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
Allies celebrate the end of World War Two; Indians holding the hamlet of Wounded Knee surrender; Coca-Cola invented.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Change or be changed, right? And what we mean by that is that climate change, if we don’t change course, if we don’t change our political and economic system, is going to change everything about our physical world.
Breakfast News
US News
Michigan: 54% vaccinated, including residents outside state
Authorities: Fake vaccination cards sold at California bar
GOP lawmaker charged in Oregon Capitol protest has COVID
Connecticut man charged with misusing $2.9 million PPP loan
California agency approves warehouse rule for air quality
Judge nixes reduced Klamath River flows for sucker fish
Yosemite climbers face new obstacle: overnight permits
California leaving: State population declines for first time
NASA Mars helicopter heard humming through planet’s thin air
US Politics
Weak jobs report spurs new arguments over big fed spending
Biden move to share vaccine designed to spread US influence
4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd death
Stefanik’s rise toward leadership job irks conservatives
Washington Post says US secretly obtained reporters’ records
Texas GOP’s voting restriction bill passes House
Interior drops Trump proposal for Arctic offshore drilling
Former acting Defense chief to testify on Jan. 6 response
Kansas lawmakers pass funding hike, school ‘choice’ proposal
Citizen initiatives will be harder to get on Florida ballot
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms not seeking reelection
White House releases Jan. logs of visitors to Biden, aides
International News
India’s disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges
Pressure rises for India lockdown; surge breaks record again
Thailand wants to buy more vaccines as surge worsens
Packed trains, drinking: Japanese impatient over virus steps
After lull, cases spread in Vietnam’s cities, provinces
Palestinians, Israel police clash at Al-Aqsa mosque; 53 hurt
Deadly police shootout prompts claims of abuse in Brazil
Sherpa guide scales Mount Everest for record 25th time
Sports
Nats use 6-run inning to beat Yankees 11-4
Lindor’s homer lifts Mets after dugout exchange with McNeil
Phillies offense breaks out in 12-2 rout of Morton, Braves
Reds’ Wiley has no-hitter thru 8 innings against Indians
Davies, Pederson lead Cubs over Pirates 3-2, 4th win in row
No, no, no, no: Reds’ Miley throws season’s 4th no-hitter
Hornets top Magic 122-112, inch closer to play-in tournament
Doncic, Mavs cruise past Cavs 110-90 to stay in 5th in West
Embiid strengthens MVP bid, 76ers hold off Pelicans 109-107
Heat move back into 6th in East, top Timberwolves 121-112
Bogdanovic scores career-high 48 points, Jazz beat Nuggets
Suns stay in hunt for NBA’s top record, beat Knicks 128-105
Stars keep playoff hopes alive with 5-2 win over Lightning
Kaprizov scores in OT as Wild beat Ducks 4-3
Truck Series champ Sheldon Creed wins at Darlington
Breakfast Blogs
Everybody’s a Sinner, Except for the Guys Who Write the Checks Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Did John Durham Seize Journalists’ Call Records? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Three Women Take On The Three Biggest Threats To Our Democracy WaterGirl, Balloon Juice
Elise Stefanik, a Republican woman of her time digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Trump: Republicans’ albatross Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Who Watches the Poll Watchers? Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice
Private Equity and Hedge Fund Barons Having a Hissy Over Carried Interest Grift Because Biden Isn’t Staying Bought Yves Smith, naked capitalism
Big Telecom Sues New York State For Trying To Bring Cheap Broadband To Poor People Karl Bode, Techdirt
Alabama Cop Posts Bond, Walks Out of Jail After Murder Conviction; Mayor, Police Chief Slam Jury’s Unanimous Guilty Verdict Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Justice Department Proposes Rule Updating ‘Firearm’ Definition and Plugging ‘Ghost Gun Loophole’ Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Dissenting Judge Cites George Floyd While Criticizing Arrest of Mom Locked Up for Recording Her Son’s Arrest Alberto Luperon, Law & Crime
Appeals Court Slams Judge for Removing Juror in Rep. Corrine Brown Fraud Trial Who Felt Called to Acquit by the ‘Holy Spirit’ Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
The Great Circle Jerk of Life Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Desperate Attempts to Turn the Tide of Bidenism Erik Lomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Long Brutality Keisha N. Blain, The Baffler
Critical Base Theory: Part II driftglass, at his blog
Distrust Doom Loop Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
It’s Not About Liz Cheney, It’s About The Dumpster Fire That Is The GOP Liz Dye, Wonkette
Marjorie Taylor Greene Getting In On ‘LOL! Kevin McCarthy Has BOY ROOMMATE!’ Action Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Jamie Dimon DEMANDS To Know What Congress Will Spend HIS MONEY On, And It Had Best Be Up To Snuff! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
California Wildfire Victim Fund Overhead Would Make Those WALL Grifters Blush! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette