: NHL multigame series ratchet up animosity

Almirola wins first qualifying race for Daytona 500

Lasting legacy: Earnhardt’s death saved lives, forced change

Cantlay ties course record with 62 and leads at Pebble Beach

Paraguay’s 2nd division soccer players improvise to survive

Tokyo Olympics: Mori to leave but gender issue remains

Breakfast Blogs

This Evokes the Image of Donald J. Trump in a County Jail in the South Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Republicans Prepare to Sanction a President Doing Nothing as the Country Was Assaulted by Terrorists emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Failing At Democracy Ed Walker, emptywheel

Third Party Dreams digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

The radical wight Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Time to Reconsider the 14th Amendment for Trump’s Role in the Insurrection James Wagstaffe, Just Security

Louisiana AG Sues Journalists To Keep Them From Obtaining Documents Detailing Sexual Harassment By Top Prosecutor Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Orrin Hatch, Who Once Wanted To Destroy The Computers Of Anyone Who Infringed On Copyrights, Now Lies About Section 230 Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Dumb New GOP Talking Point: If You Restore Net Neutrality, You HAVE To Kill Section 230. Just Because! Karl Bode, Techdirt

Prosecutors Use ‘Weapons Are OK Now’ Line Against Oath Keeper Charged in Conspiracy Against U.S. Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Texas Doctor, Wrongly Charged for Giving Extra Vaccine to Sick and Elderly, May Have a Case for Malicious Prosecution Aaron Keller and Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

The paranoid style is now completely mainstream Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Donald’s Army Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 784 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

How To Recognize Shambolic Wingnut Disasters From Quite a Long Way Away driftglass, at his blog

Which Side Are We On? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

REPUBLICANS WON’T CONVICT? MUST BE THE DEMOCRATS’ FAULT! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Fox News Covers Trump Impeachment By SQUIRREL! BIIIIIG SQUIRREL! GREAT BIG DEMOCRAT SQUIRREL! Evan Hurst, Wonkette

Trump’s DOJ Put Kibosh On Investigation Into Rudy Giuliani? SHOCKER! Liz Dye, Wonkette

Mitt Romney’s Child Allowance Plan Pretty Damn Good, Would Cut Child Poverty. Yes, That Mitt Romney! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaxx Nonsense Got Him Kicked Off Of Instagram Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Never Gonna Be President … We’re Pretty Sure Stephen Robinson, Wonkette