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
Funeral of Pope John Paul II; Pablo Picasso dies at 91; Teen aids patient Ryan White dies at 18; Hank Aaron hits 715th home run; Kurt Cobain found dead in home from self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
Breakfast News
US News
Summoning seniors: Big new push to vaccinate older Americans
Honolulu mayor wants eased virus restrictions despite uptick
Discarded masks litter beaches worldwide, threaten sea life
Virginia becomes first Southern state to legalize marijuana
Portland leaders to re-establish anti-gun violence unit
South Carolina House gives key approval to hate crimes bill
NRA boss says he didn’t tell group leaders before bankruptcy
Commerce Secretary Raimondo defends census privacy method
Expert: Chauvin never took knee off Floyd’s neck area
Cuomo aide says he slammed door shut before groping her
Neo-Nazi pleads guilty in journalist threat case
No timetable for withdrawal of troops after US, Iraq talks
6 charged in NH youth detention center sex abuse probe
Maine couple celebrates bicentennial with hidden treasure
With outdoor concert, Lincoln Center starts path to return
Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna diagnosed with dementia
US Politics
Biden open to compromise on infrastructure, but not inaction
Biden to unveil actions on guns, including new ATF boss
GOP lawmakers slam EPA chief over firing of science advisers
International News
The Latest: 11 new COVID-19 cases in China’s lone outbreak
Brazil’s Bolsonaro ignores calls for lockdown to slow virus
UK advises limiting AstraZeneca in under-30s amid clot worry
Spain limits AstraZeneca vaccine to 60 years and up
Albania sends troops, police, to end flight control strike
A paper cowboy rides out his quarantine in Australian hotel
Sports
Arizona parts ways with Sean Miller amid NCAA investigation
Panda! Sandoval helps Braves sweep doubleheader against Nats
Reds keep rolling, hit 4 HRs to back Castillo, sweep Pirates
Alabama’s Smith headlines players attending NFL draft
In firm conditions, Masters in November a distant memory
Breakfast Blogs
Republicans Have a Problem: The Triumph of the Craziarchy Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Anatomy of a Potential January 6 Cooperation Agreement emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The right’s *other* anti-democratic plot digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Bummer tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Broad minds, broad prosperity Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Fourth Circuit Appeals Court Takes Aim At Police Officers’ ‘Training And Expertise’ Assertions Tim Cushing, Techdirt
North Carolina State Senators Read Section 230 Completely Backwards, Introduces Laughably Confused Bill In Response Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Arkansas Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto, Bans Transition Procedures for Transgender Youths Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
‘We Cannot Stop Knocking’: Rep. Park Cannon Calls Supporters to Action After DA Declines to Press Charges for Knocking on Gov. Brian Kemp’s Door Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Justice Breyer Insists SCOTUS Isn’t Political, Warns Against Court-Packing, and Doesn’t Talk About Retirement Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Michigan AG Says Sidney Powell’s Claim that ‘No Reasonable Person’ Would Believe Her Kraken Theories Is Exactly Why She Should Be Sanctioned Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
So now trying to keep people from voting against you is “racist” if those voters happen not to be white Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Fox News Komedy Klassics Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 823 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Two, Three, Many Reconciliations Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
NO, WE DON’T HAVE THEM ON THE RUN YET Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Mitch McConnell: Did I Do That? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Jordan Peterson: If The Red Skull Fits! Michael Mora, Wonkette
Dr. Drew Worried COVID Passports Could Lead To Requiring Other Vaccines For International Travel Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
MAGA A-Holes Purge Almost- Normal Establishment A-Holes From South Carolina GOP Leadership Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
National Review Guy, 2014: Why Not Hang Abortion-Havers? Same Guy, 2021: Is Voting Even Good? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Don’t Think John Boehner Likes That Loser Trump Guy Very Much Evan Hurst, Wonkette
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