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
Prohibition ends in the United States; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies; Walt Disney and Little Richard are born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Conn. extends pandemic jobless benefit to 38,000
COVID-19 relief: What’s on the table as Congress seeks deal
States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows
New Mexico extends virus reporting requirement for employers
As hospitals cope with a COVID-19 surge, cyber threats loom
Gala ignites political dispute over COVID-19 restrictions
Gripped by surging pandemic, US employers cut back on hiring
High court will hear appeal over Medicaid work requirements
Judge: Trump administration must take new DACA applications
Bill to criminalize doping schemes signed into law
DeVos suspends student federal loan payments through January
Appeals court rules for Trump taking military money for wall
Nissan pulls out of Trump emissions fight with California
Sheriff’s Christmas tree ‘thugshots’ rub some the wrong way
Wayward wallaroo rescued from river after chase in Illinois
Colorado student, scientist named Time’s ‘Kid of the Year’
US Politics
The Latest: Female lawmakers want Flournoy as defense chief
Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
Nevada GOP to appeal judge’s refusal to nullify Biden win
Surveillance tape breeds false fraud claims in Georgia
Iowa’s contact-tracing firm helped Trump, Reynolds campaigns
International News
UN health chief: World can start dreaming of pandemic’s end
UK defends vaccine decision amid criticism it moved too fast
Mexico City hospitals are filling up, but so are the streets
First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island
India’s winter of discontent: Farmers rise up against Modi
Venezuela’s Maduro seeks to tighten his grip via election
UN rights chief laments worsening situation in Belarus
Japan spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples
Sports News
The Latest: Mississippi pauses football activities thru Wed
SEC revamps December schedule to make up for postponed games
Buffalo yet to be informed by MAC it has clinched East title
Maine Hoops’ plan for December games gets blocked out
New York Liberty win WNBA draft lottery again
MLB sues insurance providers, cites billions in virus losses
NFL further limits player access to facilities amid virus
Doubling up: Some NBA teams to stay longer in road cities
AP Source: NHL now focusing on mid-January season start date
Tokyo Olympics delay costs may reach $2.8 billion
Breakfast Blogs
If There Are Rats to Be F*cked on the Way Out the Door, These Are Just the Men to Do It Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Failsons and Kraken Conspiracies: Three Mike Flynn Hypotheticals Trump May Have Tried to Preemptively Pardon emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
America The Can-Do Nation Ed Walker, emptywheel
The cult disengages from the GOP Mothership digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
No real violence yet Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Manitoba’s Premier: ‘I’m The Guy Who Is Stealing Christmas’ Ed Scarce, Crooks and Liars
A Retired General Officer or Flag Officer Should Not Be the Next Secretary of Defense Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
A Commander’s Duty to Punish War Crimes: Past U.S. Recognition Brian Finucane, Just Security
Eleventh Circuit Dismisses Sidney Powell and Lin Wood’s Appeal in Georgia Kraken Case: The Answer Is ‘No’ Matt Naham, Law & Crime
A Judge Just Shot Down 25 of the Trump Campaign’s Conspiracy Theories in Nevada Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Mitch McConnell: criminal justice reform is a distraction from doing nothing Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
A 9/11 every day Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Why Do Salmon Die in Seattle? Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Liberals Officially Cease To Exist driftglass, at his blog
For the Record: Punk Abolitionism Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Kelly Loeffler and the GOP’s Bullshit Hyperbole The Rude Pundit, at his blog
TRUMP ISN’T BEING A CYNIC — HE JUST DOESN’T BELIEVE IN TRUTH Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Should We Evict 30 Million People At The End Of This Month? We Think ‘No’! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Trump Hairball Lawyer Cancel-Cultured Out Of Favorite DC Social Club, Unfair! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/your-wonkette-wrong-about-a-thing Liz Dye, Wonkette
A Year Later, Trump Admin Finds Info On Some Stolen Kids’ Parents Stapled To Wall Behind Old Ziggy Cartoon Doktor Zoom, Wonkette