The Breakfast Club (Practice Being Brave)

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.

Mary Tyler Moore

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