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
John Brown raids Harper’s Ferry; France’s Marie Antoinette beheaded; John Paul II chosen as pope; Chile’s ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet detained; ‘Baby Jessica’ rescued; Novelist James Michener dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Arizona universities to comply with mandate
FDA panel endorses booster shot for J&J COVID-19 vaccine
Maine’s COVID-19 mandate appealed to US Supreme Court
Chicago mayor takes police union head to court over vaccines
Report: 89% of Conn. long-term care workers fully vaccinated
Cities, police unions clash as vaccine mandates take effect
California judge tentatively rejects cutting inmate crowding
‘Lawless city?’ Worry after Portland police don’t stop chaos
Attorney: Cruz to plead guilty to Parkland school massacre
In trial over Arbery death, racial reckoning looms large
Maine’s Colby College bans discrimination based on caste
Thousands march in Puerto Rico, outraged over power outages
Former Boeing test pilot pleads not guilty in 737 Max case
US Politics
DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law
Biden open to shortening length of programs in spending bill
Trump’s not going away — and neither is investigator Schiff
White House targeting economic risks from climate change
Jan. 6 panel moving swiftly as it sets Bannon contempt vote
Murkowski reports bringing in nearly $1.1M in last quarter
Witness: Giuliani associate never delivered campaign funds
International News
Protests greet debut of Italy’s workplace COVID pass rule
Russia struggles to meet global orders for Sputnik V vaccine
Made in India virus kits boost testing, and local industry
US, allies step up pressure on Iran to return to nuke talks
Authorities call fatal stabbing of UK lawmaker terrorist act
Suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills 47
Liberian teen becomes hero for finding and returning $50,000
Sports
Fans watch UConn basketball teams in person on First Night
Breakfast Blogs
Ratfckers Being Sued for Libel? Now This I Find Intriguing. Charles P.Pierce, Esquire Politics
Andrew McCabe Got His Pension and His Cufflinks — But Is that Adequate Recourse for the Country? emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Waving the bloody shirt for fun and profit digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
A malevolent, a cynical, and anti-democratic campaign Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Study Says Official Count Of Police Killings Is More Than 50% Lower Than The Actual Number Tim Cushing, Techdirt
GOP Very Excited To Be Handed An FCC Voting Majority By Joe Biden Karl Bode, Techdirt
Journalists In St. Louis Discover State Agency Is Revealing Teacher Social Security Numbers; Governors Vows To Prosecute Journalists As Hackers Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The Cult of the Court Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 932 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Hi, It’s Stupid: The Last Post on Modern Monetary Theory Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
KYRSTEN SINEMA: FIGHTING TOXICITY WITH … TOXICITY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Brittney Poolaw Is Spending Four Years In Prison. Because She Had A Miscarriage. Janie Lynn crofts, Wonkette
Texas School District Just Trying To Teach Kids Softer Side Of Holocaust Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Are The Nevada Republicans Okay? Do They Need A Police Man Or A Grownup? Liz Dye, Wonkette
Little Guy Verizon Asks Employees To Help Fight Oppression Of Higher Corporate Taxes Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette