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 war crimes trial begins at Nuremberg; Robert F. Kennedy born; Britain’s future Queen Elizabeth II marries; Spain’s dictator Francisco Franco dies; Mexican Revolution begins; ‘Cabaret’ hits Broadway.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
Breakfast News
The Latest: California imposes overnight curfew amid surge
Heading into holidays, US COVID-19 testing strained again
Not just COVID: Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows
CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
yson suspends Iowa plant managers amid virus betting claim
Smithsonian closing museums and zoo again amid virus spike
US adult smoking rate looks unchanged, vaping rate higher
Mnuchin rejects renewal of some Fed emergency loan programs
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope to close in blow to science
Idaho is top pick for Energy Department nuclear test reactor
Georgia hand tally of votes is complete, affirms Biden lead
Hoot, hoot, hoot! Owl in Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
A lost dog’s journey across the Canadian border and back
Japan records high of daily virus cases, amid worrying spike
Mexico becomes 4th country to hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
Brexit trade negotiations suspended because of COVID-19 case
On thin ice: Dutch speedskating race under threat from virus
Oxford scientists expect COVID-19 vaccine data by Christmas
Ethiopia’s multiple crises: War, COVID-19, even locusts
Germany marks 75th anniversary of landmark Nuremberg trials
Breakfast Blogs
Illinois Is the Perfect Place to Lead Us Back to More Conventional Political Scandals Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Donald Trump Was Personally Involved in Flynn’s “Collusion” with Russia to Protect Israel emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“Televised executions of public officials” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Oh, the integrity! Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
75 Years Ago at Nuremberg: Giving a Name to Crimes Against Humanity Menachem Z. Rosensaft, Just Security
Detroit Asks Court to Issue Sanction After Trump Campaign Lawyer Used Court Filing to ‘Spread Disinformation’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Arizona Judge Throws Out Republican Party Attempt to Delay Certification of Vote in Maricopa County Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects Lin Wood’s ‘Creative’ Election Lawsuit in Georgia Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
The Falsest Equivalency Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Smell the glove Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 727 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
I Told You So. That’s It. That’s The Post. driftglass, at his blog
WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW DOESN’T REQUIRE AN AUTHORITARIAN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Welcome Your Newest Federal Judge, It’s This Batsh*t 33-Year-Old Who Will Live Forever Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
The 648,382 Funniest Parts Of Rudy’s Press Conference, From ‘Elite Strike Force’ To ‘Rudy Is Leaking’ Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Actual Neurosurgeon Ben Carson Now Submitting To Medical Expertise Of The MyPillow Guy Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Sen. Tom Cotton Demands Accurate Veneration Of Pilgrims, Just Like In Third Grade Pageant Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Rudy And The Gang Making Fake Judge’s Orders Now, As A *Courtesy* Liz Dye, Wonkette