The Breakfast Club (Sleigh Ride)

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

U.S. forces capture Iraq’s ousted dictator Saddam Hussein; Authorities in communist Poland impose martial law; Union forces suffer defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia; Actor Dick Van Dyke is born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Arthur C. Clarke

Breakfast News

US News

Kentucky tornado toll in dozens; less than feared at factory

Inflation is painfully high, but some relief may be coming

Will new bacon law begin? California grocers seek delay

Rain, snow fall as California braces for brunt of storm

Photo from tornado-damaged home lands almost 130 miles away

California may cut rooftop solar incentives as market booms

US Politics

Jan. 6 panel set to vote on holding Meadows in contempt

Florida Democrats aim to rebound as GOP voting numbers grow

Watchdog: Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists

Capitol rioters’ social media posts influencing sentencings

Fox anchor Chris Wallace makes his own news with move to CNN

International News

Boris Johnson: UK faces ‘tidal wave’ of omicron cases

Austria ends lockdown restrictions for vaccinated people

France: 400 investigations into fake COVID-19 health passes

Thousands protest in Prague against COVID vaccine mandate

Bosnian ski resorts benefit from lax anti-virus measures

North Korea’s Kim at critical crossroads decade into rule

Israel’s Bennett makes first official visit to UAE

G7 warns Russia of ‘massive’ consequences if Ukraine invaded

As violence in Haiti spikes, aid groups struggle to help

New Caledonia votes to stay in France; separatists boycott

Australia and South Korea sign defense deal as leaders meet

Turkey’s Erdogan says social media a ‘threat to democracy’

Pandamania: Twin cubs in French zoo take 1st steps in public

Sports

No. 3 UConn women avoid 1st 2-game skid since ’93, top UCLA

UConn star Bueckers considering surgery on injured left leg

No. 1 South Carolina women outlast No. 8 Maryland 66-59

Cooke leads No. 1 Gamecocks to 66-59 win over No. 8 Terps

No. 6 Arizona women beat New Mexico 77-60, improve to 9-0

Brink scores career-high 25, No. 4 Stanford beats Pacific

No. 7 Louisville women top rival No. 14 Kentucky 64-58

Holmes, No. 10 Indiana roll past No. 20 Ohio State 86-66

Aiken, Rhoden lead No. 23 Seton Hall past rival Rutgers

No. 2 Baylor poised for top after win over No. 6 Villanova

Williams, No. 1 Purdue rally past NC State 82-72 in OT

Herbert throws 3 touchdowns, Chargers defeat Giants 37-21

Saints end 5-game skid with 30-9 victory over skidding Jets

Titans dominate Jags 20-0, get 1st home shutout since 2000

Mills struggles in second half as Seahawks beat Texans 33-13

Broncos honor Demaryius Thomas with 38-10 rout of the Lions

Ryan, Falcons stay hot on the road, beat Panthers 29-21

Rodgers throws 4 TD passes, Packers defeat Bears 45-30

Tom Brady’s 700th TD pass lifts Bucs over Bills 33-27 in OT

Garrett backs up words, Browns hang on to beat Ravens 24-22

Cowboys deliver on coach’s guarantee, beat rival Washington

Allen has big game in Bills’ 33-27 overtime loss to Bucs

Garoppolo throws 12-yard TD as 49ers beat Bengals in OT

LeBron scores 30, Lakers top Magic 106-94 for 5th win in 7

Durant scores 51 in Nets’ 116-104 win over slumping Pistons

Timberwolves snap losing streak with 116-111 win in Portland

Mavericks, minus Doncic, beat Thunder 103-84 behind Brunson

Burakovsky gets 1st career hat trick, Avs beat Panthers 3-2

Predators beat Rangers 1-0 for fifth straight win

Whitecloud, Stone lead Golden Knights past Wild 6-4

Terry scores on penalty shot in OT, Ducks beat Blues 3-2

Bowe, US men win titles at World Cup speedskating in Calgary

Verstappen wins 1st F1 title with last lap pass of Hamilton

Breakfast Blogs

Justice Sonia Sotomayor Is Playing for Keeps on the Texas Abortion Law Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Dabney Friedrich Rejects Challenge to January 6 Obstruction Application emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Will Democrats run on a crisp, pro-democracy, anti-Trump platform next year? They should. digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Pulling our fat from the fire Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

We’re Not Going Back to “Before Roe Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Unilateral disarmament is the worst kind Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Caste and COVID Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Great Awokening: Can They Be Trusted? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT MISSING CHILDREN Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog