The Breakfast Club (Last Train)

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

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala. 146 people were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York. Aretha Franklin, Elton John born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?

Jean Cocteau

Breakfast News

US News

Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6

Nebraska gives initial OK to $1B pandemic spending plan

Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopes

US plan aims to end racial, ethnic bias in home appraisals

Sacramento teachers strike as Minneapolis walkout continues

Powell: Digital currencies will require new regulations

Suit filed over threat to ban Native Americans from hotel

Louisiana twister carved destruction in mere moments

EXPLAINER: Why South gets more killer tornadoes at night

California car owners could get up to $800 for gas

Officials: Florida manatees eat ‘every scrap’ in food trial

US Politics

Jackson seems headed for confirmation despite GOP darts

Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps

California governor signs law that makes abortions cheaper

Idaho governor signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law

GOP push against ballot drop boxes hits rural places, too

Vetoes show lack of GOP lockstep on transgender sports bans

High court rejects case of Christian group, bisexual lawyer

High court won’t say whether Thomas remains hospitalized

Greitens accusations revive GOP worries about Senate bids

Ex-prosecutor: Trump ‘guilty of numerous felony violations’

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies

International News

Live updates: Britain giving Ukraine thousands more missiles

NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine

US finds Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine

Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe

Poland orders expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying

IRS unit gets no funds to enforce sanctions on rich Russians

New Zealand to remove pandemic mandates as omicron wanes

Dutch publisher pulls Anne Frank betrayal book amid critique

Simba the lion, wolf safely evacuated from war-torn Ukraine

Sports

New York City to allow unvaccinated athletes play home games

Breakfast Blogs

The Supreme Court Used What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act to Further Damage Voting Rights. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Paul Manafort Prevented from Flying to Dubai emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

And Three More Things: Day Three The Well-Qualified K. B. J. [UPDATE-1] Rayne, emptywheel

Carlo Graziani on the War in Ukraine: Get Real WaterGirl, Balloon Juice

The Ivermectin hoax digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Not the defense of democracy we imagined Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Qualified Immunity Denied To Officer Who Tased Man In The Genitals Tim Cushing, Techdirt

White House Urges Companies To Protect Data From Russian Hacks With Encryption; While Congress Looks To Effectively Outlaw Encryption Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Tells Ted Cruz It’s Her ‘Plan’ to Recuse Herself from Pending Harvard Affirmative Action Case Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime

As Sotomayor Blasts Court for Throwing Out Wisconsin Redistricting Maps, Legal Experts Say Conservative Majority May ‘Gut’ Voting Rights Act Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Donald Trump Committed ‘Numerous Felony Violations’ That Could Be Proven ‘Beyond a Reasonable Doubt,’ Resigning Prosecutor Told Manhattan DA Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Roberts Court: the 14th Amendment and Voting Rights Act require the representation of Black voters to be reduced Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Election fraud just means the wrong people are winning elections Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,050 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Borkity, Bork, Bork, Bork! driftglass, at his blog

THEY’RE GOING TO PUT US IN CAMPS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

UT Gov Spencer Cox Takes Radical Position That Trans Kids Are Human And Adults Shouldn’t Bash Them Liz Dye, Wonkette

GOP Sen. Mike Braun Suggested Overturning Loving v. Virginia And We’re Never Letting Him Forget It Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Congress Can Make Those Weirdass New Postal Trucks Electric, So Do That, Congress! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette