The Breakfast Club (Dance With Light)

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

The Stamp Act takes effect; The U.S. explodes first hydrogen bomb; Sistine Chapel paintings are first shown to the public; Algerian nationalists begin rebellion against French rule; NFL’s Walter Payton dies

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy – your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.

Annie Leibovitz

Breakfast News

US News

Mayor: 9 in 10 NYC workers vaccinated as deadline nears

Plan to replace Minneapolis PD worries many Black residents

Deere workers would get immediate 10% raises under new offer

Virginia Beach confronts inescapable costs of rising seas

Police warn woman not to wear Halloween costume as protest

US Politics

Supreme Court takes up Texas law banning most abortions

Supreme Court to hear case on New York’s gun permit law

Dems see progress in adding drug cost curbs to budget bill

McAuliffe, Youngkin campaigning at frenetic pace in Virginia

Virginia GOP sees Youngkin as chance to reverse party course

Tussling Dems tumble toward deal on Biden’s economic plans

Paid leave’s demise tough on backers in Manchin’s home state

International News

Australians reunite as border reopens after 20-month ban

Moroccans protest vaccine pass required for work, travel

Mexico celebrates Day of the Dead after pandemic closures

Biden winds up G-20 summit with dings at Russia, China

G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality, coal financing

‘Last, best hope:’ Leaders launch crucial UN climate summit

New framework bolsters Biden’s hand as climate summit begins

Japan’s Kishida wins mandate, though economic agenda unclear

Former US ambassador Bill Richardson heads to Myanmar

New Zealand strait crossed for first time by electric plane

Sports

Correa, Astros rally past Braves 9-5, cut WS deficit to 3-2

Bengals flop badly, blow 11-point lead in 34-31 loss to Jets

With Dak down, Cooper Rush passes Cowboys past Vikings 20-16

Saints overcome Winston injury, top Buccaneers 36-27

Phillips pick-six propels Patriots past Chargers 27-24

Washington can’t overcome mistakes in 17-10 loss to Broncos

Jaguars take steps back in 31-7 thumping by Seahawks

Eagles run for 4 TDs in 44-6 victory over winless Lions

Big Ben, Steelers survive kicking scare, bury Browns 15-10

Defense shines, Panthers snap skid by beating Falcons 19-13

Garoppolo leads way as 49ers beat Bears 33-22 to stop slide

Bills wake up in second half to beat Dolphins 26-11

Rams get 5 sacks to shut down Mills, Texans in 38-22 win

Titans use late turnovers to pull off 34-31 OT win at Indy

Jazz hand short-handed Bucks third straight loss, 107-95

Carmelo Anthony scores 23, leads Lakers past Rockets 95-85

Harden ties Bird with 59 triple-doubles as Nets rout Detroit

Ball, Oubre lead Hornets past Trail Blazers, 125-113

Pesce’s late power-play goal keeps Hurricanes undefeated

Fox, Shesterkin lift Rangers past Kraken, 3-1

arolina keeps up winning streak, gives Coyotes another loss

Voracek shootout goal lifts Blue Jackets over Devils, 4-3

Iafallo caps Kings’ rally to beat Sabres 3-2

AP Top 25: Michigan St up to 5; Wake in top 10 for 1st time

Bowman wins as tension builds ahead of NASCAR title race

Breakfast Blogs

It’s the Worst Possible Time to Try Out a Public-Private Military, And Yet Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Steve Bannon Was Made to Testify, Truthfully, Once emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

3 Things: Memory, Memory, the 6th of January Rayne, emptywheel

They Ain’t Dead Yet digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

267 Democrats Tom Sullivan, Digby’s hullabaloo

El dia de los muertos Paul Campos, Lawyers,Guns and Money

Birthday Fundraiser Day Three: An Embarrassment of Riches driftglass, at his blog

THE FIRST STEP IS ADMITTING YOU HAVE A PROBLEM Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog