The Breakfast Club (A Bargain)

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

FDR plans to ‘pack’ the Supreme Court; Byron de la Beckwith convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Evers; The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour premieres; William S. Burroughs and Hank Aaron born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

Adlai Stevenson II

Breakfast News

US News

US death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000, sped by omicron

CDC backs Moderna COVID-19 shots after full US approval

California tops 80,000 deaths as virus cases tumble

US Jews talk identity, Holocaust after Goldberg’s remarks

Millions in tax dollars flow to anti-abortion centers in US

UP community seeks federal grant to develop campground

Health problems reported from smoky monthlong Indiana fire

Lucky dog: Colorado deputy rescues pup from burning SUV

US Politics

Biden sees US economy as powering past the pandemic

COVID restrictions, policing debate spark conservative push

History shows every moment counts for Dems’ hold on Senate

Trump’s GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president

A year after Trump purge, ‘alt-tech’ offers far-right refuge

Iowa GOP tax cut plans raise concerns about long-term impact

SC Senate medical marijuana debate stretches to third week

International News

GoFundMe ends fundraiser for Canada convoy protesters

Turkey’s Erdogan says he tested positive for COVID-19

Kashmir journalist arrested under India’s anti-terror law

Macron’s government seeks to reform Islam in France

Cyclone Batsirai blows across Indian Ocean toward Madagascar

Death toll from avalanches in Austrian Alps rises to 9

Queen’s canine gate-crashes as she views mementoes of reign

Sports

China wins 1st gold of home Olympics in short track relay

Norway takes Olympic gold in 3-way sprint in biathlon relay

Schouten gives Dutch 1st speedskating gold at Olympics

Johaug wins 1st gold medal of Beijing Olympics in skiathlon

Olympic gold: Slovenia’s Ursa Bogataj soars past competition

Knight, Hensley team up in leading US to 5-0 win over ROC

Wallberg upsets ‘The King’ to claim Olympic moguls crown

Breakfast Blogs

The Iowa Caucuses Should Be Finished as a Crucial Early Primary Contest Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

She’s “No Angel:” Josh Dawsey’s Nice Little Old Lady Suspected of Crimes to Steal an Election emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Symbolic Violence In Politics Ed Walker, emptywheel

This was the week the conspiracy came into focus digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Someone grow a conscience? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

NYPD Was Supposed To Replace Hundreds Of Cops Working Administrative Jobs With Civilians. It Never Did. Tim Cushing, Techdirt

House Votes For COMPETES Act, Even With Its Problems, Almost Entirely On Party Lines Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Federal Judge Formally Enters Erstwhile ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli’s Lifetime Ban from the Drug Industry, Overruling His Objections Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

The COVID future in America Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Mmoney

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,010 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Triumphant Return of The Acela Corridor Pantograph’s Faith and Humility Reporter driftglass, at his blog

Why I Was Serious When I Said Jailing Donald Trump Until Trial Would Be Good for the Country (Part 2) The Rude Pundit, at his blog

For the Record: Good News for Joe Biden—Why That’s Bad News for Joe Biden Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

IT’S ONLY STALINISM IF YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Michigan Judge Shocked To Find That Appeals Court Really Meant It When They Said ‘Knock That Shit Off’ Liz Dye, Wonkette

Mike Pence Is Just A Boy, Standing In Front Of The Federalist Society, Begging It To Not Kill Him Gary Legum, Wonkette

Religious Test, Schmeligious Test, Gov. Mike Parson Will Appoint Only Christians Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

TN Judge Sentences Woman To Six Years For Attempting To Register To Vote While Black Doktor Zoom, Wonkette