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
Charges dropped against Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case; Garry Kasparov loses a chess match against IBM’s Deep Blue computer; Songwriter Irving Berlin born; Reggae star Bob Marley dies
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
Breakfast News
US News
Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12
States push jobless from virus recession to return to work
Michigan hits 55% vaccine rate, will end remote work rule
New Mexico awaits $1.75B in federal pandemic relief
Biz group floats work grant; federal aid higher than thought
Watchdog says Capitol Police deficient at monitoring threats
California expands drought emergency to large swath of state
With $76B surplus, California proposes rebates for millions
New Mexico invests in prekindergarten literacy software
Vatican warns US bishops over get-tough Communion proposals
FBI names pipeline cyberattackers as company promises return
Amazon announces new distribution center for North Carolina
Kentucky plant benefiting from latest Apple investment
Nebraska could let state banks offer cryptocurrency services
Tortoise movers sue for $500,000, say Florida moved too fast
Man arrested after tiger shown in a yard of his Houston home
Owner of Stratosphere property goes to 100% casino capacity
Tyson raising pay to keep up as US chicken demand soars
Drone video shows endangered whales appearing to embrace
Wolves to find new home at Ted Turner’s New Mexico ranch
US Politics
Baker, other governors to talk vaccine efforts with Biden
US ship fires warning shots in encounter with Iranian boats
McCarthy sets Wednesday vote on Liz Cheney leadership ouster
Inside Arizona’s election audit, GOP fraud fantasies live on
Kemp signs $27.3B state budget, will block police raises
Youngkin leads after 5 rounds in Virginia GOP governor race
Nevada governor pushes expanded state infrastructure bank
Detroit police chief announces retirement effective June 1
International News
The Latest: El Salvador to donate vaccine to Honduran towns
Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing
In India’s northeast there’s fear of a virus surge to come
2 on trial as China enforces online control amid pandemic
Hugs to be allowed in England as part of lockdown easing
Dracula’s castle proves an ideal setting for COVID-19 jabs
Hamas launches new attack on Israel after Jerusalem clashes
UN experts: Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis
Mexican villages arm children in desperate bid for attention
Australia to reveal big-spending plan for next fiscal year
Hopes fade for minke whale stuck in River Thames near London
Last wild macaw in Rio is lonely and looking for love
Sports
USC hires Cavs’ Lindsay Gottlieb as women’s hoops coach
USA Olympian Garcia leads Athletes Unlimited softball picks
Westbrook breaks Robinson’s NBA triple-double record
NHL’s Canadian teams likely to keep COVID-19 protocols
Flyers let fans take their shot and score COVID-19 immunity
Flyers end crushing season with 4-2 win over Devils
Medina Spirit heads to Preakness, minus trainer Bob Baffert
Breakfast Blogs
The Fish Had Two Tails Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Peter Debbins Claims He Stopped Spying for Russia in 2011 emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Two Communities And The Future Of Democracy Ed Walker, emptywheel
The Day After the Second COVID Mother’s Day Rayne, emptywheel
There is nothing but “Stop the Steal” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Energizer virus Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Prosecutors Hint at Plea Deal for Ex-Trump Official Accused of Being on Front Lines of Jan. 6th Capitol Siege Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Georgia Repeals Civil War-Era Citizen’s Arrest Law Initially Used to Justify Letting Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Off the Hook Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Families of George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and ACLU Call for United Nations Inquiry into Alleged Racism, U.S. Police Brutality Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Biden Administration Reverses Trump’s Definition of ‘Sex’ in Healthcare, Returns to Obama-Era Protections for LGBTQ Americans Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
The Atwater Papers Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
White supremacists, theocrats, and other supporters of patriarchal reaction oppose democracy on principle Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Joe Biden is Not a Radical. Neither Were FDR or LBJ Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
File Under: Things That Didn’t Work Out As Planned driftglass, at his blog
Conservatives Against Capitalism Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF ONLY THEY’D USE THAT FORCE FOR GOOD Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Was Larry Klayman Too Upset After Getting Beat Down By Wonkette To Show His Face In Court? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Your Sunday Show Rundown Is Conservatives In Chaos! (Again.) MIchael Mora, Wonkette
Arizona GOP Official Pretty Sure Vaccines Turning People Into Potted Plants Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Former White House Trade Idiot Is Even Bigger Idiot About Dr. Fauci, COVID-19 Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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