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
Pilgrims land in Plymouth Massachusetts; Pan Am flight 747 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland; Apollo 8 lifts off on first manned mission to the Moon; Actress Jane Fonda is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
And finally Winter, with its bitin’, whinin’ wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.
Breakfast News
US News
Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID cases
Moderna: Initial booster data shows good results on omicron
EXPLAINER: Boosters key to fight omicron, lot still to learn
California more prepared for latest surge of new virus cases
Feeling powerless, families bring elderly home in pandemic
Oregon, among last holdout states, to join opioid agreement
Hearing starts in Hawaii’s order to de-fuel Navy tanks
Hubble telescope’s bigger, more powerful successor to soar
988 suicide phone hotline getting $282M to ease July launch
Inflation squeezes holiday budgets for low-income shoppers
Police: Stolen Ohio bridge found, man facing theft charge
US Politics
Jan. 6 panel seeks interview, records from Rep. Scott Perry
Trump sues NY attorney general, seeking to halt civil probe
Democrats try to ‘build back’ after Manchin tanks $2T bill
Biden boosts fuel-economy standards to fight climate change
2nd lawsuit filed challenging NH anti-discrimination laws
International News
Israel to ban travel to US, Canada over omicron variant
EU approves 5th COVID-19 vaccine for bloc, one by Novavax
Australia’s New South Wales tops 3,000 daily COVID cases
Pro-Beijing candidates sweep Hong Kong elections
Greece to extend border wall to stop migrants, wants EU help
Philippine governor warns of looting without typhoon aid
Queen Elizabeth II to skip Christmas trip amid omicron surge
Sports
UConn out of women’s AP Top 10 for 1st time in 16 years
Baylor stays No. 1 in AP Top 25; Arizona rises to No. 6
Carlson FG gives Raiders 16-14 win vs COVID-ravaged Browns
Curry, Warriors beat Kings 113-98 in short-handed showdown
Embiid scores 41, 76ers beat Celtics 108-103
DeRozan, Bulls beat Rockets 133-118; win 2nd straight
NHL shuts down Wednesday through Saturday; 5 games postponed
Breakfast Blogs
Joe Manchin Has Kicked Off a Flurry of Straight Talk From Everyone Except Joe Manchin Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
Hot and Cold Running John Durham Conspiracy Conspiracies emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
Here’s the Actual White House Statement That Olivia Nuzzi Barbered So She Could Create Outrage For Clicks Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
An Unpredictable Future digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
What are the Trump admin’s COVID crimes? How do we start the drum beat to indicting them? Spocko,. Digby’s Hullabaloo
One step back in 19 states Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Delaware Court Says Dominion Voting Systems Can Continue Suing Fox News For $1.6 Billion In Defamation Tim Cushing, Techdirt
The Republican party is pro-COVID Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Inside the terminal MA scam Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 977 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Literary Corner: Wit’s End Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
SURPRISE! THE WINGNUTS FIND A VACCINE THEY LIKE. GUESS WHY! Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Joe Manchin Killed BBB And All He Got Were These Super-Sweet Sexts From Lindsey Graham And Dan Crenshaw! Michael Mora, Wonkette
Did The White House Hurt Your Feelings By Telling The Truth About COVID? Call 1-800-F-U. Liz Dye, Wonkette
Patriotic Kentuckians Might Recognize Biden As POTUS If He Rebuilds Their Homes Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
Joe Manchin Killing Child Tax Credit Because Parents Would ‘Just Spend It On Drugs’ Robyn Pennacchia, wonkette
Chuck Schumer Gonna Build Back Better His Foot Up Joe Manchin’s Ass Evan Hurst, Wonkette