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
Mongol ruler Genghis Khan dies; Women in U.S. clinch right to vote; James Meredith graduates from Univ. of Miss.; Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ published in U.S.; Actor-director Robert Redford born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
Breakfast News
Report: Nursing home cases up nearly 80% in COVID-19 rebound
Universities scramble to deal with virus outbreaks
Texas becomes 4th state to surpass 10,000 virus deaths
FDA flags accuracy problem with widely used coronavirus test
Agency: First US virus cases in mink found at 2 Utah farms
Politics slows flow of US virus funds to local public health
Trump rule on transgender health blocked at the 11th hour
US approves oil, gas leasing plan for Alaska wildlife refuge
Grid operator: 3.3 million California homes could lose power
Democratic Party chair wants to end presidential caucuses
300 Pizza Huts, mostly dine-in locations, to close
Death Valley’s brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified
Returning vacationers face new constraints as virus spikes
Belarus chaos brings a poker-faced response from Russia
Lebanese customs chief arrested over Beirut blast
AP Interview: Iraqi leader says country still needs US help
Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand COVID-19 protection
UK scraps exam grading system that enraged students, parents
Breakfast Blogs
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Is a Sacred Place. Don’t Sell It to the Greediest Bastards Around. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
“These Actions Have Targeted Not Only against Russia, But Also Against the President Elect” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
From the bottom of the barrel digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
So much you are not seeing Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Exclusive: Obstruction At All Costs: The State Department’s Petty Document Fight with Congress Molly Claflin and Austin Evers, Just Security
‘Conspiracy Theories’ Are ‘Not Viable’: Court Dismisses Carter Page Lawsuit Against DNC Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Divided Federal Appeals Court Allows ‘Historic’ Emoluments Case Against Trump to Proceed Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
What’s in the D.C. District Court’s Proxy Voting Decision? Walter Ford, Lawfare
How a New Administration Might Better Fight White Supremacist Violence Daniel Byman, Lawfare
There should never be a Democratic presidential caucus again Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Race and class redux Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For the Record: Serious Leftists and Debate-Club Rightists Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, COVID CRACKPOTTERY — AND QANON Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Mark Meadows Lied About The Post Office, And Jake Tapper Was Not Having It Michael Mora, Wonkette
Anti-Choice Democrats Helpfully Offer Up List Of Legislators To Primary Next Year Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Weirdo Wingnut Just Wants To Share His Creepy Sex Dream About Kamala Harris (Allegedly!) Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Yep, The Trump Campaign Is The Death Star. Just Not How They Think. Liz Dye, Wonkette
Rhode Island’s Jack Reed Might Be The Niftiest Senator You’ve Never Heard Of Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Trump Reaches ‘Call Fox & Friends And Whine About How Awesome He Is’ Stage Of Grief Evan Hurst, Wonkette