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
New Orleans marks completion of Louisiana Purchase; South Carolina is first state to secede from Union; Vermont Supreme Court rules in favor of homosexual couples; ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ premieres in New York.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
Breakfast News
US News
Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world’
Troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable
Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19
Navajo Nation reports 40 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths
Sen. Elizabeth Warren tests positive for COVID breakthrough
Vintage subway cars getting last rides before retirement
US Politics
Manchin not backing Dems’ $2T bill, potentially dooming it
International News
UK health boss: COVID-19 rules could tighten by Christmas
Israeli PM says kids must be vaccinated as omicron spreads
Finland’s Christmas resorts in full swing but fear omicron
Leftist millennial wins election as Chile’s next president
Typhoon deaths in Philippines top 140; mayors plead for food
Voter turnout plunges in Hong Kong under new election laws
Poles protest across the country to defend media freedom
Sports
NBA postpones 5 more games; Young, Vogel enter protocols
NHL stops cross-border games, shuts down 6th team
Ohio State-UT Martin game off due to Buckeyes’ COVID issues
No. 6 Louisville outlasts No. 7 UConn 69-64 in HOF Showcase
Cunane helps No. 2 N.C. State women rout Virginia 82-55
No. 11 Texas women top San Diego in last-minute match-up
No. 18 Georgia Tech opens ACC with 60-45 rout of Wake Forest
No. 13 Michigan needs OT to win rematch vs. No. 5 Baylor
Pack’s 15 points spark Kansas State past Nebraska, 67-58
Shepherd, Kelly pace Cal to 61-55 win over Dartmouth
No. 17 Texas uses second-half surge to top Stanford, 60-53
Packers clinch division after Ravens’ 2-point try fails
Cardinals lose chance to clinch, fall 30-12 to lowly Lions
Cowboys inch close to playoff berth as D, Lawrence dominate
Steelers slip past turnover-prone Titans 19-13
Punch-less Panthers lose kicker, and then lose to Bills
Bridgewater injured in Bengals’ 15-10 victory over Broncos
49ers beat Falcons 31-13 for 5th win in 6 games
Texans end 3-game skid with 30-16 victory at lowly Jaguars
Dolphins extend winning streak to 6, rally past Jets 31-24
Hield scores 18 points in 4th, Kings beat Spurs 121-114
Jets beat Blues 4-2 for Lowry’s 1st victory behind bench
Golden Knights edge Islanders 4-3 in SO in Lehner’s return
Tiger & son’s 11 straight birdies fall short of Daly duo
Breakfast Blogs
Behold the Creepy Little Cabal That Tried to Help Trump Overturn the Election in Congress Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
How SDNY Came to Treat James O’Keefe Better than Former SDNY US Attorney Rudy Giuliani emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Just Cut the Bullshit, Joe John Cole, Balloon Juice
Emperor Manchin Speaks digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Racketeer-in-chief Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
This is a stupid conversation Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 976, Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Bad Guys Are Winning and I’ve Lost Hope That They Can Be Stopped The Rude Pundit, at his blog
Narratology: American Reichstag Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
MANCHIN STABS THE BACKS HE’S BEEN AIMING AT FOR MONTHS — AND THE LAST GUY YOU’D EXPECT HAS A STRATEGY FOR THE DEMOCRATS Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog