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
The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior; Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies; Henry Stanley finds David Livingstone in central Africa; Film composer Ennio Morricone born; ‘Sesame Street’ premieres.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
Breakfast News
The Latest: Gov says keep symptomless health workers on job
As cases rise, states say they’ll work with Biden on virus
Notre Dame mandates virus testing after football celebration
Much at stake as Supreme Court weighs future of ‘Obamacare’
NYPD to allow religious headgear in mug shots after lawsuit
Tropical Storm Eta floods already drenched Florida cities
Groups fight to keep gray wolf protections for most of US
Cat at Northeast’s highest peak dies after 12 years on duty
Program set for Nov. 10 to commemorate 45th anniversary of Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck
Ukraine’s president tests positive for COVID-19
Evo Morales returns to Bolivia, ending year in exile
Polish police carry away abortion rights protesters
Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to end fight in Nagorno-Karabakh
Peru lawmakers vote to remove president over alleged graft
Suu Kyi’s party claims to have won majority in Myanmar polls
Breakfast Blogs
Down-Ballot Was Big Trouble for Democrats, But There Are Some Rainbows Out There Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Don Jr’s Demand to “Declassify Everything” and the Secret Grand Jury Information His Buddy Shared about Julian Assange emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Afraid? Who, Us? We’re Not Afraid! Peterr, emptywheel
They’re making their move digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
If he holds his breath, what color does he turn? Tom Suliivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump Campaign Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking to Block Pennsylvania from Certifying Election Results Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Lawyers Sound the Alarm as ‘Off the Rails’ AG Barr Caters to President Trump’s Baseless Fraud Narrative: ‘A Straightforward Abuse of Power’ Matt Natham, Law & Crime
Problematizing Crowdsourced Political Donations Eric Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Electoral College denialism Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
McConnell announces continuation of his war on American democracy Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
We Need to Accept That At Least 70 Million Americans Just Suck The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Got Paranoia? General Services Administration Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
TRUMP TARGETS THE DEAD Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
General Services Admin Puts Presidential Transition On Hold For Trump Temper Tantrum Liz Dye, Wonkette
Fired Guy Fires Guy Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Christian Prophets Who Predicted Trump Win Still Pretty Sure They Were Right Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
President Sore Loser Has One Last Parting Grift For His Supporters Stephen Robinson, Wonkette