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
President Bill Clinton denies affair;first European settlers in Australia ; General Douglas MacArthur is born ;Wayne Gretzky born;musical ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ opens
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Larry King (November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021)
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall
US virus numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up
Minnesota case marks 1st detection of Brazil variant in US
Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions, adds South Africa
Biden more bullish on vaccines, open to 1.5M daily shot goal
California lifts virus stay-at-home order and curfew
California measure aims to pay off 80% of most unpaid rent
California: Criminal rings loot billions in jobless funds
Storm threatens Midwest with heavy snow, travel disruptions
Latest honor for Sidney Poitier: A film school in his name
US Politics
Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP
Watchdog probes if DOJ officials tried to overturn election
Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary
Biden names Democrats to lead nuclear, pipeline agencies
White House adding sign language interpreter for briefings
Trump agreements seek to tie Biden’s hands on immigration
Supreme Court ends Trump emoluments lawsuits
Ex-Trump spokeswoman Sanders running for Arkansas governor
Biden replaces White House doctor with longtime physician
Jill Biden signals she’ll be more active as first lady
Pets are back: Biden’s 2 dogs settle in at White House
International News
EU pressures AstraZeneca to deliver vaccines as promised
Italian premier to offer resignation as government wobbles
Navalny’s team calls new protests in Russia for his release
Biden tells Merkel he wants to revitalize Germany alliance
Pompeii’s museum comes back to life to display amazing finds
Sports
Gonzaga, Baylor remain atop AP Top 25; Alabama cracks top 10
Spurs-Pelicans game called off, as NBA’s virus woes continue
Aaron Rodgers’ ‘uncertain’ future hangs over Green Bay
‘No Hard Feelings’: Patriots fans still rooting for Brady
CDC publishes paper on NFL’s efforts to play 2020 season
Cactus League asks MLB to delay spring training due to COVID
Southern Hills to replace Trump National for ’22 PGA
Breakfast Blogs
Nobody Who Entered the Capitol Can Get Off Scot-Free. Charge Them All, Try Them All. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The DOD Flunkies’ Convenient Lapse of Executive Privilege emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
How to ditch the filibuster digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The new Dark Age Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hulalbaloo
“Fight for Trump”: Video Evidence of Incitement at the Capitol Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix, Just Security
Disingenuous, Lying, Whining, Bloviating, Insurrection Encouraging Senator Josh Hawley Given Pages Of Major Newspaper To Explain How He’s Being Silenced Mike Masnick, Techdirt
New Interim FCC Boss Jessica Rosenworcel Will Likely Restore Net Neutrality, Just Not Yet Karl Bode, Techdirt
South Carolina Justices Seem Unimpressed By Government’s Inability To Honestly Answer Questions About Forfeiture Abuse Tim Cushing, Techdirt
SCOTUS Deals Final Blow to Emoluments Lawsuits That Were Filed Against Trump Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
‘People Just Disappear for Days or Weeks’: Customs and Border Protection Has No Idea What It’s Doing with Asylum Seekers Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Zip Tie Guy Might Be Prime Candidate for Exceedingly Rare Sedition Charge, Prosecutors Reveal Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Federal Appeals Court Blocks California from Imposing Fixed-Person Limit on Church Attendance, But Allows Total Bans Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Recommitting to Equity Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Garbage people Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
In Which Jonathan Turley Makes Me His Favorite Target Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Michael Steele: Accountability For Thee But Not for Me driftglass, at his blog
Reconciliation is Real Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
THE McCARTHYISM IS SO ROUTINE WE BARELY NOTICE IT Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Dominion Voting Systems To Rudy Giuliani: F*ck Around And Find Out. Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
President Biden Making Anti-LGBTQ Bigots Cry So Much, Hooray! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
DOJ Plot Against America Election Coup Gets Very Own Inspector General Investigation. Mazel Tov! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Rand Paul Won’t Let Facts And Insurrections Keep Him From Telling Trump’s Big Lie Micahel Mora, Wonkette
Right-Wing Trolls Weaponize Bad Faith Outrage, Get NYT Editor Fired (Allegedly!) Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
I Helped Break Frank Luntz Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette