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
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense; London’s Underground opens; The Beatles first album released in US hits store shelves; Rod Stewart is born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
Breakfast News
US News
Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
Watershed moment in NYC: New law allows noncitizens to vote
Chicago fight with teachers union stretches into 2nd week
Bronx apartment fire kills 19, including 9 children
Social workers’ field safety remains concern after killing
Newly affirmed, tribe looks at casino plans with fresh eyes
US Politics
Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1
Biden’s low profile on Guantanamo rankles as prison turns 20
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson will seek reelection
Ohio Rep. Jordan rejects Jan. 6 panel request for interview
International News
Russia, US hold working dinner to open Geneva talks
Prospects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine
China’s Tianjin on partial lockdown after omicron found
German vaccine mandate may take months to pass, parties say
This will be South Sudan’s hungriest year ever, experts say
Amid tensions, Bosnian Serbs celebrate outlawed holiday
Opposition candidate wins in Venezuela’s cradle of Chavismo
Official: 30 Nigerian students freed after 7 months
UK plans holiday weekend to honor queen’s 70 years on throne
Sports
No. 11 UConn women top Creighton 63-58 after long layoff
No. 1 South Carolina routs No. 21 Kentucky 74-54
Jump’s 21 points leads No. 2 Stanford past Gonzaga
Miura hits 5 3s to help USC beat No. 4 Arizona women 76-67
No. 15 North Carolina women roll past Virginia Tech, 71-46
No. 23 Wisconsin edges Maryland after wasting 21-point lead
Doncic has triple-double, Mavericks beat Bulls 113-99
Towns’ season-high 40 points leads Minnesota over Houston
Jokic has 22 points, 18 rebounds, Nuggets beat Thunder 99-95
Klay Thompson has 17 points in return, Warriors beat Cavs
Anfernee Simons scores 31, Portland beats Sacramento 103-88
Bucs beat Panthers 41-17, earn No. 2 playoff seeding in NFC
Dolphins top Patriots 33-24 in regular-season finale
Bills clinch AFC East title with 27-10 win over Jets
Saints miss wild-card spot despite 30-20 win over Falcons
49ers clinch playoff berth by holding off Rams 27-24 in OT
Seahawks win 38-30 to spoil Cardinals shot at NFC West title
Titans clinch AFC’s top seed with 28-25 win over Texans
Roethlisberger, Steelers on verge of playoffs after OT win
49ers are playoff-bound after 27-24 OT win over Rams
Browns close season with 21-16 win over Burrow-less Bengals
Washington beats Giants on Gibson TD run, McCain’s 2 INTs
Vikings beat Bears 31-17; futures uncertain for Nagy, Zimmer
Trevor Zegras leads Ducks past Red Wings 4-3 in SO
Breakfast Blogs
Florida Men Love Golf Cart Parades and, Allegedly, Voting More Than Once Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Six Trump Associates Whom DOJ Is Investigating emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel