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
Malcolm X assassinated; President Richard Nixon visits China; Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart makes a tearful confession; Steve Fossett is the first to fly across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants.
Breakfast News
US News
US virus cases, hospitalizations continue steady decline
School accused of racial discrimination over COVID protocols
Rents reach ‘insane’ levels across US with no end in sight
Some school systems pause diversity programs amid pushback
‘Irreversible’: No easy fix for water fouled by gas driller
FDA: Do not use recalled infant formulas tied to infections
MassDOT busy retrieving traffic cones tossed into river
Investor pushes McDonald’s to change the way it buys pork
Huge opal sells for nearly $144,000 at Alaska auction
Cold front to bring light rain, snow and wind to California
French Quarter Festival returns after two-year COVID hiatus
Michigan woman turning 100 adds another tattoo
US Politics
In GOP embrace of truckers, some see racist double standard
Race excluded as WH rolls out climate justice screening tool
Dems, GOP set inflation, COVID mandates as election themes
International News
Canada’s protests settle down, but could echo in politics
US claims Russia has ordered final preparations for invasion
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls on Putin to meet as tensions soar
Brazil’s deadly mudslides reflect neglect, climate change
Ethiopia starts partial power generation from Blue Nile dam
IAEA reviews water release from damaged Japan nuclear plant
Australia welcomes back tourists with toy koalas, Tim Tams
Pompeii: Rebirth of Italy’s dead city that nearly died again
Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for COVID; mild symptoms
GOP state lawmaker sues over state Capitol mask requirements
Sports
Williams leads No. 10 UConn to 90-49 rout of Georgetown
No. 2 Stanford women rally to beat Oregon 66-62.
Boston ties SEC mark, No. 1 Gamecocks top Lady Vols 67-53
No. 11 LSU women top No. 17 Florida, now alone in 2nd in SEC
No. 3 Louisville cruises past No. 23 Virginia Tech 70-56
No. 9 Michigan takes Big Ten lead with win over Maryland
Spencer scores 23 to carry Loyola (Md.) past Lehigh 69-42
Ohams lifts Fordham over George Mason 50-47
Shesterkin, Rangers edge Senators 2-1
Barkov leads Panthers to 5-2 victory over Blackhawks
Hammond lead Canadiens past Islanders in 3-2 shootout win
Canes edge Penguins 4-3 in top Metropolitan Division matchup
Britain wins Olympic women’s curling gold 10-3 over Japan
Cindric wins Daytona 500 to celebrate Penske’s 85th birthday
Breakfast Blogs
Turning a City Into Pit Road at Daytona—But With Big Rigs—Is Not Good for Anyone’s Quality of Life Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
American Patriots Deleting Presidential Records: Ivanka’s Destruction of Evidence about an Ongoing Conspiracy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
About the latest “scandal” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hulabaloo
All hell will break loose Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
MAGA media tried desperately to portray a fringe protest as a massive popular uprising Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Pandemics end when people no longer care Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,026 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
When The Zone is Already Flooded: Part I driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: I Say It’s Spinach Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE NEW TWO-PARTY SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO OUR HORSERACE-OBSESSED PRESS: REPUBLICANS VS. REPUBLICANS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Recent Comments