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
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer gets life in prison; House lawmakers pick a president; Garry Kasparov beats IBM’s Deep Blue at chess; NBA star Michael Jordan born; The Eagles release their greatest hits.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can’t jail the Revolution.
Breakfast News
US News
VIRUS TODAY: President Biden extends ban on foreclosures
Biden optimistic on reopening of elementary schools
Vaccine delays leave grocery workers feeling expendable
Crippling storm hampers vaccinations as FEMA opens new sites
Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell
Seattle woman, 90, walks 6 miles through snow for vaccine
Millions endure record cold without power; at least 20 dead
‘A complete bungle’: Texas’ energy pride goes out with cold
Captain pleads not guilty to manslaughter in boat fire
Case dropped after woman in racist NYC run-in gets therapy
Muted Mardi Gras: Closed bars, barricaded Bourbon Street
Vegas airport name change to honor former Sen. Harry Reid
Aargh! Tampa delays Gasparilla pirate festival until 2022
US Politics
Dem’s lawsuit accuses Trump of inciting deadly Capitol riot
Riot lawsuit just part of Trump’s post-impeachment problems
Trump rips McConnell as GOP divide deepens post-Capitol riot
Impeachment over, Congress shifts focus to security failures
International News
The Latest: Mexico passes 2 million confirmed virus cases
Japan begins COVID-19 vaccination drive amid supply worry
Australia’s second-largest city comes out of 3rd lockdown
In Athens, rare snow blankets Acropolis, halts vaccinations
France passes anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims
Spain: Protests erupt after rapper’s insults lead to prison
Some dinosaur migration was delayed by climate, study shows
Philippine president approves amnesty program for rebels
New charge filed on Suu Kyi as Myanmar crackdown intensifies an hour ago
Sports
Winter weather in Texas impacts pro, college sports
Spurs have 4 players positive, Atlanta has All-Star concerns
Black MLB players, executives strive to diversify baseball
No. 1 Barty upset in Australian quarterfinals by Muchova
‘Not normal’: Djokovic raises quarantine-injury connection
Breakfast Blogs
This Lawsuit Could Rip the Covers Off the Eternal Grift That Is Conservative Politics in America Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Bennie Thompson Sues Trump, His Mobsters, and Rudy G under the NAACP Act emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
On Conspiracy bmaz, amptywheel
Cancel Cult digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Tucker goes socialist Tom Sullivan, Digby’s HUllabaloo
Their Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3 and Ours Mark A. Graber, Just Securitiy
Texas Power, Phone Outages Again Highlight How Infrastructure Underinvestment Will Be Fatal Moving Forward Karl Bode, Techdirt
First Circuit Rejects Device Search Challenge, Says The Fourth Amendment Doesn’t Apply At Our Nation’s Borders Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Parler’s Found A New Host (And A New CEO)… For Now Mike Masnick, Techdirt
‘The NYPD Cannot Bargain Away Its Disclosure Obligations’: Police Unions Suffer Massive Defeat in Federal Court Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’ to Take Center Stage at House Hearing Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
‘Mostly Foam’: Judge Taps into Keg Full of Beer Puns in Lawsuit Accusing Red Robin of Failing to Pour Full Pints Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
America’s second-dumbest senator says 1/6 was no big deal Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Cancel Culture! Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
In Praise of Anand Giridharadas driftglass, at his blog
Lectiones: Democratic Mojo Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
DON’T BLAME AOC — TEXAS HAS FAILED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM SINCE SHE WAS IN DIAPERS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Sorry About Your Family, Adam Kinzinger Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Ready For The 2022 Elections In Georgia? No? TOO BAD. Liz Dye, Wonkette
Millions In Dark And Cold In Texas, So Expect Mandatory Coal-Burning Stoves, And Guns Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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