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
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon is born, Howard Hughes identifies fake biography, Unmanned probe lands on moon, the Phantom of the Opera becomes the longest running Broadway show.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
Breakfast News
US News
With virus surging, Biden to speed release of COVID vaccines
For nurses, California’s virus outbreak has a personal toll
U.S. tops 4,000 daily deaths from coronavirus for 1st time
VIRUS TODAY: Pfizer says vaccine can work against variants
Vaccine rollout hits snag as health workers balk at shots
Congress, LA take divergent paths after COVID test warning
Tennessee is 1st to be approved for Medicaid block grant
State capitols reassess safety after violence at US Capitol
Rioters who stormed US Capitol now face backlash at work
FBI arrests Arkansas man from photo inside Pelosi’s office
State lawmaker charged after entering Capitol with rioters
Teachers help students make sense of violence at US Capitol
Semiconductor shortage forces automobile production cuts
Deutsche Bank to pay $130 million to avoid bribery charge
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
US Politics
Democrats plan lightning Trump impeachment, want him out now
Twitter bans Trump, citing risk of violent incitement
‘He’s on his own’: Some Republicans begin to flee from Trump
US judge blocks Trump administration’s sweeping asylum rules
Pelosi’s talk of limits on Trump nuke power raises old worry
Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley after siege
Army head says Nat. Guard may be allowed to carry guns in DC
International News
The Latest: Mexico records new high for cases for 3rd day
WHO: Amid short supplies, vaccine doses can be 6 weeks apart
London mayor seeks help as UK sees record new virus deaths
Biggest Czech crematorium overwhelmed by pandemic deaths
UN fears ‘massive’ COVID transmission in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Israel postpones Netanyahu’s trial amid virus lockdown
N. Korea threatens to build more nukes, cites US hostility
Seoul court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves
Migrants in burnt Bosnia camp wait for new tents in blizzard
Mexican farmers find rare female statue in citrus grove
Sports
Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93
College football 2021: NCAA reforms and pandemic recovery
’Work to be done”: Harbaugh has new, 5-year deal at Michigan
Almost home: No. 1 Stanford women top No. 11 Oregon 70-63
Celtics’ Walker cleared to practice following knee procedure
Virus concerns hit Dallas, Columbus as NHL season looms
Breakfast Blogs
This Is a Jefferson Davis Charge the Democrats Have Leveled Against Donald Trump Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Bunker: Trump’s Exposure in the Insurrection Makes PardonPalooza More Complicated emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“We love you!!!” Digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
No belief too outlandish Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Storming The U.S. Capitol Was About Maintaining White Power In America Hakeem Jefferson, FiveThirtyEight
Not Easy, Not Unreasonable, Not Censorship: The Decision To Ban Trump From Twitter Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Identifying Insurrectionists Is Going To Be Easy — Thanks To Social Media And All The Other Online Trails People Leave Glyn Moody, Techdirt
Eighth Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity From Cop Who Pulled Over A Driver For Flipping Her Off Tim Cushing, Techdirt
The Constitution’s Option for Impeachment After a President Leaves Office Michael J. Gerhardt, Just Security
Legal Experts Say Dominion’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Sidney Powell Appears to Be ‘Extremely Strong’: ‘It Will Be a Hell of a Ride’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
It Doesn’t Look Like Trump Can Pardon Himself for Wrongdoing Connected to Capitol Chaos Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
The Urgency of a Second Trump Impeachment Quinta Jurecic, Lawfare
Witty things do not go well with massacres Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Seriously and literally Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Torch Has Been Passed to a New Generation of Liebermen driftglass, at his blog
So We’ll Walk Up the Avenue Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THEY TAKE REPUBLICAN RHETORIC SERIOUSLY AND LITERALLY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Josh Hawley To Sue Over Lost Book Deal For Tort Of ‘Sowing Is Awesome But Reaping Sucks’ Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Peggy Noonan Spits Poison On Trump, Hawley, Cruz Like One Of Those Frogs That Spits Poison Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
So WTF Happened With The National Guard And The Capitol Police? Liz Dye, Wonkette
We Are All Cussy Mad Joe Scarborough Right Now, So That’s Annoying As Hell Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Terrorists Who Stormed Capitol Getting Fired From Their Not-So-Blue-Collar Jobs Robyn Pennaccia, Wonkette
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