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
Wright brothers conduct the first successful manned, powered flight of the airplane. U.S. test-fires the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile; Simon Bolivar dies in Colombia; television’s Tiny Tim marries his fiancee, Miss Vicky.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Kansas mayor resigns over mask mandate threats
US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears
Hopeful sign: Midwestern states see drop in new virus cases
Over-the-counter home test for COVID-19 gets US green light
Church vandalism exposes divisions over faith and politics
Record number of journalists jailed because of their work
Justices asked again to reinstate rule for abortion pill
US regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, drugs
Feds to delay seeking legal protection for monarch butterfly
US Politics
Biden taps Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy
Hack may have exposed deep US secrets; damage yet unknown
McConnell warns GOP off Electoral College brawl in Congress
Negotiators report progress on long-delayed COVID aid bill
Senate confirms Barrett replacement on federal appeals court
FBI won’t ‘sidestep’ sexual misconduct claims, director says
International News
Canada getting 168K Moderna vaccine doses before year end
WHO to sift Chinese samples, data in hunt for virus origins
Japan exports slip despite uptick in trade with China
Israeli court backs extradition in Australia child sex case
Sports
Cockburn scores 33 as No. 13 Illinois routs Minnesota 92-65
’Bama, ND, Clemson, OSU enter champ weekend in CFP position
Indiana-Purdue, Michigan-Iowa canceled; bowl also called off
Chiefs lead AP Pro32 poll; Packers at No. 2, Bills at No. 3
NFL not allowing mandated local bubbles during postseason
Breakfast Blogs
Somebody Was Asleep at the Switch Here Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Claim that Billy Barr Didn’t Release Any Investigative Information During the Election Is False emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Trumpian carnage digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Dearest Wall Street Journal tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Tiny bubbles Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
French Film Company Somehow Trademarks ‘Planet’, Goes After Environmental NGOs For Using The Word Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Trump Appoints Unqualified Guy Who Hates Section 230 To Top Justice Department Role Mike Masnick, Techdirt
DHS Cyber Warriors Issue Warning About Massive Hacking Campaign, Disclose They’ve Been Hacked A Day Later Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Pennsylvania Republicans’ Latest Supreme Court Brief Focuses on Future Elections Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Trump Organization Must Cough Up Docs on Seven Springs Engineer to New York Attorney General, Manhattan Judge Rules Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Hair Apparent: Trump Pushes ‘High-Performance’ Showerhead Agenda Forward as Sun Sets on Presidency Matt Naham, Law & Crime
Bill Barr was the worst Attorney General in American history Scott Lemeiux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How’s that elite legal strike force doing? Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 748 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Biggest Marks Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T, MITCH Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Get A Load Of This Dan Crenshaw Asshole And His Ad ‘For’ Kelly Loeffler And The Other One Michael Mora, Wonkette
Trumpers Were Too Ensconced In Their Conservative Bubbles To See This Election Coming Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Billy Graham’s Biggest Mistake Just Grateful Trump Ended Death Penalty For Saying ‘Merry Christmas!’ Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Fake GOP Electors Meet To Cast Fake Votes For President Real Loser Liz Dye, Wonkette
Fed Ex Saves Grateful Nation With COVID Vaccine Delivery, Coincidental $2.2 Million Donation To Trump Stephen Robinson, Wonkette