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 Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior; Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies; Henry Stanley finds David Livingstone in central Africa; Film composer Ennio Morricone born; ‘Sesame Street’ premieres.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
Breakfast News
US News
Pfizer asks FDA to OK COVID-19 booster shots for all adults
Friday classes canceled in Seattle, Bellevue
Despite reopening, the US is still closed to many in world
Air Force report: Nearly half in survey saw abuse, violence
Oklahoma court overturns $465M opioid ruling against J&J
Hopi at crossroads of maintaining language for elected posts
‘Faulty’ science used by Trump appointees to cut owl habitat
Humans back at work? Gifts that help dogs handle anxiety
US Politics
Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act+
High court skeptical of Texas death row inmate prayer demand
House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 10 former White House aides
White House rushes with infrastructure fixes for US economy
Federal judge refuses Trump request to block Jan. 6 records
Belarus TV: American facing Jan. 6 riot charges seeks asylum
International News
Morgues, hospitals struggle with COVID-19 deaths in Romania
APEC finds agreement on vaccines, carbon but tensions remain
Little time, but ‘mountain to climb’ at UN climate talks
Australia putting $738M into low emissions investment fund
Brazil businesses lean on government to shift climate stance
France to build new nuclear reactors to meet climate goals
Tensions rise in migrant standoff at Poland-Belarus border
Haiti priest recounts abduction by gang holding missionaries
Mexican leader: Richest in world should pay to help poorest
Kishida set to be reelected Japan’s PM in parliamentary vote
Thousands of red UK phone boxes to be protected from closure
Marie Antoinette’s diamond bracelets fetch $8.3M at auction
Sports
Devils rout Panthers 7-3 as Blackwood wins 1st of season
O’Reilly’s score in shootout leads Blues past Jets 3-2
Bergeron snaps tie, Bruins hold off short-handed Ottawa 3-2
Wells, Nixon lead No. 23 A&M women past A&M-CC 87-54
Boeheim, Boeheim and Boeheim lead Syracuse past Lafayette
Agbaji’s career night helps No. 3 Kansas top Michigan State
Xavier holds on for 63-60 win over Niagara
Missouri pulls away late to beat Central Michigan 78-68
Furman routs North Greenville 118-66
Massner, Barisic rally Western Illinois past Nebraska 75-74
Wisconsin defeats St. Francis (Bkn) in season opener 81-58
Breakfast Blogs
Max Cleland Did Not Deserve What Rick Wilson Did to Him Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Office of Special Counsel Report on Trumpsters’ Crimes: Toothless, But Useful? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Three Things: North by East by Northeast on January 6 Rayne, emptywheel
It’s the Education, Stupid! Betty cracker, Balloon Juice
Let’s talk about MSM digby akaheather digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
How do you spell anti-American? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
‘Presidents Are Not Kings, and Plaintiff Is Not President’: Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempt to Block the National Archives from Complying with Jan. 6 Committee Investigation Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Conservative Justices Question Religious Sincerity of Death Row Inmate Who Wants Pastor to Lay Hands on Him at Execution, Warn of Slippery Slope Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
The incredibly successful Republican campaign to kill their own voters Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The truth is these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Racist Historical Markers Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Was Covid Everywhere Before It Was in Wuhan? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN FOR ELECTORAL FRAUD? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
How Many Ways Did The Stable Genius Bone The Census? All The Ways. Liz Dye, Wonkette
How Kyle Rittenhouse Almost Killed The ‘Good Guy With A Gun’ Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Can We Please Admit Now That Conservative Outrage Over Kathy Griffin Was Complete Garbage? Robyn Pennacchis, Wonkette
Friends Don’t Let Friends Get Medical Advice From Jimmy Dore Michael Mora, Wonkette
Reuters Helpfully Finds Bunch Of The Radicalized Idiots Threatening Elections Officials. Thanks, Reuters! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
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