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
Funeral of Jordan’s King Hussein; Premiere of ‘The Birth of a Nation’; a South Carolina civil rights protest turns deadly; the Boy Scouts of America is incorporated; actor James Dean born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just… do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out.
Breakfast News
US News
VIRUS TODAY: In COVID-19 era, Americans choose dying at home
Chicago mayor touts deal with union to reopen schools
Some California churches hold indoor services after ruling
Weary postal workers hope Biden will bring new tone, change
Next stop Mars: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession
Pelican named Arvy survives frostbite, sent to sanctuary
Stephen King helps kids publish pandemic-inspired book
US Politics
Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty
Analysis: Trump’s Senate trial matters regardless of outcome
Senate Republicans back Trump as impeachment trial nears
Yellen: Biden’s plan could restore full employment by 2022
Biden: China should expect `extreme competition’ from US
Cheney says she won’t quit the House after Wyoming censure
International News
The Latest: China’s northeast outbreaks appear under control
UK vaccine gambles paid off, while EU caution slowed it down
South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive
Congo working to stop new Ebola outbreak in country’s east
US moves to rejoin UN rights council, reversing Trump anew
Iran: US must lift sanctions before it lives up to nuke deal
Week after military coup, protests swell rapidly in Myanmar
Internet access restored as Myanmar coup protests grow
US warns Yemen’s Houthi rebels after terrorism delisting
UN Yemen envoy makes first visit to Iran to push for peace
Haiti’s president alleges coup conspiracy, says 20 arrested
Three Saudi youths get prison sentence instead of death
140 are missing after glacier breaks in India’s Himalayas
Boat with 422 migrants, some with COVID-19, heads to Sicily
Work resumes on disputed Russian-German undersea pipeline
Sports
Buccaneers batter Mahomes in 31-9 Super Bowl rout of Chiefs
The biggest win: In 2020, NFL found ways to play every game
Healthy again, Koepka eagles 17, rallies to win Phoenix Open
Breakfast Blogs
Kamala Harris Is Going to Be Doing a Lot of This for the Next Two Years Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Another Violent Foot Soldier Radicalized by Donald Trump emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Feature not bug digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Inciting a mob to invade the Capitol is not free speech Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Killing the kill switch Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Proud Boys Spent Weeks Planning the U.S. Capitol Siege; Leader Ethan Nordean Poses a ‘Serious Risk of Flight’: Prosecutors Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Would-Be YouTube Prankster Was Shot and Killed While Wielding Butcher Knife in Fake Robbery: Police Alberto Lueron, Law & Crime
Former Trump Campaign Aide and Staunch Pro-Life Advocate Charged With Receiving, Distributing, and Possessing Child Pornography Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
There is no reasonable defense for permitting indoor dining under COVID, and there is no reasonable defense for dining indoors under COVID Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
How Popular Epidemiology is Both Necessary and Has Significantly Damaged Our COVID Response Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Never Trumpers In Disarray! driftglass, at his blog
Dream Piece Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
NATIONAL REVIEW: PREVENTING REPUBLICANS FROM BURNING EVERYTHING TO THE GROUND IS THE DEMOCRATS’ RESPONSIBILITY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog