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
Nathan Hale hanged in the American Revolution; Iraq invades Iran; President Gerald Ford faces a second assassination attempt in weeks; ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ hits Broadway; Songwriter Irving Berlin dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
We’re born alone. We do need each other. It’s lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that’s part of your obligation.
Breakfast News
US News
‘Soul-crushing’: US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day
Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find
Health officer ‘broken’ after threats tied to mask order
Report: Births decline in pandemic may have turned corner
US sues to stop deal between American Airlines and JetBlue
Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest unscathed by wildfire
Officials: Many Haitian migrants are being released in US
Comical, topical? Party bus saves day for school field trip
US Politics
Most states have cut back public health powers amid pandemic
House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP
Latinos vastly underrepresented in media, new report finds
Rikers Island should close, say 4 House Democrats from NY
White House faces bipartisan backlash on Haitian migrants
GLIMPSES: Britain’s Johnson rides rails to meet Amtrak Joe
International News
The Latest: Chinese city shuts down over new outbreak worry
ADB: Asia below pre-pandemic levels as variants slow rebound
Brazil health minister tests positive for the coronavirus
Mexico buses, flies Haitians from remote area on US border
China, US unveil separate big steps to fight climate change
UN: Afghanistan’s Taliban want to address General Assembly
The Latest: Argentina, Colombia warn of debt crisis
Toxic gas, new rivers of molten lava endanger Spanish island
In Nairobi slum, women train to fend off sexual assault
Manila mayor, ex-scavenger and actor, to seek presidency
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake causes slight damage in Australia
IT phoned home: Storytelling box foils kindergarten thief
Sports
Yankees power past Rangers 7-1 to keep pace in playoff race
Cards win 10th in row, beat Brewers to extend wild-card lead
Wild card leader Red Sox beat stumbling Mets 6-3, 6th in row
Pujols delivers single in 10th, Dodgers beat Rockies 5-4
Manoah helps Blue Jays top Rays 4-2, maintain wild-card spot
Josh Rogers allows 1 run to lead Nationals over Marlins 7-1
Realmuto’s 2-run triple in 10th leads Phillies past O’s 3-2
Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal
Breakfast Blogs
Something Went Sideways When the FBI Confiscated the Contents of Safe Deposit Boxes in an LA Bank Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
To Protect and Serve? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Adults in the room Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
North Carolina Sued By Flying Dog Brewery Over Regulatory Body Refusing To Allow Sales Due To ‘Offensive’ Label Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
DOJ Now Investigating Florida Sheriff’s Office For Using A Federal Grant To Fund Its ‘Predictive Policing’ Harassment Programs Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Now Josh Hawley Is Threatening Google Over 1st Amendment Protected Expression Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Spygate was always a hoax Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Radio Rwanda: anti-vax edition Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Abolish the Border Patrol Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
NO, MR. BOND, THEY EXPECT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO DIE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Border Patrol / Slave Patrol, Tomato / Other Tomato Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
MyPillow Guy Got A Thanksgiving Surprise For America, And It Is … NO, GUESS! Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Get Ready For Piles Of COVID-Related Medical Debt! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Oh Boy, Another Debt Ceiling Showdown! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
‘Disbarred, Disgraced’ Former Lawyers Sue Texas Abortion Doctor To Be … Helpful? Anything’s Possible! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Texas Passes Another Critically Stupid Law Banning Kids From Learning That Racism Exists Stephen Robinson, Wonkette