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
Hitler takes Austria; FDR’s first fireside chat; Gacy convicted; Girl Scouts predecessor founded; Les Miserables opens.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
Breakfast News
US News
VIRUS TODAY: Biden signs aid bill; ex-presidents get shots
States drawing up big wish lists for the COVID relief money
Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second
Savannah expects St. Patrick’s crowds, possible virus surge
Resignation demands grow as police get Cuomo groping report
Kentucky Senate votes to make it a crime to taunt police
Portland mayor seeks $2 million to stem rampant gun violence
Judge OKs 3rd-degree murder charge for ex-cop in Floyd death
Police posed as reporter in phone call with hostage taker
As climate fight shifts to oil, Biden faces a formidable foe
Molson Coors says cyberattack impacting brewing operations
Contempt hearing sought against Joe Arpaio’s successor
Study: Lack of diversity in Hollywood costs industry $10B
With ‘big one’ coming, quake alert system launches in Oregon
Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers
Officials seize goats from home of environmental activist
Where’s the beef? Runaway steer still roaming Rhode Island
US Politics
Biden’s $1.9T rescue signed, agenda now a slog in Congress
Biden sets May 1 target to have all adults vaccine-eligible
A look at new steps Biden team launching to fight virus
As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent
At Air Force One base, intruder given up by ‘mouse ears’
International News
UN chief blasts vaccine nationalism, hoarding, side deals
WHO whistleblower who denounced spiked Italy report resigns
Brazil hospitals buckle in absence of national virus plan
Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit
China legislature endorses reducing public vote in Hong Kong
Sports
Mississippi gov signs bill limiting transgender athletes
‘Controlled environment’: NCAA plunges ahead with tourneys
Georgetown upsets Big East top seed Villanova 72-71 at MSG
Duke pulls out of ACC Tournament, NCAA tourney streak ends
Kentucky NCAA hopes end after being bounced from SEC tourney
Missouri hits late free throw, beats Georgia 73-70 at SEC
Massner carries Northwestern St. past New Orleans 82-79
Perry scores 15 to lift UCF past East Carolina 72-62
NBA fines Meyers Leonard $50,000 for anti-Semitic slur
US-Canada border decision looms in playoffs for NHL
Big finish sends Garcia to big lead at Players Championship
IOC and China make vaccine deal for Tokyo, Beijing Olympians
USA Basketball picks 57 players for men’s Tokyo Games pool
Breakfast Blogs
The Conservative Commitment to Government ‘Closest to the People’ Is a Texas-Sized Scam Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
GoToInsurrection and Other Astounding Oath Keeper Social Media Habits emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Keynes to the rescuedigby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
It’s not vetos and balances Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Senior Military Leaders – Officers and Senior Enlisted – Have Decided To Very Publicly Smack Tucker Carlson Around Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Public Oversight Board Releases Thousands Of NYPD Disciplinary Records Tim Cushing, Techdirt
It’s Not Just Republican State Legislators Pushing Unconstitutional Content Moderation Bills Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Arizona GOP Bill Would Allow GOP-Controlled State Legislature to Overturn Presidential Popular Vote Colin KalmbacHer, Law & Crime
In Big Win for Prosecution, Judge Rules Derek Chauvin Must Again Face Third-Degree Murder Charge in George Floyd’s Death Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Second Circuit Judge Dies One Week After Taking Senior Status Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Advancing the ACA Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Donald Trump is completely indifferent to whether his own supporters die from COVID Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 806 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Your Bulwark Quote of the Day: “If You Had Told Me Ten Years Ago…” driftglass, at his blog
I CAN ASSURE YOUR RIGHT-WING RELATIVES THAT MILITARY MATERNITY FLIGHT SUITS ARE NOT JOE BIDEN’S IDEA Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
President Biden Signs COVID Relief Bill Without Sharpie, Does That Even Count? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
GOP ‘Party Of Working Class’ Has Brand New Shiny Idea: No Taxes For Dead Twenty-Millionaires! Liz Dye, Wonkette
American Rescue Plan Rescuing Child Care, Too! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
MAGA Rioter Wants To Be Tried In Texas Because DC Is Prejudiced Against Racists Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Stacey Abrams: Who Needs The Filibuster When You Can Have An Actual Democracy? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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