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
Mongol ruler Genghis Khan dies; Women in U.S. clinch right to vote; James Meredith graduates from Univ. of Miss.; Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ published in U.S.; Actor-director Robert Redford born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If you don’t accept failure as a possibility, you don’t set high goals, you don’t branch out, you don’t try – you don’t take the risk.
Breakfast News
US News
As COVID-19 surges, 93% of Oregon’s hospital beds are full
‘Heartbreaking’: Mississippi gets 2nd field hospital in days
Idaho warns of COVID patient surge, hospitals ‘overwhelmed’ By REBECCA BOONE2 hours ago
New Mexico governor sets mask mandate, requires vaccination
TSA extends into January mask rule for airline passengers
Arizona governor blocks cash from schools mandating masks
No shot, no proof, no service: NYC businesses begin checks
Fueled by winds, largest wildfire moves near California city
Colorado governor voids 1864 order to kill Native Americans
Bug that could hurt Christmas tree industry found in Kent Co
Treasury Department to release impounded religious tiles
Susan B. Anthony photo, found in attic, now going to auction
US Politics
Democrats unveil plan to update landmark voting law
Prosecutors push Biden to prioritize criminal justice reform
New Mexico braces for end of federal unemployment bonuses
House Dems plan budget vote next week, defying moderates
GOP recall candidate Elder releases details on finances
International News
The Latest: New Zealand orders mask use as new cases found
Britain urges halt to Myanmar clashes to allow vaccination
Asia Today: Hong Kong lengthens quarantines for 16 countries
Taliban vow to respect women, despite history of oppression
Taliban allowing ‘safe passage’ from Kabul in US airlift
US agencies scrub websites to protect Afghans left behind
Death toll from Haiti’s weekend earthquake rises to 1,941
Archaeologists find skeleton, evidence of Greek in Pompeii
Sports
Yanks overtake Red Sox for wild card with doubleheader sweep
Cruz 2 homers, Rays hand Orioles 13th straight loss, 10-0
Hendricks keeps Reds in check as Cubs end 12-game skid, 2-1
Soler, Riley send surging Braves past Marlins 2-0
Gray, Ogunbowale lead Dallas past Chicago 80-76
Breakfast Blogs
The ‘Anonymous Sources’ Are Engaged in a Monumental Ass-Covering Campaign on Afghanistan Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
There May Well Have Been an Intelligence Failure in Afghanistan emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Because It’s Not Just Talk tristero, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The Big Beneficiaries digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
America-hating America-lovers Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Illinois Governor Signs Law Banning Cops From Performing Background Searches On Public Speakers Tim Cushing, Techdirt
ACLU Sues Over Arizona Law That Bans Abortions in Cases of ‘Genetic Abnormality,’ Grants ‘Personhood’ to Fertilized Eggs Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime
Federal Lawsuit Claims Recall Election to Oust California Gov. Newsom Violates the ‘Essence of a Democratic Society’ Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
OAN Must Cover Rachel Maddow’s $250,000 Legal Bill Following MSNBC Host’s Court of Appeals Victory Over Right-Wing Channel Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
DEI as bureaucratic grift Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Anti-vaxx authoritarianism Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 900 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
THE ENDLESS WAIT FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S COMEUPPANCE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Including COVID Mask Mandate Sh*tshows Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Joe Biden Thinks America Old Enough To Hear (Mostly) Truth About Afghanistan Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Rick Scott So Mad Biden Gave Afghanistan To Trump’s Taliban Buddies Liz Dye, Wonkette
MyPillow Guy Big Mad At Hannity And Laura Ingraham, Not Big Mad At ‘Trunker’ Or Whatever His Name Is Evan Hurst, Wonkette
‘Conservative Warrior’ Shares Fantasy Of Anti-Vaxx Liberals Under A Trump Presidency Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Rightwingers Just Having Fun Rooting Against America, Democracy, Afghan Women Stephen Robinson, Wonkette