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
The Christmas poem ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’ is first published; Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo is executed; Mormon religion founder Joseph Smith, Jr. is born; North Korea releases the 82 U.S. Seamen.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
Breakfast News
US News
Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment
NYC adds testing; no decision on Times Square New Year’s Eve
California sets Feb. 1 deadline for health worker boosters
Biden tries COVID cajoling, avoids new decrees that divide
Pause on student loan payments is extended through May 1
After SCOTUS hearing, a new look at baby ‘safe haven’ laws
US Rep. Scanlon carjacked in Philadelphia park, uninjured
Yuengling accuses Bud Light of trampling on trademark
Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on coast
What’s in the box? Mystery alum gifts $180K to City College
US economy grew at 2.3% rate in Q3, up from earlier estimate
US consumer confidence rises despite omicron, higher prices
Stormy weather means rainy, snowy California Christmas
Mystery lingers around time capsule found beneath Lee statue
Florida man with drugs around penis denies they were his
9 days after tornado, cat found in rubble of building
US Politics
High court to hold special session on vaccine requirements
Biden and Dems scramble to salvage social, climate package
In milestone deal, Proud Boy pleads guilty in Capitol riot
Jan. 6 panel seeks interview with Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan
International News
Live updates: Cases spike in Australia after lockdowns nixed
French kids line up to get vaccine shots as omicron spreads
Austria tamps down New Year’s Eve parties to fight omicron
Omicron less likely to put you in the hospital, studies say
Russian pipeline faces big hurdles amid Ukraine tensions
Tiananmen massacre statue barricaded at Hong Kong university
Israeli archaeologists find treasures in ancient shipwrecks
Sports
AP Sources: NFL discussed cancellations due to COVID-19
Texas A&M won’t play in Gator Bowl due to COVID-19 issues
No. 12 Auburn rolls over Murray State for 8th straight win
Grady, Tshiebwe help No. 20 Kentucky rout W. Kentucky 95-60
McNeil gets hot, sparks West Virginia past Penguins 82-52
Breakfast Blogs
We Really Don’t Need Some Guy They Call ‘The General’ Trying to Overturn a Free Election Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Mike Flynn Forgets He Was Shit-Canned by Presidents of Both Parties emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Keeping Our Wits About Us digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What can we do about guns in stores? Sue the stores. Spocko, Digby’s Hullabaloo
The fall of “sanctified inequality” Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hhullabaloo
Robert Reich Loses The Plot: Gets Basically Everything Wrong About Section 230, Fairness Doctrine & The 1st Amendment Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Federal Court Says Destroying Someone’s House To Apprehend A Fugitive Might Be A Constitutional Violation Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Judge Allows Confession from California Man Accused of Tasing Michael Fanone in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime
The Manchin Base Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Rumors of war Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Stop Trying to Make Fear Happen Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Eric Adams Wore A Bullet Proof Vest For 22 Years. He’s New York’s Infallible, God King Mayor Now. Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
GOP Screeches About Empty Shelves As Joe Biden Piles Presents Under The Tree Liz Dye, Wonkette
House Report: Trump F*cked COVID Pooch On Purpose Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Charlie Kirk Knows Who’s Like Jesus, And It’s Kyle Rittenhouse! PEW! PEW! BANG! BANG! Evan Hurst, Wonkette