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
Apollo Eight astronauts orbit the moon; Ku Klux Klan is founded; Human voice first transmitted via radio; Suez Canal opened.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Happy 80th Birthday, Dr. Fauci
You can’t rush the science, but when the science points you in the right direction, then you can start rushing.
Breakfast News
US News
COVID in California: 2 million confirmed cases and counting
Nurses fear what’s to come: ‘Walk down our unit for a day’
Surging virus, plummeting temperatures challenge shelters
‘We are struggling’: A bleak Christmas for America’s jobless
Raise your mittens: Outdoor learning continues into winter
Epicurious is righting cultural wrongs one recipe at a time
2 months after hurricanes, Louisiana residents still hurting
Reparations after Fla. massacre a model, descendants say
Retailers brace for flood of returns from online shopping
Christmas in Florida: Chilly forecast, falling iguanas
US Politics
Republicans block $2,000 virus checks despite Trump demand
International News
The Latest: Turkey to receive 3M CoronaVac vaccine doses
Italy enters Christmas lockdown amid signs of resurgence
Mexico starts giving first shots of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine
Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria
Coronavirus dampens Christmas joy in Bethlehem and elsewhere
Kenya: Doctors call off strike, nurses continue picketing
Worried Morocco bans parties to stem holiday virus spread
In a northern town brutalized by IS, Iraq tests its power
20 migrants dead off Tunisia after boat sinks, more missing
Japanese spacecraft’s gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal
Santa’s ‘grandchildren’ spread joy in Italian nursing homes
Christmas Eve concert held in Paris’ fire-wrecked Notre Dame
Sports
AP All-Big 12: Iowa State players and coach win top awards
Unusual world junior championship plunges ahead in Edmonton
The Latest: Offensive line woes for playoff-chasing Browns
Breakfast Blogs
The President*’s Rage and Lust for Vengeance Will Not Be Contained Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
On Bill Barr’s Last Day, Trump Commits the Crime Barr Affirmed in His Confirmation Hearing emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
“Sit tight. We’ll be taken care of” digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Christmas in the year of plague Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Virtually Every Trump Pardon is a Disgrace; Even the “Good Ones” are Marred by Arbitrariness Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How to do it if it must be done Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Mmoney
Terminate with extreme bureaucratic prejudice Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Chronicles of Strategic Forgettery: Republican Detachment Disorder driftglass, at his blog
Today Donald Trump Became Anti-President Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
The Rude Pundit’s Annual Nativity-palooza, Including the Most 2020 Nativity The Rude Pundit, at his blog
I HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON STIMULUS CHECKS AND GEORGIA Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Warms Self Over Yule Log Of Republican Senator Bones Liz Dye, Wonkette
Shiny Normal Thing! Joe Biden Picks A Teacher For Education Secretary Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Texas AG Ken Paxton Tried To Get Disaster Relief Money Taken Away From Own State Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
And Now Here’s Michael Cohen With Some Holiday Prophecies About His Former Crime Boss!