The Breakfast Club (Balance)

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

Albert Einstein is born; Eli Whitney receives patent for cotton gin; First U.S. Astronaut lands in space on Russian rocket; Michael Caine and Quincy Jones are born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

Breakfast News

US News

NC top court decision keeps domestic violence ruling intact

Census: Black population grows in suburbs, shrinks in cities

Liberal US cities change course, now clearing homeless camps

San Diego homeless residents paid to keep encampments clean

Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma join hydrogen hub chase

Nantucket shops scrambling after UPS misses ferry bookings

Obama tests positive for COVID-19, says he’s ‘feeling fine’

Adirondack rail trail takes another step closer to reality

US Politics

US pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat

How Noem’s struggles at home may enhance White House chances

International News

Live updates: Zelenskyy: ‘Black day’ after Russian attack

Russian airstrike escalates offensive in western Ukraine

US, China aides to meet as tensions mount over Russia

War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls

Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq

Peru’s ‘worst ecological disaster’ slams small-scale fishing

Brazil detects record Amazon deforestation in Jan. and Feb.

No result yet after Turkmenistan presidential election

Earthquakes shake Indonesia, Philippines; no tsunami threat

As Cairo transforms, Egyptians fight to save their trees

Sports

South Carolina top overall seed in women’s NCAA Tournament

Back to normal: Zags, Baylor join KU, Arizona as NCAA No. 1s

Kevin Durant scores season-high 53 points, Nets beat Knicks

Embiid’s 35 points, 16 points lead 76ers over Magic in OT

Hinostroza leads Sabres past Maple Leafs in outdoor game

Breakfast Blogs

19 Million Americans Are Not a Rounding ErrorCharles P. Pierce, Esquire Poltics

We Are United by One Dream – To Live Freely On Our Land WaterGirl, Balloon juice

We are semi-sane but still uninformed digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Inching closer Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Daylight Savings Time: The Controversy Grows Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Is putting the life of pregnant women as severe risk for no benefits whatsoever a good thing? Views differ Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,041 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

THE GOP WANTS TO CRACK DOWN ON RICH ELITES NOW, EXCEPT WHEN IT MIGHT COST THE ELITES MONEY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog