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
George Washington dies at age 67; Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his group reach South Pole; Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia sign an internationally-brokered peace treaty; Baseball’s Roger Maris dies at age 51.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.
Breakfast News
US News
COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort
After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears
Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
Donations soar but nonprofits still struggle with pandemic
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign
Artists, activists rush to save Black Lives Matter murals
Fresh food initiatives feed, teach communities of color
Endangered-species decision expected on beloved butterfly
US Politics
Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump’s claims
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
Trump raises China concerns as reason to veto defense bill
Budget toll from virus hits both Democratic, GOP-led states
International News
The Latest: COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in Canada
The Latest: S. Korea opening dozens of free virus test sites
Italy surpasses UK for worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe
Silent nights: Germany tightens virus lockdown over holidays
Poles protest on anniversary of communist-era crackdown
Hundreds of Nigerian students missing after attack on school
Chinese capsule with moon rocks begins return to Earth
Sports
No. 1 Stanford moves VanDerveer one victory from wins record
She scores! Fuller kicks 2 extra points for Vandy, Vols win
On Football: No excuse for being unready for December games
Bills improve to 10-3 with 26-15 win over sloppy Steelers
Jalen Hurts helps Eagles beat Saints 24-21
Mahomes, Chiefs clinch AFC West with 33-27 win over Dolphins
Report: Cleveland Indians changing name after 105 years
Breakfast Blogs
There’s Evil, and Then There’s Erik Prince Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Mistaken Presumptions of Virtually All Discussions of a Future Trump Prosecution emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
A Most Ordinary Passing of A Most Extraordinary Writer Peterr, emptywheel
Shameless Sore Losers digby, aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Reversal of principle Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
A new Electoral College fiasco brewing Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 747 erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Supreme Irony Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING PENCE, WILL DAMAGE AMERICA AGAIN ON JANUARY 6 Steve M., No More mister Nice Blog