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
Saddam Hussein executed; Chicago fire kills 600; Vladimir Lenin proclaims establishment of the Soviet Union; United Auto Workers union stage first “sit-down” strike; Musician Bo Diddley is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There is a certain logic to events that pushes you along a certain path. You go along the path that feels the most true, and most according to the principles that are guiding you, and that’s the way the decisions are made.
Breakfast News
US News
New COVID-19 cases in US soar to highest levels on record
San Francisco to require boosters for certain workers
York, Scranton to get FEMA teams’ help with COVID surge
Virus postpones Westminster Kennel Club’s annual dog show
Suits against OxyContin owners on hold; negotiations ordered
4 California plane crash victims were flight nurses, pilots
Suit: Missouri shooting range made Muslim woman remove hijab
Publix grocery chain starts offering paid parental leave
Another round of snow before thaw comes to frigid Northwest
California gets more snow, rain before New Year’s break
US Politics
‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power
International News
Live updates: Mexico approves use of Cuba’s Abdala vaccine
WHO chief worried about ‘tsunami’ of omicron, delta cases
6 provinces in Canada report new daily highs for coronavirus
Biden, Putin to hold call over stepped up security demands
More cracks found in Mexico City subway line that collapsed
Sports
Smith 11th double-double for No. 10 Baylor women to beat UNT
No. 24 Wisconsin survives Illinois State after 2-week break
Horchler carries No. 21 Providence over No. 15 Seton Hall
No. 11 Auburn starts fast, hands No. 16 LSU its 1st loss
Clemson tops Iowa State in Cheez-It Bowl for Swinney’s 150th
NBA postpones Heat-Spurs, after Miami has COVID outbreak
Ja Morant scores 41 points, Grizzlies beat slumping Lakers
Weegar, Verhaeghe help rally Panthers past Rangers 4-3
Breakfast Blogs
Judge Tim Kelly Releases Opinion on Obstruction Affecting as Many as Two Dozen Proud Boys emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
2022: More MAGA All the Time digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
No room at the hospital? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Massachusetts Supreme Court Tackles Law Enforcement Use Of Cell Tower Dumps Tim Cushing, Techdirt
House Republicans Don’t Want Infrastructure Money Going Toward Broadband Competition Karl Bode, Techdirt
Proud Boys Charged with Conspiracy and Obstruction on Jan. 6 Appeal Denials of Bail, Motion to Dismiss Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
Judge Denies Challenge of Vaccine Mandate for National Guard: COVID Has Killed More Americans Than ‘All of the Wars the United States Has Ever Fought’ Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
John Roberts and the insulation of the Supreme Court from backlash Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Lord Manchin Doesn’t Care About Climate Change Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Man “harboring extremist views” (actually completely standard Republican views) murders five people in Denver Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It’s The Sensible Center Charlie Brown! driftglass, at his blog
How to Steal a Horse Race: Get to the Finish First Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
CONSERVATISM’S MASTER NARRATIVE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
BREAKING: Joe Biden’s Trickle Up Economics WORKED! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Why Are All The Young People Leaving, Oklahoma Cries While Outlawing ‘Books’ Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
White Lady Doing Racism Can’t Help But Wonder: Where Have All The Black Friends Gone? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
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