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
Germans dance on top of Berlin Wall as communism crumbles in Eastern Europe; Nazis target Jews during ‘Kristallnacht’; A massive blackout hits the Northeast; Poet Dylan Thomas and Actor Art Carney die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
Breakfast News
US News
Feds urge schools to provide COVID-19 shots, info for kids
Oregon COVID cases fall to lowest levels since early August
Strict vaccine mandate begins for Los Angeles businesses
COVID-19 vaccinations start at some Hawaii public schools
Navajo Nation: No COVID-19 deaths for 25th time in 40 days
Government: Vaccine rule should remain while cases play out
Pritzker signs COVID-19 amendment to Illinois conscience law
US charges 2 suspected major ransomware operators
Washington governor signs executive order for electric fleet
Metallurgist admits faking steel-test results for Navy subs
New Mexico considers hourly $15 minimum for state workers
Trash can travels: Myrtle Beach bin makes its way to Ireland
With a wink, judge fights ‘tyranny’ of Elf on the Shelf
US Politics
Biden asking Democrats do so much with so little in Congress
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more Trump associates in probe
High court struggles with government secrets case
Ciattarelli campaign denies fraud but says recount possible
Latest exit from Fed’s board gives Biden three slots to fill
International News
German COVID infection rate at new high as vaccinations slow
Russians go back to work but virus cases, deaths stay high
Obama faults Russia, China for ‘lack of urgency’ on climate
Australia announces policy to boost electric car sales
Europe bolsters pioneering tech rules with help from Haugen
Emaciated children in Kabul hospital point to rising hunger
Breakfast Blogs
Whoever Barack Obama’s Audience Was, It Wasn’t People From Tuvalu Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
“Yes and No:” John Durham Confuses Networking with Intelligence Collection emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Fools digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s hullabaloo
Worked vs. woke Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Josh Hawley: The War On Men (?) Is Driving Them To Porn And Video Games (Things Many Men Like?) Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Congress Tries To Ram The Ill-informed INFORM Bill Into The Must-pass NDAA Cathy Gellis, Techdirt
Fifth Circuit Says Man Can’t Sue Federal Agencies For Allegedly Targeting Him After He Refused To Be An FBI Informant Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Federal Judge Declines to Block Biden Vaccine Mandates After Request by ‘Devout Christian’ Federal Employees and Marines Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
The academic market for telling rich people what they want to hear is always going to be strong Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Media Paying Attention to Workers Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Mr Linsdale says we will Bari you Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
From This Day to the Ending of the World… driftglass, at his blog
TELL ME AGAIN HOW REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO BEAT TRUMP IN A CONTESTED 2024 PRIMARY Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Critical Sunday Show Race Theories For The 2022 Midterms! michael Mora, Wonkette
Oh No, We Murdered Chivalry Again. Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette
The ‘Super Friends’ Were Always ‘Woke.’ It’s Conservative Hearts That Got Small. Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Cancel Culture Martyrs Announce Anti-Woke ‘University’ In Texas Liz Dye, Wonkette