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
Bomb attack on Madrid’s commuter trains; Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic found dead; Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union; General Douglas MacArthur leaves Philippines in WWII.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Complete strangers can stand silent next to each other in an elevator and not even look each other in the eye. But at a concert, those same strangers could find themselves dancing and singing together like best friends. That’s the power of music.
Breakfast News
US News
‘Scum of the earth’: Drug victims face Purdue Pharma owners
IRS plans to hire 10,000 workers to relieve massive backlog
New Mexico terror trial in limbo years after compound raid
Some minority groups missed at higher rate in 2020 US census
Iditarod mushers taking break at race’s halfway point
US Politics
Biden to Dems: Sell agenda with ‘confidence’ and ‘clarity’
US extends mask rule for travel while weighing new approach
Judge: Legal filing by Durham team created a ‘sideshow’
Senate gives final approval to Ukraine aid, huge budget bill
GOP senators urge Biden to send Polish warplanes to Ukraine
Pence meets far-right Israelis on West Bank holy site tour
International News
Live updates: U.S. House approves Russia oil import ban bill
Fields, Keys lead Cowgirls past Tech 74-58 in Big 12 opener
UNLV women beat Colorado State, win first MWC tourney title
No. 23 FGCU women shoot past Stetson in A-Sun semis 82-67
No. 25 UCF women clamp down on SMU 61-28 in AAC semifinal
Russians keep pressure on Mariupol; massive convoy breaks up
EU united on Ukraine, but won’t offer fast-track membership
US colleges cut partnerships, financial ties with Russia
Kim seeks to expand launch pad amid worry about ICBM firing
Sports
West Virginia women roll past TCU 68-48 in Big 12 tournament
Coles leads No. 20 UConn past Seton Hall to Big East semis
Slater clutch, No. 8 Villanova rallies past St. John’s 66-65
No. 2 Arizona outlasts Stanford 84-80 in Pac-12 quarters
No. 7 Duke surges late to hold off Syracuse 88-79 in ACC
Texas Tech routs Iowa State 72-41 in Big 12 quarterfinals
No. 25 UNC cruises past Virginia 63-43 into ACC semifinals
No. 23 Colorado State ekes by Utah State in MWC quarters
NC Central breezes past UMES 68-56 in MEAC quarterfinals
No. 13 UCLA beats Washington State 75-65 in Pac-12 quarters
Richmond gets past Rhode Island 64-59 in A10 tournament
Sabres beat Golden Knights 3-1 in Eichel’s return to Buffalo
David Pastrnak breaks late tie, Bruins beat Blackhawks 4-3
Lee has 1st hat trick as Islanders beat Blue Jackets 6-0
Josh Norris scores in overtime, Senators beat Kraken 4-3
Bear, Aho, Raanta help Hurricanes beat Avalanche 2-0
Duchene’s two goals, assist lead Predators over Ducks 4-1
Thomas scores twice as Blues beat Rangers 6-2
Wild beat Red Wings in a shootout, 6-5
Connor scores 35th, Comrie makes 33 saves, Jets beat Devils
Bear breaks late tie, Hurricanes beat Avalanche 2-0
Breakfast Blogs
I’d Like to Thank Republican State Legislatures for Taking Us Back to the Buchanan Administration Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Enrique Tarrio Gets His Chance to Fit In or Fuck Off emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War for Ukraine Update 16: The Ukrainians Are Still Holding, the Russians Are Quickly Escalating Their Agitprop and Demands, & Marking Some Beliefs To Market Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Anything goes in Trump’s GOP digby aka Heather Digby PArton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“They’re not haters. They’re people who are threatening to hurt and rape me for having a goddamn opinion.” – Blaire Erskine Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Democracy needs citizens not profit generators Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
First Amendment Group Tells Appeals Court University Officials Shouldn’t Have Access To Qualified Immunity Tim Cushing, Techdirt
How Tracking Someone’s Movements Can Make Them Look Guilty, Even When They’re Not Mike masnick, Techdirt
Judge Chides Durham Team for Putting Extraneous ‘Information’ in Court Documents: ‘You Folks Have an Audience of One, and That’s Me’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Lord Haw-Haw says only a fool or Frenchman would deny that Nazi-dominated Ukrainian government has deadly bioweapons Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Census massively undercounts Blacks and Hispanics; seriously overcounts non-Hispanic whites paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A Semi-Fair Congressional Map In Spite Of Ourselves Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
On Propaganda Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IMAGINE HOW DELUSIONAL YOU HAVE TO BE TO BELIEVE YOUR PARTY COULD BE SAVED BY MIKE PENCE’S BRAVERY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Conservatives Really Doubling Down On This ‘LGBTQ People Are Child-Molesting Groomers’ Thing Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
If Russia Uses Biological Weapons, These Helpful Americans Will Blame It On Ukraine Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Republicans Gear Up For Bullsh*t Attacks On Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Media Gears Up To Help Them. Liz Dye, Wonkette
Democrats Might Just Save Liz Cheney … So, Hooray? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Crook Bastard Nonprofits Took Pandemic Money, Put Fraud On Minnesota Food Programs, Allegedly. Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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