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
Noblemen in Russia kill Gregory Rasputin; Wounded Knee massacre takes place; Texas joins as the 28th state; Dissident playwright Vaclav Havel elected president of Czechoslovakia; First YMCA opens in Boston.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
Breakfast News
US News
VIRUS TODAY: Huge study on another COVID vaccine is underway
More COVID-19 vaccines in the pipeline as US effort ramps up
Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant?
Lockdowns likely to be extended as California hospitals fill
As COVID-19 ravages US, shootings, killings are also up
Fired Tyson boss says COVID office pool was a ‘morale boost’
Pipeline opponents sue to shut down Minnesota construction
Historic Virginia ferry operation ends amid property dispute
FAA outlines new rules for drones and their operators
Fire damages immigrant gathering spots in southwest Missouri
Mormon church sued for alleged role in Boy Scouts sex abuse
From Zoom to Quibi, the tech winners and losers of 2020
US Politics
Biden warns of Trump officials’ ‘roadblocks’ to transition
Trump’s hesitation on relief bill will delay aid payments
House approves Trump’s $2K checks, sending to GOP-led Senate
Arbitrator rules that FAA chief aided retaliation case
International News
The Latest: Russian updates show more than 100K virus deaths
British hospitals scramble for space as virus cases soar
Belarus, Argentina start vaccinations with Russian shots
Amid pandemic, Pacific islands work to offset food shortages
UK warns of ‘bumpy’ post-Brexit transition despite deal
Targeted killings of journalists surged in 2020, group says
Montenegro lawmakers change religious law opposed by church
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Croatia; 1 death reported
Sports
Big Ten grind highlights marquee matchups of ranked teams
Ayala, Wiggins lead Maryland past No. 6 Wisconsin 70-64
Practice time will be in short supply in NBA this season
NFL has pulled off improbable task playing in a pandemic
Bills earn 1st sweep of Patriots since ’99 with 38-9 win
Lillard, Trent shoot Blazers past champion Lakers, 115-107
Grizzlies lose Morant to ankle injury, beat Nets in overtime
Breakfast Blogs
If Anthony Warner Were a Muslim Cleric, We Wouldn’t See This Intricate Discussion About Who’s a Terrorist Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Emmet Sullivan’s Revenge: Rupert Murdoch’s Rag Calls Mike Flynn’s Actions “Tantamount to Treason” emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Pence in a world o’ hurt digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullablaoo
All-American antichrist Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Coalition Of Internet Companies Who Are Decidedly Not ‘Big Tech’ Raise Their Voices About The Importance Of Section 230 Mike Masnick, Techdirt
First Circuit Appeals Court Reaffirms Its 2011 Decision: The First Amendment Protects The Recording Of Cops Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Court Strikes Down Gov. Cuomo’s Order Limiting Capacity in Houses of Worship Because It ‘Discriminates Against Religion on Its Face’ Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Idiocy and autocracy Paul Campos, LAwyers, Guns and Money
Why Amazon Workers Need a Union Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
This Year’s Madness Might Just Fade Soon The Rude Pundit, at his blog
#JonSwift2020 Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
EVERYBODY HATES PENCE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Congress’s Dumbest Man Files Election Lawsuit That Would Make A Krakenhead Blush Liz Dye, Wonkette
Donald And Melania Looking For Palm Beach House As Tacky As They Are Evan Hurst. Wonkette
Virginia Cop Fired After SOMEBODY Posted Very Murdery Things Using His Parler Profile Robyn Pennacchis, Wonkette
New QAnon Idiot Reps Gonna Call ‘Nuh-Uh!’ On Biden’s Electoral College Win Stephen Robinson, Wonkette