The Breakfast Club (Shocked By Honesty)

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

Ann Reinking (November 10, 1949 – December 12, 2020)

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Noel Coward

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