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
Krakatoa erupts in South Pacific; President Lyndon Johnson and Mother Teresa born; America’s first successful oil well; Britain’s Lord Louis Mountbatten killed; Beatles manager Brian Epstein dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Breakfast News
US News
100,000 more COVID deaths seen unless US changes its ways
Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kids
Illinois requires educators, health workers to get vaccine
Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
Memphis-area hospitals reach highest count of virus patients
Arkansas reports 32 new COVID-19 deaths; vaccinations jump
Music industry weighs vaccine mandates, but politics collide
NFL’s vaccine rate at 93%, mandatory shots were discussed
With wildfire threatening, Lake Tahoe prepares for emergency
Tropical Storm Ida on track to hit Gulf Coast as hurricane
US closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein killed himself
Judge rejects self-defense claim in MLK Day confrontation
Al Capone’s favorite gun, personal items head to auction
Drop the chalk: Michigan motorist wins appeal over tickets
California delays decriminalizing psychedelic substances
Jersey Shore landmark Lucy the Elephant to get new skin
Hunting theme no longer mandatory in US duck stamp contest
US Politics
The Latest: Capital flags at half-staff for Afghan deaths
Harris says she urged Vietnam to free political dissidents
California advances 2 zoning bills to promote scarce housing
International News
Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection
Kabul airport attack kills 60 Afghans, 13 US troops
Biden vows to finish Kabul evacuation, avenge US deaths
Australian mourns beloved aunt with heart-shaped love ewes
Replica of Swedish 18th century trading ship to sail to Asia
Sports
LEADING OFF: Yanks go for 12 straight, Scherzer faces Padres
Blind long jumper envisions Paralympic gold after 4 silvers
1st Paralympic gold medal goes to Paige Greco of Australia
Paralympic Heritage Flame lit in Stoke Mandeville
Joneses lead Sun past Sparks for 7th straight win
Ogunbowale, Dallas beat shorthanded Washington 82-77
Canada beats US 5-1 in women’s world hockey championship
Breakfast Blogs
In Maryland, There’s a Town That Simply Will Not Drown Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Zia Faruqui Doesn’t Want to be DOJ’s Fall-Guy for Media Policy Secrecy emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Today’s Bombing In Kabul: Islamic State Khorasan’s Objectives In Today’s Attack In Regard To the US Are the Same as Those of ISIS Overall Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
What did they expect? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Feds & states start arresting people for breaking public health laws Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“There was always a plan A, B, C, D”Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Massachusetts District Attorney Delays Forfeiture Proceedings For Years, Some Involving As Little As $10 Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trumpist Gettr Social Network Continues To Speed Run Content Moderation Learning Curve: Bans, Then Unbans, Roger Stone Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Dominion CEO Cried During Rudy Giuliani’s Infamous ‘Elite Strike Force’ Presser Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Federal Judge Debunks Greg Abbott’s COVID-Fighting Rationale, Blocks Texas Governor’s Ban on Transporting Migrants Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
Police Officers Who Were Attacked During Capitol Siege Sue Donald Trump, the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and Roger Stone Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
Why are mask mandates so triggering for right wingers? Paul Campos, Lawyers,Guns and Money
When casualties do and no not matter to the Blob Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 906 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Matthew Dowd Wants To Know What You Think! driftglass, at his blog
News From Bothsides Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
A Country on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Part 1: Mask Madness) The Rude Pundit, at his blog
IT’S NOT A SCHISM. IT’S A MENU. Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
A Day Without A Woman Erik Loomis, Woonkette
Supreme Court Tells Joe Biden He Is Not The Boss Of Immigration. Donald Trump Still Is Jamie Lynn Croft, Wonkette
Senate’s Dumbest Republican Down For Some Hot Horse Deworming Action! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
1/6 Committee Has One More Question, And It Is ‘Everyone You Ever Talked To About Anything, You Dicks’ Liz Dye, Wonkettte
Texas’s Law Against Critical Race Theory Is Why Kids In One District Can’t Have Nice Things Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
You Can Never Go Wrong Doing The Exact Opposite Of What Henry Kissinger Would Do Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette