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
Cornerstone laid for what becomes the White House; Britain’s Margaret Thatcher born; Boston wins baseball’s first World Series; TV variety show host Ed Sullivan dies; Musician Paul Simon born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Happy 80th Birthday
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
Breakfast News
US News
The Latest: Biden vaccine order moves closer to enforcement
Texas order reflects growing GOP vaccine mandates hostility
Florida fines key county $3.5 million for mandating vaccines
Boeing tells workers they must get COVID-19 vaccine
Lawmaker: 2 Alaska state senators test positive for COVID-19
Next on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J&J vaccines
Southern California fire shuts highway, forces evacuations
Feds OK Colorado plan to cover gender-affirming care
Mississippi works to offer driver’s license in digital form
FDA authorizes first e-cigarette, cites benefit for smokers
Federal immigration agents to end practice of worksite raids
Fewer in US turn to food banks, but millions still in need
Companies scraping for staff ahead of the holidays
Americans quit their jobs at a record pace in August
To oldly go: Shatner, 90, inspires with real-life space trip
2-headed baby turtle thrives at Massachusetts animal refuge
US Politics
House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default
‘Difficult decisions’ as Biden, Democrats shrink plan to $2T
Biden appoints Debra Shore to lead EPA Midwestern office
Kentucky US Rep. John Yarmuth won’t seek reelection in 2022
International News
Russia hits new record for COVID-19 deaths, resists lockdown
Divorced UK and EU head for new Brexit fight over N Ireland
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts Greek island of Crete
Queen Elizabeth II uses cane to walk into Westminster Abbey
Sports
Freeman HR sends Braves to NLCS with 5-4 win over Brewers
Altuve, Astros going back to ALCS after routing White Sox
Flynn, Dekker rally Raptors to preseason win over Wizards
NHL commissioner Bettman says just 4 players unvaccinated
Venezuela players miss practice because of COVID protocols
Brazil to host Uruguay; Argentina rises in qualifying
Breakfast Blogs
Our National Political Factions Now Fight Brushfire Wars in Local Politics Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
DOJ Was Still Working to Access Joshua Schulte’s Phone in September 2019 emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Front Paging an Often Overlooked Bit of American History: The Business Plot to Overthrow FDR Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Election Tampering at the Local Level Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice
By Attacking Me, Justice Alito Proved My Point Adam Serwer, The Atlantic
Democrats have long term problems but the GOP is the gift that keeps on giving digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
On “The Narrative” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Alabama Supreme Court Rules Law Enforcement Can Withhold Almost All Records Indefinitely Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Facebook Banning & Threatening People For Making Facebook Better Is Everything That’s Wrong With Facebook Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Justice Sotomayor Grills Conservative Lawyer Over Efforts to Revive Kentucky Abortion Ban Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
The drug overdose epidemic Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Progressives Control the Democratic Party Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Matthew Dowd and The Silence Between The Notes driftglass, at his blog
Literary Corner: Party of Contempt Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
WHY BIDEN SEEMS STUCK Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
New Superman Kissed A Boy And He Liked It Michael Mora, Wonkette
Turns Out AZ Fraudit Even Scammier Than You Thought, Actual Auditors Reveal Liz Dye, Wonkette
Charlie Kirk So Mad White Conservative Men Banned From Sports Now Evan Hurst, Wonkette
John Birch Society Is BACK BABY, And They’re … Trying To Block Entrances To Your Kid’s School! Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
Why Were Capitol Police So Unprepared For The January 6 MAGA CHUD Invasion? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette