The Breakfast Club (Everybody’s Business)

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 Lyndon Johnson announces that he isn’t running for re-election; Flag first unfurled on top of Eiffel Tower; Terry Schiavo dies; Oklahoma debuts on Broadway.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody’s business to interfere when they see it.

Anna Sewell

Breakfast News

US News

The Latest: Wyoming governor sticks with ending mask mandate

GOP governors ignore Biden’s latest plea on mask mandates

States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

Witnesses: Onlooker anger increased as Floyd stopped moving

Migrant kids crowded into Texas facility as space runs low

‘Lighting a fuse’: Amazon vote may spark more union pushes

Big tech, Nevada repair shops clash over ‘right to repair’

Rental car prices skyrocket as Hawaii sees surge in tourists

‘Concrete Cowboy’ shows Philadelphia’s Black cowboy culture

New Mexico organizers plan for international balloon fiestaNew Mexico organizers plan for international balloon fiesta

World’s last Blockbuster more popular after Netflix show

Human parents feel for mama bear trying to corral her cubs

US Politics

Beyond bridges: Biden redefines infrastructure to add people

GOP Rep. Gaetz investigated over sexual relationship

Ethics panel affirms Rep. Gohmert fine over metal detector

Blinken ends Trump rights plan promoting conservative agendaBlinken ends Trump rights plan promoting conservative agenda

Biden rolls out diverse first slate of judicial nominees

Lawyer: FBI enlisted Proud Boys leader to inform on antifa

G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90

International News

WHO team urges patience after 1st look for origin of virus

Germany to restrict AstraZeneca use in under-60s over clots

Turkey reimposes restrictions after sharp rise in infections

With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage begins

Brazil military chiefs quit as Bolsonaro seeks their support

Australia to build guided missiles to boost defense capacity

Myanmar junta deepens violence with new air attacks in east

Japan’s famous cherry blossoms bloom early as climate warms

Sports

South Carolina drubs Texas 62-34 to reach Final Four

Quite a show: Zags stay undefeated with 85-66 win over USC

Official collapses, wheeled off court on stretcher

NCAA President to meet with protesting basketball players

Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports

Montana Senate advances bill banning transgender athletes

NFL team owners approve 17-game regular season, 3 preseason games; 1st time in 43 years that regular season is increased

COLUMN: Bristol avoided the mess most feared for a dirt race

Raised fists, kneeling during anthem OK at US Olympic trials

Breakfast Blogs

It’s High Time We Had a Public Defender on the High Court Carles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Elections Have Consequences: Secretary of the Interior Haaland Anne Laurie, Balloon Juice

“The libs are making me fascist!” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Focus. Now. Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

State Appeals Court Says Flying A Drone Over Someone’s Property Violates The Fourth Amendment Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Your Bulwark Quote of the Day: “Retcon” driftglass, at his blog

The Supreme Court Appears Poised to Chip Away at Article III Standing Once Again. Justice Sotomayor Stands Alone. Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Federal Appeals Court Says Government Can Put Americans on Terror Watchlist without Notice or Chance to Rebut Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime

Rep. Matt Gaetz Claims There’s an Elaborate Extortion Scheme Against Him After Report on DOJ Sex Trafficking Investigation Aaron Keller, Law & Crime

Behind #FightBack: Untold Tales of Lin Wood, an Unreported Gun Incident and How Kyle Rittenhouse’s Mother Sees It All Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

The Senator With No Fucks to Give Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

University administrator and faculty pay in the new Gilded Age Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Hanging workers out to dry Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Reaganomics With a Human Face, Continued Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

MATT GAETZ, JOEL GREENBERG, AND THE DEMONIZATION GAP Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

I Went To Capitol Insurrection And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt And Also Arrested Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette

It’s The March Madness Tournament Of Who Can Hurt Trans Kids The Most, And Arkansas’s In The Lead! Evan Hurst, Wonkette

GOP Decries Vaccine Passports As Satanic Hitler BadgesGOP Decries Vaccine Passports As Satanic Hitler Badges Liz Dye, Wonkette

Some A-Hole Beat Up An Old Asian Woman In Midtown NYC. Can We Admit There’s A Problem Now? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

CDC Director: Shark’s Still Out There, Could We Not Open Beaches Just Yet? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette