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
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes ; Sir Francis Drake dies; José Martí born; Vince Lombardi is named head coach.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
Breakfast News
US News
What to know about BA.2, the newest Covid omicron variant
Experts: Worst of virus surge over in Vegas, soon in Reno
San Francisco eases mask rule, official says LA not ready
Palin dines out again in NYC days after positive virus test
Federal student loan forgiveness program fulfills an elusive promise: To erase debts
US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Alabama inmate
Federal judge throws out oil lease sale in Gulf of Mexico
Fearing tips could get lost, sheriff halts Facebook comments
Study: Gas stoves worse for climate than previously thought
Young humpback whale freed from mooring line, buoy off Maui
Fake poop helps evicted owls settle into new neighborhood
US Politics
Biden’s high court pledge shows growing power of Black women
Who’s who among some possible top Supreme Court contenders
Low public confidence in Supreme Court as Breyer retires
After bitter battles, Senate eyes less toxic court fight
Florida GOP aims to curtail school lessons on sex, gender
Two weeks after COVID, Justice visits Capitol for speech
Ryan, not onstage, takes central focus at Ohio Senate event
Massachusetts House debates voting rights legislation
Latinos are showing little sign of shifting away from Democrats, Gallup finds
International News
COVID hits one of the last uninfected places on the planet
Biden says Russian invasion in Feb. ‘distinct possibility’
Russian roar on Ukraine rings hollow to Latin America allies
World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic
N. Korea confirms missile tests as Kim visits munitions site
Sports
Arkansas women defeat No. 12 LSU 90-76
Engstler, Cochran power No. 5 Louisville in win over FSU
Coulibaly, Auburn women close strong to stun No. 4 Tennessee
Hillmon, No. 7 Michigan cruise past No. 22 Ohio State, 77-58
Embiid scores 26, leads 76ers past LeBron-less Lakers 105-87
Blue Jackets bounce back, beat Rangers 5-3
Kings edge Islanders 3-2 for second win in three games
Svechnikov’s shootout goal sends Canes over Senators 3-2
Larsson leads Kraken to first OT win, 2-1 over Penguins
Saad, Husso spark Blues to 5-1 win over Flames
Bennett, Barkov lift Panthers over Golden Knights 4-1
Robinson goal lifts US over El Salvador 1-0 in Cup qualifier
Breakfast Blogs
This Is Parents and Legislators Under the Sway of a Media Industrial Complex Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Brandon Straka Assures MAGAts That He Didn’t Share Evidence of Any Pre-January 6 Crimes emmptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
International Holocaust Remembrance Day & the 77th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Sickening racism, right up front digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Expansion of Bigotry tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Trump downgrade Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Alabama Town Has 1,253 People, Nine Cops, And Generates $600,000 A Year From Traffic Stops Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Are Overly Aggressive Trademark Lawyers Learning Not To Be Such Assholes All The Time? Mike Masnick, Techdirt
What Conservatives Really Mean When They Say Biden’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Are “Unqualified” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, Slate
Campus PC is as out of control as it’s ever been Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How many good candidates are there for Breyer’s seat on the SCOTUS? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,003 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
REPUBLICAN UNPOPULARISM IN GEORGIA Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Anti-Vaxxers: There’s Gold In Them Thar Substacks! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Meghan McCain Survives COVID, Still No Cure For Raging Assh*le Gary Legum, Wonkette
The Top 147 Reasons Mitch McConnell Can Shut His Supreme Court Bullsh*t Facehole Liz Dye, Wonkette
Ron DeSantis: Give Floridians Monoclonal Antibodies Or Give Them Death From Ineffective Medical Treatment Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Return Of Zombie ‘Don’t Say Gay’ In F-L-A! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Some Old White Idiot Pretty Sure YouTube Hypnotizing Him. (It Is Eric Clapton.) Evan Hurst, Wonkette
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