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
FDR wins unprecedented third term in the White House; Richard Nixon elected President; Former President Reagan says he has Alzheimer’s; George Foreman sets boxing record; Pianist Vladimir Horowitz dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
Breakfast News
US News
US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
States sue to block vaccine mandate for federal contractors
Arizona won’t stop using COVID money for anti-mask grants
Connecticut changing COVID policy on quarantining students
Navajo Nation reports 103 more COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths
Traveler with Biden tested positive for virus in Scotland
Lawsuit briefly blocking California assisted death law ends
California’s PUC OKs boosting storage at infamous gas field
Nuclear plant price doubles to $28.5B as other owners balk
State says disabled not entitled to reasonable accommodation
Supply chain delays disrupt California agriculture exports
Latinos with dark skin face more discrimination, study finds
Tiny house in wealthy Boston suburb sells for $315,000
Errant monkey captivates crowd in Puerto Rico’s capital
American Girl Dolls, Risk, sand make it to Toy Hall of Fame
US Politics
House Republicans advance vaccine exemptions
Biden administration sues Texas over new voting restrictions
Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier charged with lying
Biden’s big bill on brink of House votes, but fighting drags
All eyes on vulnerable House Democrats after election losses
First person of color confirmed as next Census Bureau leader
Gov. Hogan initially said he would stand by aide on payment
International News
WHO: Europe is the epicenter of pandemic despite vaccines
Countries pledge to cut heavily polluting coal, with caveats
Several Ethiopian armed opposition groups to form alliance
Ex-US ambassador to UN Bill Richardson ends Myanmar visit
Police out to stop violence after Union Berlin vs. Feyenoord
Doug the ugly New Zealand potato could be world’s biggest
Breakfast Blogs
Nominating Rahm Emanuel to Be Ambassador to Japan Suggests We Don’t Like Japan Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
At Least One Supreme Court Conservative Has Already Made Up His Mind on a Crucial Gun Case Jack Holmes, Esquire Politics
This Is the Morning After: Virginia Isn’t the Whole Story Rayne, emptywheel
It’s not that hard digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Deeper into the rabbit hole Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Tells Judge He Won’t Testify at Trial That Could Bar Him from Pharma Industry Because He’s Still in Prison Adam Klasfeld, Law and Crime
Adventures in Punditry Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Biggest Bomb Cheryl Rofer, Lawyers, Guns and Money
University Architecture of the New Gilded Age Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Heuristics Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
WWRDSD? (WHAT WOULD RON DeSANTIS DO?) Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers Got ‘Immunized.’ We Guess From Prosecution, Because It Wasn’t Against COVID-19! Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
CNN Explains How Joe Biden’s Inflation Hurts Typical American Family With Nine Kids Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Smartmatic Voting Machine Company Sues OANN And Newsmax For PAY UP BITCHES Liz Dye, Wonkette
Ted Cruz Grunting About Nude Beaches For Some Reason Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Republicans Block ‘Stop Republicans From Cheating’ Bill? Whaaaaaaaat???? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette