The Breakfast Club (The Edge)

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

Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, is launched into orbit; U.S. Blackhawk helicopters shot down in Somalia; Silent movie comedy star Buster Keaton born; Rock singer Janis Joplin dies of drug overdose.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.

Damon Runyon

Breakfast Blogs

Florida Officials Keep Learning the Same Hard Lessons about Weather Models Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

NARA Asked for 24 Boxes … Trump Gave Them 15 emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Day 221: Hey #NAFO! #NAFOArticleV!!!!! We’ve Got a Live Vatnik That Needs Bonking! Or Elon Musk Is Buying Ukraine & Taking It Private. Or Something… Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

The new Supreme Court Term digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Giving democracy a fresh wind Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

New Study Shows That High R&D Costs Don’t Explain High Drug Prices Mike Masnick, Techdirt

DOJ, Senate Leader Continue To Stoke Irrational Fear That Drug Dealers Are Targeting Kids With Multicolored Fentanyl Tim Cushing, Techdirt

The Onion Files Brief with SCOTUS in Qualified Immunity Case Where Ohio Man Was Arrested and Prosecuted for Facebook Page Parodying Police Department Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Trump Wants to Push Off Mar-a-Lago Arguments Until Next Year, Opposing the DOJ’s Request to Fast-Track Its Appeal Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Jan. 6 Committee Urges Judge to Release More John Eastman Emails, Calling His Privilege Claims ‘Consistently Unreliable’ Meghann Cuniff, Law & Crime

The Supreme Court is the Hyper-Partisan Executive Committee of a Minority Faction Party Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns & Money

Losing their faith but keeping their jobs Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,209 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ginni Thomas and the Oath Keepers signal the “no regrets” phase of January 6 apologia Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Supreme Court Coverage Is Often a Disaster. This Term, the Media Has a Chance to Fix It. Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

On Day One, Ketanji Brown Jackson Excelled at the Skill Stephen Breyer Never Quite Mastered Mark Joseph Stern, Slate

No Fair Remembering Stuff: Sunday Morning Comin’ Down driftglass, at his blog

On Mental Health, Like on Everything Else, Republicans Are Always Liars The Rude Pundit, at his blog

NO, MAGGIE, TRUMP WON’T PICK TIM SCOTT AS HIS RUNNING MATE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

TX AG Ken Paxton’s Pal Screened Kiddie Porn At Work For Training Purposes, Because WHAT THE EVERLOVING F*CK? Liz Dye, Wonkette

This Week’s Sunday Shows Full Of Republican Florida Georgia Lyin’ Michael Mora, Wonkette

QAnon People Once Again Profoundly Misunderstand Art Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Gee, Wish We Knew Who Was Responsible For All This Escalating Political Violence! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette