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
Pres. Woodrow Wilson is born; John C. Calhoun becomes first US vice president to resign; Alexander Solzhenitsyn ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is published; Actor Denzel Washington & comic book creator Stan Lee are born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We owe each other a debt and we owe each other an obligation, and because of these fundamental American imperatives, there are things that we own in common with each other, and that we are obliged to protect for our posterity. The water. The trees. The wild places in the land. We lose sight of these truths sometimes.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Central, S. Calif. lockdown likely to continue
Fauci: US taking hard look at variant of coronavirus
Tribes try to shield elders and their knowledge from virus
With winter at hand, the virus whips up winds of uncertainty
Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war
US officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast
Judge delays execution of only woman on US death row
Park rangers cite visitors to Hawaii volcano eruption site
Workers install 192 crystals on Times Square New Year’s ball
Alaska soup kitchen gets large food donation after crash
Gingerbread monolith delights San Francisco on Christmas Day
US Politics
In reversal, Trump signs spending bill, unlocking Covid aid and averting shutdown
Despite smooth election, GOP leaders seek vote restrictions
Trump’s impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term
International News
AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant
Asia Today: Japan halts all foreign arrivals over UK variant
Wars, instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations
France takes careful vaccine approach to counter skepticism
South Africa on verge of new virus rules as it hits 1M cases
Rights group: 13 detained during rallies in Belarus
Turkish lawmakers pass bill monitoring civil society groups
Hurricane-force winds up to 106 mph batter parts of Britain
Top associate of Russia’s Navalny released from detention
Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes
Sports
CFP matchups: What will decide Tide-Irish, Tigers-Buckeyes?
No. 1 Gonzaga rolls over most recent champ Virginia, 98-75
Duke women end basketball season amid virus
Seahawks wrap up NFC West title with 20-9 win over Rams
Chiefs clinch No. 1 seed when Falcons’ Koo misses late FG
Steelers rally past Colts to end skid, lock up AFC North
Washington beaten by Panthers, fails to clinch NFC East
Chargers win third straight as Herbert sets rookie TD mark
Mavs destroy Clippers 124-73 to earn 1st win of season
Breakfast Blogs
Not Everything Is a Commodity. Not Every Human Interaction Has to Be a Deal. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Disaster Democracy: Can Something Be Salvaged from Trump’s Meltdown? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“We are in for a very long January” digby aka Heather Digby PArton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Democracy is hard Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Mike Pence Cannot Block the Certification of Joe Biden’s Victory When the Senate Formally Counts Electoral College Votes on Jan. 6th Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Oh what a relief it is Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How many GOP senators will object to the certification of the Electoral College vote? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the Record: My Temper Tantrum Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF 60 CASES ARE LAUGHED OUT OF COURT AND MOST PEOPLE DIDN’T HEAR THE LAUGHTER, DO THE ALLEGATIONS REALLY SEEM “BASELESS”? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Defunds The Troops Because You Were Mean To Him Online Liz Dye, Wonkette
Dennis Prager’s Fake University Flunks Civil War History, Human Decency Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Arizona GOP Loses Trump Election Court Case Vs. Reality Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
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