The Breakfast Club (Give Light)

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

U.S. forces capture Iraq’s ousted dictator Saddam Hussein; Authorities in communist Poland impose martial law; Union forces suffer defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia; Actor Dick Van Dyke is born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

Give light and people will find the way.

Ella Baker

Breakfast Blogs

Which One of the Four Horsemen Comes Holding a Dead Tree? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Elon Musk’s Self-Described “Crime Scene” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election Hunter Walker, Josh Kovensky and Emine Yücel, Talking Points Memo

2022 was a bad year for MAGA Republicans: Here are the GOP’s 5 biggest faceplants Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Kevin and Marge, a marriage made in hell digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Dangerously naive Tim Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

TSA Quietly Deploying Facial Recognition Scanners At Major US Airports Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Before Musk Riled Everyone Up With Misleading Twitter Files About ‘Shadowbanning,’ Musk Used The Tool To Hide Account Tracking His Plane Mike masnick, Techdirt

Bar Complaint Filed Against Alan Dershowitz over Kari Lake Voting Machine Lawsuit Accuses Famed Lawyer of ‘Helping Lead the Attack on Democracy’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Trump Lawsuit Seeking the Return of Files Seized from Mar-a-Lago Is Officially Dismissed by Judge Who First Came to Former President’s Aid Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

Federal Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Obstruction Statute, in Controversy That Could Wreak Havoc on Hundreds of Jan. 6 Cases Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime

New York and New Jersey Set to Argue Over Control of Docks Near Statue of Liberty in Supreme Court Case Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

What needed to be done Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns & Money

The ethics and pragmatics of boycotts Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns & Money

Narratology: From the #TwitterFiles Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

TRUMP MIGHT AS WELL ADD COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT TO HIS LIST OF LAW VIOLATIONS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Ronna Romney McDaniel Won’t Blame Election Losses On ‘Trump,’ So Let’s Talk About … ‘Ticket Splitting!’ Liz Dye, Wonkette

It’s Your Very Captive Sunday Show Rundown! Michael Mora, Wonkette

Fake Degree Scheme Led To CA Cops Getting Investigated For Every Crime On Earth Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Big Lie-Promoting GOP Rep. Doing Big Lies About Flags In Trash Cans Now Stephen Robinson, Wonkette