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
Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean; British prime minister Margaret Thatcher resigns; Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death; The Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut; Comedian Jon Stewart born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If you don’t stick to your values when they’re being tested, they’re not values: they’re hobbies.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Illinois surpasses 12,000 deaths from COVID-19
Experts: Virus numbers could be erratic after Thanksgiving
Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online
Navajo school, students fight to overcome amid COVID-19
Officials report more than 4,200 new COVID cases in WA
CDC panel meets Tuesday to vote on COVID-19 vaccine priority
US colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return
Disney to lay off 4,000 more employees amid pandemic
Milwaukee County vote recount gives Biden small boost
New rule could allow gas, firing squads for US executions
Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections
Many turn to real Christmas trees as bright spot amid virus
Puppy pipeline runs from Georgia northward to adoptive homes
Sports News
US women beat Netherlands 2-0 in World Cup rematch
The Latest: Middle Tennessee-FAU football game canceled
Ohio State’s Day tests positive, won’t coach vs. Illinois
Hall’s late TD lifts No. 15 Iowa State over No. 20 Texas
Book, defense help No. 2 Notre Dame beat No. 25 UNC 31-17
San Francisco stuns No. 4 Virginia 61-60 in Bubbleville
Ravaged by COVID-19, Ravens face issues beyond new schedule
International News
Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects COVID-19 shot, calls masks taboo
Greece sets price limit on COVID-19 tests at private clinics
British bike maker pedals on, with Brexit deal up in the air
S. Korea agency says N. Korea executed people, shut capital
China slaps 200% tax on Australia wine amid tensions
Cher in Pakistan for resettlement of ‘loneliest elephant’
Brief buzz: Danish Mayfly named 2021 insect of the year
Breakfast Blogs
Republicans Won’t Have Trump, But Trumpism Is All They Have Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Kraken Clemency: Did Trump Issue the Flynn Pardon Wednesday To Avoid Potential Conflict with Sidney Powell’s Batshittery?? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“Everyone knows” the Earth is flat too Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump’s Attempt to Shift Burden of Proof to Biden Shows His Election Lawsuits Are Garbage Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Life under a death cult Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Donald Trump and the limits of legal realism Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 735 Erik Loomis, Lawyer, Guns and Money
Happy Lifeboat Burning Day! Updated Twice For Your Additional Reading Pleasure! driftglass, at his blog
Victim-Blaming With a Human Face Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
A REMINDER THAT THE GOP WAS FALSELY SHOUTING “ELECTORAL FRAUD!” YEARS BEFORE TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT Steve M., Now More Mister Nice Blog
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