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
U.S. government warns of smoking risks, Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across Pacific, Major League Baseball introduces designated hitter.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
Breakfast News
US News
VIRUS TODAY: Lag in vaccinations underscores lack of support
California reports record 695 virus deaths in a day
Vaccine rollout confirms public health officials’ warnings
Anti-abortion faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccines
New law cracks down on shell companies to combat corruption
Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate
Alaska governor plans appeal of mine project denial
Once again, job losses fall unequally across the US economy
Winter storm coats Southern states with blanket of snow
Bush family’s Texas home eyed for national park designation
Maine marijuana shops report brisk business despite pandemic
US Politics
The unfolding of ‘home-grown fascism’ in Capitol assault
Pelosi says House will impeach Trump, pushes VP to oust him
Capitol police were overrun, ‘left naked’ against rioters
DC mayor pushes for increased security around inauguration
Biden faces challenge in guiding American past Trump era
International News
The Latest: Scores test positive in China’s Hebei province
Asia Today: Virus rules tightened in province near Beijing
Johnson under fire as UK again faces onslaught of COVID-19
Africa exceeds 3 million COVID-19 cases, 30% in South Africa
South Korean diplomat in Iran over seized ship, frozen funds
Indonesia intensifies search for crashed plane’s black boxes
Spain shovels out of snowdrifts left by Storm Filomena
Sports
Same old Browns? Hardly. Cleveland drills Steelers 48-37
Brees, Saints pull away late for 21-9 playoff win over Bears
Lamar winless no more, leads Ravens to 20-13 win over Titans
Brady and Bucs, plus Bills and Rams win NFL wild-card games
49ers pioneering assistant Katie Sowers won’t return in 2021
Leonard gets 10,000th point, Clippers beat Bulls 130-127
No. 1 Alabama looking for 6th title under Saban vs. Ohio St
PGA Championship leaving Trump National in ’22 tournament
Breakfast Blogs
How Many Trump Sympathizers Are Lurking in Law Enforcement? Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Unaddressed Counterintelligence Threat of Rudy Giuliani emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
An attempted putsch is not a protest digby aka Heather Digby parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Playlist From Hell tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Grievance politics Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Only Thing Worse Than a Neo-Confederate Is a Historically Illiterate Neo-Confederate Adam L. Sullivan, Balloon Juice
‘Absolute Hero’: Capitol Police Officer Led Insurrectionists Away from Senate Entrance Alberto Luperon, Law & Crime
Pence has not ruled out using 25th amendment Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Would a coup by any other name smell so wrong? Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
It could have been so much worse Scott Lemeiux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Senator Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr., Resistance Hero driftglass, at his blog
Unite the Country Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
HE’S NOT ON A FAREWELL TOURm Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog