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
U.S. Supreme Court upholds the relocation and detention of Japanese-Americans during World War Two; U.S. begins 12 days of heavy bombing of North Vietnamese targets; Steven Spielberg is born; Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker’ – publicly premieres in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Coronavirus vaccine provided to US Supreme Court
A pandemic atlas: USA by the numbers, telling and horrifying
Hot spot: California hospitals buckle as virus cases surge
Vaccines reach COVID-ravaged Indigenous communities
Some states say Pfizer vaccine allotments cut for next week
As US rushes to give shots, Tennessee builds vaccine reserve
FDA plans to OK 2nd COVID-19 vaccine after panel endorsement
Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts
Michigan lawmakers reinstate freeze on water shutoffs
Power plant stacks that loom over Arizona set to come down
Jeremy Bulloch, Boba Fett in first ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, dies
‘Unbelievable’ snowfall blankets parts of the Northeast
US Politics
Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head
Deal-makers and fighters make up Biden’s new climate team
Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says
Snags on COVID-19 relief may force weekend sessions
Booker, Democratic lawmakers introduce NCAA reform bill
Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus
US wildlife agency gives more deference to economic benefits
GOP places focus anywhere but Atlanta in Georgia runoffs
Trump’s move to his Florida estate challenged by neighbor
International News
Asia Today: Beds in short supply as SKorea sees another jump
Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout draws wary, mixed response
Netherlands aims to begin Pfizer-BioNTech shots by Jan 8
Toughest COVID-19 rules extended to much of south England
Mexican president defends restrictive immigration policies
EU, UK leaders concede big gaps remain in post-Brexit talks
French court convicts IS operative over foiled train attack
EU adds dozens more Belarus officials to sanctions list
Spain’s parliament votes to legalize euthanasia
Facebook removes French, Russian accounts active in Africa
Nigerian official: More than 300 abducted schoolboys freed
Indian shepherd combats water scarcity by building ponds
Sports
No. 5 Kansas wins 30th straight league opener at Texas Tech
Sun Belt football championship game canceled
No. 8 Iowa St vs. perennial champ Oklahoma for Big 12 title
Ramsey, No. 15 Wildcats try to end No. 3 Buckeyes’ title run
Raiders QB Derek Carr leaves game with groin injury
Raiders lose QB Carr, fall in overtime to Chargers, Herbert
‘Shocking’: King Henrik to miss season with heart condition
Russia can’t use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics
IOC accused of ignoring human rights for 2022 Beijing Games
Breakfast Blogs
Louisiana Remains the Index Patient for American Environmental Disease Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Tom Bossert Gives Trump the Advice Trump Refused Four Years Ago emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Keep your eye on this digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Activating “typically non-voters” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Yet Another Report Shows Asset Forfeiture Doesn’t Reduce Crime Or Cripple Criminal Organizations Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Lawmakers Question Why FCC Is Throwing Taxpayer Money At Incompetent Telcos With History Of Fraud Karl Bode, Techdirt
Second Federal Judge in One Day Dismisses Georgia GOP Attack on Absentee Voting in Senate Runoffs
Our Endangered Liquors Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Thank Warnock, Ossoff, and Abrams if Senate Republicans pass a relief bill Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Some cheerful thoughts from Paul Waldman Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
History is Bunk, Contd. driftglass, at his blog
YOU CAN HAVE MY NARRATIVE WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Look, Shiny WONDERFUL Thing! Rep. Deb Haaland Is Biden Pick For Interior Secretary! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Trump Has Third New Shiny Reason To Veto Defense Bill, It’s Getting Really Weird! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Mike Pence To Be VERY BUSY In NOT AMERICA For Week After Making Biden President Evan Hurst, Wonkette