The Breakfast club (A Great Leader)

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

Mongol ruler Genghis Khan dies; Women in U.S. clinch right to vote; James Meredith graduates from Univ. of Miss.; Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ published in U.S.; Actor-director Robert Redford born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Rosalynn Carter

Breakfast News

Report: Nursing home cases up nearly 80% in COVID-19 rebound

Universities scramble to deal with virus outbreaks

Texas becomes 4th state to surpass 10,000 virus deaths

FDA flags accuracy problem with widely used coronavirus test

Agency: First US virus cases in mink found at 2 Utah farms

Politics slows flow of US virus funds to local public health

Trump rule on transgender health blocked at the 11th hour

US approves oil, gas leasing plan for Alaska wildlife refuge

Grid operator: 3.3 million California homes could lose power

Democratic Party chair wants to end presidential caucuses

300 Pizza Huts, mostly dine-in locations, to close

Death Valley’s brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified

Returning vacationers face new constraints as virus spikes

Belarus chaos brings a poker-faced response from Russia

Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast

AP Interview: Iraqi leader says country still needs US help

Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand COVID-19 protection

UK scraps exam grading system that enraged students, parents

Breakfast Blogs

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Is a Sacred Place. Don’t Sell It to the Greediest Bastards Around. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

“These Actions Have Targeted Not Only against Russia, But Also Against the President Elect” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

From the bottom of the barrel digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

So much you are not seeing Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Exclusive: Obstruction At All Costs: The State Department’s Petty Document Fight with Congress Molly Claflin and Austin Evers, Just Security

‘Conspiracy Theories’ Are ‘Not Viable’: Court Dismisses Carter Page Lawsuit Against DNC Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Divided Federal Appeals Court Allows ‘Historic’ Emoluments Case Against Trump to Proceed Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime

What’s in the D.C. District Court’s Proxy Voting Decision? Walter Ford, Lawfare

How a New Administration Might Better Fight White Supremacist Violence Daniel Byman, Lawfare

There should never be a Democratic presidential caucus again Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Race and class redux Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

For the Record: Serious Leftists and Debate-Club Rightists Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, COVID CRACKPOTTERY — AND QANON Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Mark Meadows Lied About The Post Office, And Jake Tapper Was Not Having It Michael Mora, Wonkette

Anti-Choice Democrats Helpfully Offer Up List Of Legislators To Primary Next Year Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Weirdo Wingnut Just Wants To Share His Creepy Sex Dream About Kamala Harris (Allegedly!) Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Yep, The Trump Campaign Is The Death Star. Just Not How They Think. Liz Dye, Wonkette

Rhode Island’s Jack Reed Might Be The Niftiest Senator You’ve Never Heard Of Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Trump Reaches ‘Call Fox & Friends And Whine About How Awesome He Is’ Stage Of Grief Evan Hurst, Wonkette