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
George Washington dies at age 67; Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his group reach South Pole; Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia sign an internationally-brokered peace treaty; Baseball’s Roger Maris dies at age 51.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.
Stanley Crouch
Breakfast News
US News
One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
Air Force discharges 27 for refusal to get COVID vaccine
Philadelphia to require vaccine proof for indoor dining
Justices won’t block vaccine mandate for NY health workers
Oregon confirms first 3 cases of omicron variant
Purdue Fort Wayne extends indoor mask rule until Jan. 31
Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens
Big California storm dumps snow, drenches parched regions
Banned decades ago, PCBs still posing threat to wildlife
Vehicle emission declines decreased deaths, study finds
Hard Rock International buying The Mirage operation in Vegas
US Politics
Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows
Manchin hits Dems’ $2T bill as too costly, talks to Biden
AP seeks answers from US gov’t on tracking of journalists
Oregon lawmakers return to Capitol for special session
Dunleavy proposing grant for Alaska tourism efforts
International News
Booster blitz: UK races to get ahead of surging omicron
Canadian city Kingston limits gatherings to 5 over variant
New Australian plant could make 100 million vaccines a year
Finland: Architect’s ephemeral lake art a winter tradition
Sports
Injury-hit UConn down to No. 7, lowest Top 25 spot since ’07
Baylor becomes fourth No. 1 in last 4 weeks in AP Top 25
Stafford, Rams beat Cardinals through air in 30-23 victory
Curry falls short of record, but leads Warriors past Pacers
Raptors use 70-point first half to rout Kings 124-101
Tatum scores 42, carries Celtics past Bucks 117-103
Brooks, Jackson lead Grizzlies in 126-91 blowout of 76ers
Gordon, Augustin rally Rockets to 132-126 win over Hawks
Porzingis leads Luka-less Mavs to 120-96 rout of Hornets
Hayden becomes 1st Black woman to win national diving title
Breakfast Blogs
Denying Affordable Insulin to Millions of Americans Isn’t ‘Politics.’ It’s Sadism. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Mark Meadows Promised the Kind of National Guard Protection that Proud Boy Charles Donohoe Seemed to Expect emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
A Couple of Things To Keep In Mind as Mark Meadows Just Desserts Are Being Considered and, Perhaps, Prepared For Him Adam L. Siverman, Balloon Juice
The PowerPoint Coup digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
They were never going to cooperate Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hulllabaloo
Court Tells Cops Who Got A Man Wrongly Imprisoned For 25 Years That Of Course Framing People For Crimes Is A Rights Violation Tim Cushing, Techdirt
DOJ Tells Courts They Don’t Need To Explore The Constitutionality Of Section 230 To Toss Donald Trump’s Dumb Lawsuits Out Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Federal Judge Rejects Key Arguments Against Jan. 6 Obstruction Charges: Counting of Electoral College Votes Was ‘Official Proceeding’ Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Neil Gorsuch’s monument to bad faith Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
COVID and healthism Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Disturbing The Network Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Progressives Are Not Why Democrats Are Struggling Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Squirreled Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
RELAX, THE PROBLEM IS JUST ONE GUY! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Lindsey Graham Stinks Up Chris Wallace’s Final ‘Fox News Sunday’ Michael Mora, Wonkette
Trump Econ Loon Peter Navarro Playacts As Lawyer To Defy House Coronavirus Committee Liz Dye, Wonkette
Here’s How Democracy Is Breaking Down Right In Front Of Your Inflation-Weary Eyes Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Is Amazon’s Edwardsville Plant The New Triangle Shirtwaist Factory? Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
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