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
Jack Ruby fatally shoots Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas; Charles Darwin publishes theory of evolution; Hijacker known as D.B. Cooper parachutes out of plane with ransom money; Queen’s Freddie Mercury dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
Breakfast News
US News
Vaccines making Thanksgiving easier, but hot spots remain
US to require vaccines for all border crossers in January
Hawaii counties ease COVID-19 rules at restaurants, bars
Navajo Nation reports 59 COVID-19 cases, no recent deaths
Child is 6th death in Waukesha parade crash; suspect charged
DEP commissioner suspends permit for $1B transmission line
Jury awards $26M in damages for Unite the Right violence
Jury holds pharmacies responsible for role in opioid crisis
Jury gets case of white men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
LA luxury mall latest to be hit by smash-and-grab thieves
Juul to pay $14.5 million to settle Arizona vaping lawsuit
Liberal Oregon resists dropping controversial investments
Another Sierra ski resort delays opening due to dry weather
Got the wrong goat: West Point cadets try to nab Navy mascot
The Santa experience this year is a mix of laps, distancing
Continue the holiday feasting with Hanukkah’s potato latkes
President, VP and spouses assist food kitchen for holiday
Jennifer Snowpez? Kids get creative with snowplow names
US Politics
Fighting gas prices, US to release 50 million barrels of oil
Oath Keepers, Proud Boys subpoenaed by Jan. 6 House panel
US sues to halt sugar merger, says it would harm competition
International News
German soldiers face vaccine mandate as COVID cases rise
Israel begins giving COVID shots to children age 5 to 11
WHO Europe warns of possible surge in COVID deaths ahead
New Zealand to start reopening borders to world from January
South Korea sets pandemic high with 4,000 new virus cases
EU reports improvements, old tactics in Venezuela election
UN nuclear watchdog chief presses for more access in Iran
Mexico breaks up second migrant march
Nicaragua drops visa requirements for Cubans
It’s not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement
Launch of new NASA space telescope delayed after incident
Missing the point: Man in Germany drives to driving test
Sports
Offshore tourneys return in college basketball amid COVID-19
Davis scores 30, Wisconsin holds off No. 12 Houston 65-63
No. 13 Arkansas beats Cincy 73-67 in Hall of Fame Classic
Nebraska holds off Tennessee State late, wins 79-73
Wisconsin holds off No. 12 Houston with 65-63 upset
LaRavia leads Wake Forest in 92-61 rout of Kennesaw State
Texas Tech routs Omaha 96-40 behind Shannon Jr
Cincinnati moves into College Football Playoff position
Ball State bowl eligible after 20-3 victory over Buffalo
Knicks recover to beat Lakers team missing suspended James
Herro leads Heat past Pistons 100-92 with 4th-quarter rally
Hintz scores 6th in 6 games, Stars beat Oilers 4-1
Vasilevskiy makes 34 saves, Lightning beat Flyers 4-0
Breakfast Blogs
A Moment at the Scene of a Genocide Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Disinformation that Got Told: Michael Cohen Was, in Fact, Hiding Secret Communications with the Kremlin emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
The Kids Aren’t Alright digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
America’s Seldon crisis Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Baltimore Police Department Sued For Seizing Phones, Cash, And Jewelry From Crime Victims Recovering From Shootings Tin Cushing, Techdirt
Jury Returns $31.8M Civil Verdict Against Alt-Right Defendants in Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ Lawsuit Aaron Keller, Law & Crime
‘Attorneys Have a Higher Duty’: Judge Orders Lawyers Behind 2020 Election Fraud Lawsuit to Pay More Than $185,000 in Sanctions Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
The induced despair of undermining democracy Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The conspiratorial mindset Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 959 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
For Conservative Pundits Who Have Considered the Democrats When the End of the Right Is at Hand driftglass, at his blog
Be Thankful for the Health Care Workers Not Being Driven From Their Jobs By Anti-Vaxx Morons The Rude Pundits, at his blog
ALEX JONES WANTS TO DO TO CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS WHAT HE DID TO PIERS MORGAN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Waukesha Parade Attack Suspect In Custody. Let’s Hope They Hold Onto Him This Time. Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
January 6 Committee Makes Roger Stone And Alex Jones An Offer They Can’t Refuse Liz Dye, Wonkette
New York Prosecutors Zeroing In On Trump Properties’ Incredibly Variable Valuations Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Norway Post Office Makes Happiest Holiday Movie About Santa Finally Meeting Nice Guy Evan Hurst