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
Pink Floyd releases its best-selling album “The Wall”; Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Dick Clark born; World Trade Organization’s meeting met by 40-thousand protesters;
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
I’m looking to no man walking this earth for approval of what I’m doing.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: CDC says ages 18 and up should get booster shot
COVID-19 hospitalizations reach record high in Michigan
LA begins enforcing strict mandate requiring proof of vax
New variant cause for concern, not panic, Biden tells US
Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states
States, cities running out of rental assistance monies
White House holiday decor honors COVID-19 frontline workers
Cosby prosecutors urge Supreme Court to restore conviction
Amazon workers in Alabama get a do-over in union election
California to reopen fishing after offshore oil spill
Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year
Oh! Christmas tree? Cardboard display is the talk of a town
US Politics
Jan. 6 panel sets contempt vote for former DOJ official
Most Idaho abortions banned if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Noem wants to push anti-abortion argument to Supreme Court
Mississippi’s Reeves touts anti-abortion law before hearing
South Carolina abortion appellate hearing moved to January
Boebert in call refuses to apologize for anti-Muslim remarks
Chris Cuomo’s off-air role: Brother Andrew’s strategist
International News
WHO warns that new virus variant poses ‘very high’ risk
China to donate 600 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa
Omicron brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’
Myanmar court readies verdict for ousted leader Suu Kyi
Police burn miners’ boats in Brazil’s Amazon, upping tension
Lock in: Dozens stuck in England’s highest pub after storm
Sports
Cockburn, Plummer lead Illinois past Notre Dame 82-72
Lonzo Ball helps Bulls beat LaMelo Ball’s Hornets, 133-119
Wood’s big night leads Rockets over Thunder 102-89
Mitchell, Gobert lift Jazz over Blazers 129-107
USA Basketball falls in World Cup qualifier to Mexico, 97-88
Washington beats Wilson, Seahawks 17-15 for 3rd win in a row
Garland, Demko lead Canucks to 2-1 win over Canadiens
Breakfast Blogs
100 Diner Interviews Won’t Tell You as Much as This Story of One Farming Family in Nebraska Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Publisher of the Steele Dossier, Ben Smith, Reports that the Hunter Biden Laptop Was Just a Political Dirty Trick emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Republicans gleeful over Omicron difgby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Huhllabaloo
Which wave is it? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
When The FBI Shows Up At Your Door About Your Reporting, That’s Intimidation Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Cable Giant Spectrum Endangered Its Employees And Screwed Its Technicians During COVID Karl Bode, Techdirt
Lying NYPD Officers Cost Prosecutors Sixty More Criminal Convictions Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Land Acknowledgements Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Silicon Valley’s neo-reactionaries Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
McWhorter Postscript Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
MIND-READING AT THE WASHINGTON POST Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Same GOP Stupidity, New Variants Michael Mora, Wonkette
Republicans Say Omicron Variant Is Plot To Steal Election, Storm Border, Other Things Probably We Bet Liz Dye, Wonkette
Fully Vaccinated GOP Rep. Nancy Mace Just Pushing Benefits Of ‘Natural Immunity’ From COVID-19 Stephen Robinson, Wonkette.
NY Times Columnist Unsure Why ‘The Feminist Movement’ Has To Be So Feminist About Everything Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
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