The Breakfast Club (Winter)

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

Highlights of this day in history: Pilgrims land in Plymouth Massachusetts; Pan Am flight 747 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland; Apollo 8 lifts off on first manned mission to the Moon; Actress Jane Fonda is born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Frank Zappa

Breakfast Blogs

Lauren Boebert: Stop Trying to Make McCarthy Happen, Marjorie! Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Thinness of the January 6 Committee’s Obstruction Referral emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

War for Ukraine Day 300: President Zelenskyy Goes to Bakhmut! Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Happy Hanukkah: Light and Hope TaMara, Balloon Juice

“Untraditional” Hanukkah celebrations are often full of traditions for Jews of color Samira Mehta, Salon

The Next Big ThingsDigby’s Hullabaloo

Every breath you take Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

No, The FBI Is NOT ‘Paying Twitter To Censor’ Mike Masnick, Techdirt

FBI Private Sector Cyberthreat Reporting Database Hacked By Apparently Unreported Cyberthreat Tim Cushing, Techdirt

AT&T, Comcast, Quickly Returned To Being The Top Corporate Funders Of Anti-Democracy Insurrectionists Karl Bode, Techdirt

Chief Justice Orders Harsh Border Policy to Stay in Place While Contest Between Two Federal Judges Continues Elura Nanos, Law & Crime

Cancel culture, the reality Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns & Money

The imperial Supreme Court Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,260 Erik Loomis, Lawyer, Guns & Money

Literary Corner: Wild Spewing Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

SAY, JUST WHERE DID LYING GOP CONGRESSMAN-ELECT GEORGE SANTOS GET HIS MONEY? Steve M., No Mire Miser Nice Blog

Alex Jones Bankruptcy Continues To Be Sh*tshow Dumpster Fire Liz Dye, Wonkette

How Deranged Are The White Fascists Getting About Drag Queens? This Deranged. Evan Hurst, Wonkette

US Government Simultaneously Very Good And Very Bad At Killing People Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Why Is A Florida High School English Teacher Trying To Ban Books? Could It Be … She’s Racist? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Probably Make Sure The Teen-Diddlin’ Jailbird Doesn’t Win Your Congressional Election Today, Virginia! Fitzgerald Chesterfield, Wonkette

House Republicans Declare War On Slightly Less Awful Senate Republicans Stephen Robinson, Wonkette