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
Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announce they are separating; The Charge of the Light Brigade – is published in Britain; Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa is elected president in Poland; Actor Kirk Douglas is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Do not allow setbacks to set you back.
Breakfast News
US News
The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far
COVID cases spike even as US hits 200M vaccine milestone
Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron
Correction officers’ union sues NYC over vaccine mandate
Record-high Michigan COVID-19 hospitalizations still rising
California plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned
Giant Christmas tree outside Fox News headquarters set afire
Coast Guard swimmer pulls body from car above Niagara Falls
US and rural Nevada town clash over 1905 irrigation canal
Allergan settles for $200M with New York over opioids
Expelled Coast Guard cadet sues over policy banning parents
Company weeds out competition, bakes 850-pound pot brownie
US Politics
Senate rejects Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses
Meadows sues as Jan. 6 panel proceeds with contempt case
Revamped New Mexico 3-seat congressional map is advanced
Progressive Democrats pressure Pelosi to discipline Boebert
Congress set to change military sexual assault prosecutions
Manchin says he wouldn’t defy parliamentarian on immigration
Court suggests religious schools OK to get Maine tuition aid
NC’s top court halts March primary due to remapping suits
Senate confirms Rollins as US attorney for Massachusetts
International News
With vaccine resistance high, Poland faces surge of deaths
UK: Omicron spreading quickly; Time to work from home again
UK’s Johnson apologizes, orders probe of staff lockdown fest
Biden: “Severe consequences” for Putin if he attacks Ukraine
US orders arms embargo on Cambodia, cites Chinese influence
Dozens of camels barred from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
Nobels for medicine, economics given in California ceremony
Sports
No. 20 Florida bounces back from stunner, handles UNF 85-55
Martin scores career-high 28 as Heat beat Bucks 113-104
Kuzma’s buzzer-beater lifts Wiz over slumping Pistsons in OT
Doncic scores 26, Mavs rally past Grizzlies to end skid
Duarte, Turner lead Pacers over Knicks 122-102
Embiid scores 32, 76ers hold off Hornets again 110-106
Rockets beat shorthanded Nets 114-104 for 7th straight win
Avs beat New York 7-3; Trouba delivers another hard check
Woods to make return from car crash at PNC Championship
Breakfast Blogs
The Supreme Court Is Dead-Set on Recasting Religious Neutrality as Religious Discrimination Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Citing “Considerable Detail” in Affidavits, Judge Denies Bid to Unseal Project Veritas Warrants emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Young Democrats are right: There is no reason to date or befriend Trump voters Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Meadows on the hot seat digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hhullabaloo
Say it with him Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Missouri Governor Still Lying About Reporters Who Uncovered Ridiculous Bad State Computer Security; Still Insists They Were Hackers Mike Masnick, Techdirt
New Jersey Cop Facing Charges After Hitting A Man With His Car And Driving His Body To His Mom’s House Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Bluetoothghazi, Day 3 Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Momney
The triumph of right wing propaganda in America Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 973 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
In Which David Brooks Looks Upon Imaginary Conservatism’s Mighty Works and Despairs driftglass, at hi blog
Slave of the Passions Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
FOR THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, BIDEN IS NOT “THE PRESIDENT WE SUPPORT” Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
What’s In The Defense Authorization Bill? Some Interesting Sh*t! Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Is Mark Meadows TRYING To Catch A Federal Charge? Let’s Ask These Very Interesting Documents! Liz Dye, Wonkette
Tucker’s 14-Minute Boner Infomercial For Putin’s Russia Was Kinda Weird Last Night Evan Hurst, Wonkette
When Will We Finally Accept That Trumpism Was Never About Economic Anxiety? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette