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
Congress authorizes military force to expel Iraq from Kuwait; Soviet forces begin large offensive against Nazi Germany; First woman elected to U.S. Senate; Writer Agatha Christie dies; ‘All in the Family’ debuts on CBS.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
Breakfast News
US News
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in US and Britain
Fed’s Powell: High inflation poses a threat to job market
Democrats try to stamp out school closures as virus surges
US shoppers find some groceries scarce due to virus, weather
Judge says FTC’s antitrust case against Facebook can proceed
US Navy to drain Hawaii tank system blamed for tainted water
Year later, Flint water criminal cases move slowly in court
Brrr! Some schools close as extreme cold grips US Northeast
Special rescues help ailing owners find pets’ next home
US Politics
Biden challenges Senate on voting: ‘Tired of being quiet!’
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump aide, 2 GOP strategists
Democrat Cherfilus-McCormick to fill Florida US House seat
Senate hearing on pandemic gets testy: ‘What a moron’
US Mint begins shipping quarters honoring Maya Angelou
North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6
Abrams noticeably absent from Biden’s voting rights push
Justice Dept. creating unit focused on domestic terrorism
EPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds
Kansas governor seeks tuition freeze, calls state healthier
Universal health care bill advances in California Assembly
Former Senate leader Harry Reid to lie in state at Capitol
International News
China locks down 3rd city, raising affected to 20 million
Poland hits sad milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19
Japan keeps border controls as it prepares for omicron surge
China’s Tianjin orders more testing on 14 million residents
Australia’s New South Wales sets new high for COVID deaths
Indonesia starts COVID boosters for elderly, others at risk
North Korea claims successful test of hypersonic missile
Poland announces tax cuts meant to ease soaring inflation
World Economic Forum warns cyber risks add to climate threat
Macron warns against fake news ahead of French election
Sports
No. 19 Texas Tech ends No. 1 Baylor’s 21-game streak, 65-62
Jones scores 22, leads No. 21 Texas past Oklahoma 66-52
Stanford returns from COVID break to beat No. 5 USC 75-69
No. 4 Auburn holds off rival No. 24 Alabama, 81-77
Duchene scores 2nd goal in OT, Predators top Avalanche 5-4
Booker scores 16 as Suns cool off streaking Raptors, 99-95
Morant scores 29, Grizzlies beat Warriors for 10th straight
Caldwell-Pope’s 3 lifts Wizards over Thunder 122-118
Breakfast Blogs
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s Spit-Roasting of Rand Paul Was Utterly Refreshing Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Green Bay Sweep Is Inextricably Tied to the Violent Mob emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
What’s the matter with the US Senate? digby aka Heather Diby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Does your 14th Amendment bite? Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
NYPD Officers Are Again Whining About Being Asked To Document Their Biased Policework Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Now Israel Is Looking To Pass A Social Media Censorship Bill Too Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Worst Human Centipede Sequel Yet Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Placing Blame Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 994 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Covid Tests, Sick Leave, and More: This Country Has Lost Its Ability to Give a Shit About You The Rude Pundit, at his blog
For the Record: Pipeline Talk Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IT’S PROBABLY NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT GOP PROPAGANDISTS HAVE DREDGED UP THE HILLARY RUMORS NOW Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Hmmm Why Would Republicans Be HOLY SH*TBALLS SO MAD About New DOJ Domestic Terrorism Unit? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Eric Trump Seems Upset Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Gateway Pundit Says It’s Cool To Assault Cops If They Are Bad Cops Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
New York Mayor Eric Adams Has Thrilling First Week Of Nepotism, Cronyism, Swagger Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Careful, Gavin Newsom Gonna Spill Some Money On You, California Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
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