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
Nazi Germany bombs English town of Coventry during World War II; ‘Moby-Dick’ published; Nellie Bly begins globe-trotting trek; Leonard Bernstein makes conducting debut; Composer Aaron Copland born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
Breakfast News
Oregon, New Mexico order lockdowns as other states resist
CDC: Wearing a mask could keep you from catching virus
With COVID-19 surging, swimmers return to racing in the US
West Coast governors urge COVID quarantine after travel
The Latest: Kansas churches stop indoor, in-person services
Tropical Storm Iota forms, could follow Eta’s deadly path
Pandemic draws more Latin American poor into banking system
Tentative signs show UK’s virus outbreak is leveling off
Spain searches for answer to migrants eyeing Canary Islands
Germany criticizes new Russian sanctions over Navalny case
Peru president’s ouster sparks wave of youth-led protests
Reports: UK leader Johnson’s top adviser leaves job for good
Breakfast Blogs
Another Day, Another Laughably Failed Lawsuit from Republicans Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Gate-Keeper for Propaganda Kash Patel Failed His First Test as DOD Chief of Staff emptywheel aka Marcy wheeler, emptywheel
“Rank democracy” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Death march to January Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump Has a “Right to Pursue Legal Challenges” to Election, But Not Without the Facts Jjames Wagstaffe, Just Security
‘Huge Loss’: Trump Loses Two Pennsylvania Mail-in Ballot Cases within Hours Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
I started out on burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff: The future of right wing media Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sir, this is an Arby’s Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
That’s Not the Weber You’re Looking For Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
David Brooks’ Advice To Joe Biden: It’s Better To Capitulate Than Never driftglass,at his blog
Forget it, Dave Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
IF TRUMP IS PUT ON TRIAL, THINGS COULD GET UGLY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Meet Martin Jenkins, New California Supreme Court Justice Who Won’t Make You Want To Stab Out Your Eyes! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
It’s Official: Biden Flips Arizona, Martha McSally All Out Of Senate Seats To Lose To Democrats Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Lawyers Noping Out Of Trump’s Pathetic Losing Election Cases? Blame ‘Cancel Culture’! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Project Veritas Wrote USPS Dude’s ‘Vote Fraud’ Tale For Him. Oh, Does It Say *That*? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
GOP Senators Pretty Sure Some Guy Named Joe Needs Intel Briefings, Not That He’s President-Elect Or Anything Evan Hurt, Wonkette