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
Josef Stalin consolidates power in USSR; World War II’s naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins; Women’s rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Actress-turned-royalty Grace Kelly and singer Neil Young born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
Breakfast News
Texas tops 1 million cases as COVID-19 surge engulfs the US
Fever, symptom screening misses many coronavirus cases
Why experts say we need to stop talking about herd immunity
Future of business travel unclear as virus upends work life
Eta remains a tropical storm as Florida prepares for 2nd hit
Aid group helping French nursing homes as virus deaths jump
Travelers to Spain must provide negative COVID-19 test
Peru ouster throws nation’s anti-corruption drive into doubt
UN agency: Iran uranium stockpile still violates atomic deal
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers to resign en masse
Typhoon-ravaged northeast Philippines pummeled by new storm
Breakfast Blogs
Georgia Will Hold a Recount to Placate the Obstreperous Toddler in the White House Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Palace Intrigue: Trump Prepares His Consolation Prize for Vladimir Putin emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
This is about more than ego-stroking digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Same as it ever was Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Why Trump Should Not Have Access to U.S. Intelligence After January 20 Douglas H. Wise, Just Security
Lawyers Forecast the Road Ahead as Trump and His Allies Sow Electoral Chaos and Confusion Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Detroit Lawyer Tells Judge That Pro-Trump Efforts to Void Election Are Like Unfunny Version of ‘Groundhog Day’ Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
How Hard Is It to Overturn an American Election? Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare
The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
I’d be a fool to do your dirty work Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Khrushchev Project driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Song of Ben Shapiro Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
DID TRUMP JUST GET ANOTHER NUDGE FROM RUPERT MURDOCH? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Supreme Court Takes Third Whack At Obamacare, Because F*ck It, Why Not Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Doing Coups? Destroying Evidence? WTF Is Trump’s Boy Band Of Idiots Up To? Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Trump’s Dibs On Pennsylvania Dropkicked, Again, By Demon MATH Liz Dye, Wonkette
How Much Will President Cry Baby F**k Up Joe Biden’s Inauguration? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Look, Shiny Normal Thing! Joe Biden Planning ‘Government Stuff’ For Climate! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette