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
Thomas Edison demonstrates light bulb; The United States winds down the Marshall Plan; Actor Anthony Hopkins, composer Jule Styne and musician Donna Summer are born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Kansas governor gets first of 2 vaccine shots
California has nation’s 2nd confirmed case of virus variant
Vaccine delivered to prison where feds carry out executions
Girl Scouts call on cookie bakers to address child labor
US bans second Malaysian palm oil giant over forced labor
Eastern Caribbean issues rare alerts for rumbling volcanoes
2020: A year where the fist-bump became mainstream greeting
Robots with rhythm: Boston Dynamics’ dancing androids a hit
After a year like this, expect a strange New Year’s Eve
US Politics
Trump push on $2K checks flops as GOP-led Senate won’t vote
Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
Governor cancels inaugural, citing mask protests at his home
International News
UK is first to authorize easy-to-handle AstraZeneca vaccine
Canada to require negative test for people entering country
China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins
Study of virus screening at concert reports zero infections
Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope’s native Argentina
Landslide in Norway leaves 10 injured, more than 20 missing
Well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino found in Siberia
Sports
Pasadena allows Rose Bowl name to be used in Texas
Ball drop: Wisconsin wins Duke’s Mayo Bowl, breaks trophy
New final exam: Heinicke pauses school to QB for Washington
COVID-19 changed NFL in 2020 and some shifts are permanent
Breakfast Blogs
Whose Idea Was It to Pipe the World’s Dirtiest Fossil Fuels Through North America’s Water Hub? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Like Glenn Greenwald, Roger Stone Links a Pardon for Edward Snowden to a Corrupt Pardon for Julian Assange emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Hawley makes his move digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Twitter must enforce their policy to remove or flag COVID-19 misinfo. Start with Gov. Noem’s retweet. Spocko, Digby’s Huhllabaloo
Toxic individualism Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump’s Police Commission Suggests Doing The Same Things That Haven’t Worked For Years Will Reduce Violent Crime Tim Cushing, Techdirt
NYC Must Face Suit to Provide Wi-Fi to More Than 100,000 Homeless Kids Learning Remotely, Judge Rules Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Legal Experts: Nashville Police Failure to Get a Warrant After Receiving Tips About Bomber Was ‘Laziness or Sheer Incompetence’ Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Josh Hawley is a deeply serious person Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Trump’s pardons are a closing tribute to fascism Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Pragmatism and the Actual (Not Online) Left Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Haiku Review of 2020 (Part 2): The New Abnormal The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Ag-Gravating Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
OUT COME THE FREAKS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Laura Loomer Laughed Out Of Court Again, This Time For Suing The Muslims Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Liberty U Kids Kicking Sh*t Out Of Jerry Falwell And Charlie Kirk, FOR JESUS Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Trump Knows Who Stole GA, It Is Brad Raffensperger’s Brother, Hunter Biden! Liz Dye, Wonkette
US ‘Can’t Afford’ $2,000 Stimulus Checks. O RLY? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette