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
Japan apologizes; Douglas Wilder of Virginia is sworn in; “J’accuse” published; Composer Stephen Foster dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Autocratic power requires the degradation of moral authority – not the capture of moral high ground.
Breakfast News
US News
VIRUS TODAY: Little appetite for lockdowns as deaths soar
US shifts to speed COVID shots as cases and deaths rise
As pandemic worsens, most US states resist restrictions
US will require all arriving passengers to get COVID-19 test
Female inmate’s execution on hold; 2 more halted over COVID
Justices say women must obtain abortion pill in person
Moratorium over: N. Carolina towns advance LGBT protections
Supreme Court wrestles with Georgia college free speech case
Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe
Voice of America reporter reassigned for Pompeo questions
District says it shouldn’t have to give workers gun training
Watchdog raises concerns about Census Bureau’s IT security
Pandemic has imperiled plans to retrieve Titanic’s radio
Missing cat turns up 3 years after California disaster
US Politics
The Latest: Pelosi says nation is at ‘unprecedented moment’
House races to oust Trump; he blames accusers for US ‘anger’
No. 3 House GOP leader backs Trump impeachment as tide grows
FBI says it warned about prospect of violence ahead of riot
COVID fears grow in Capitol as three lawmakers test positive
Top military leaders remind troops of limits of free speech
US Chamber says some legislators will lose campaign funding
Tech giants banished Trump. Now things get complicated
International News
Indonesia starts emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine
UN official: Terrorists using pandemic to stoke extremism
Irish PM says ‘perverse’ morality drove unwed mothers’ homes
New Zealand to review parliament security after door attack
Indonesian searchers hunt for crashed plane’s voice recorder
North Korea ends party meeting with calls for nuclear might
Uganda’s leader says social media shut down ahead of polls
Sports
No. 7 Michigan routs No. 9 Wisconsin 77-54
Thousands party in streets after Alabama win, despite virus
New Texas coach Sarkisian defends “The Eyes of Texas”
NBA, union stiffen virus protocols; more games postponed
NHL gambles on getting through pandemic outside a bubble
Bruins retiring jersey of NHL barrier breaker Willie O’Ree
Packers QB Rodgers says he will guest-host on ‘Jeopardy!’
To cancel or not?: IOC, Japan press ahead with Tokyo Games
Breakfast Blogs
Republicans Have Decided It’s Democrats’ Job to Wrestle Their Monster Back Into the Lab Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Where’s Rudy? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Did Trump know what his online army was planning? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
No rules for anti-government conservatives Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Some Thoughts On Twitter Pulling The Plug On Trump’s Account Paul Levy, Techdirt
Irony: German Chancellor Merkel Upset At Twitter For Banning Trump; Meanwhile Germany Demands Social Media Blocks Dangerous Content Mike Masnick, Techdirt
No Qualified Immunity For Cops Who Made Stuff Up To Justify Seizing A Man’s Phone For Twelve Days Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Rejects Claim That Pennsylvania Supreme Court ‘Changed the Rules’ for Counting Ballots Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Pelt-Wearing Son of a Judge Posts Bail After Capitol Siege. His Older Brother, Who Attended Outdoor Pro-Trump Rally, Will Watch Him. Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Second House Impeachment Report Warns: Trump Is ‘Clear and Present Danger’ Who Is ‘Unfit to Remain in Office a Single Day Longer’ Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Trump’s War on the U.S. Agency for Global Media Tia Sewell, Lawfare
More on the 25th Amendment paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The anti-anti authoritarians Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 763 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Stop Expecting Hugh Hewitt To Do Better driftglass, at his blog
Bad Mood Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
They Have to Acknowledge Biden Won Fair and Square The Rude Pundit, at his blog
REPUBLICANS WILL RESOLVE THIS THE WAY THEY ALWAYS DO — BY EMBRACING EXTREMISM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
What Is Felony Murder, And How Much Did The Capitol Rioter MAGA Assholes Commit It? Jamie Lyn Crofts, Wonkette
Aryan Dumpster Fire Madison Cawthorn Only Told The Rubes To Threaten Congress *Lightly*, Y’all Evan Hurst, Wonkette
TFW Europe Won’t Meet The US Secretary Of State Because It’s DONE With This Sh*t Liz Dye, Wonkette
Lauren Boebert Sucks But Does She Suck Like Someone Who Supports The Mob During A Coup? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Multiple Capitol Cops Suspended For Getting Too Friendly With Terrorists Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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