The Breakfast Club (Common Way)

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

A Cold War prisoner exchange; boxer Mike Tyson convicted of rape; Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ opens on Broadway; Bob Dylan’s ‘The Times They Are a Changin” released.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

Alice Walker

Breakfast News

US News

COVID-19 protests threaten border trade between Canada, US

Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge

Not just humans: Study finds NYC omicron spike hit deer too

Oklahoma AG OKs prescribing ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine

Florida’s top doctor refuses to say if he’s vaccinated

Justice Dept. announces $3.6B crypto seizure, 2 arrests

Families sue building owners over Bronx fire that killed 17

UCLA settles gynecologist sex abuse suit for $243.6 million

Vehicle charging company to build facility in Tennessee

Don’t got Moxie? Maine’s beloved soda is in short supply

US Politics

McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

High court’s Alabama ruling sparks alarm over voting rights

House approves short-term bill averting federal shutdown

House OKs bill easing budget strains on Postal Service

GOP lawmaker apologizes for cursing at Democrat over masks

US climate envoy John Kerry visits Mexico amid power clash

Perdue lags Kemp in fundraising in Georgia governor’s race

Opposition to Stacey Abrams unites Georgia’s divided GOP

GOP-led Arizona Senate panel OKs school voucher expansions

International News

N. Korea increases virus budget after partial border opening

New Zealand convoy protesters clog streets near Parliament

Macron: Putin told him Russia won’t escalate Ukraine crisis

Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE

Sports

Notae, Arkansas upset No. 1 Auburn 80-76 in overtime

Suns hold off 76ers 114-109 for NBA-best 44th victory

Young has 34 as Hawks crush trade-depleted Pacers, 133-112

Breakfast Blogs

Erik Prince Would Scare the Republican Party If It Had Even a Fragment of Patriotism Left Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

The Eight Trump Associates Whom DOJ Is Investigating emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

Slowly and then all at once… Betty Cracker, Balloon Juice

A New Conspiracy digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Run like local matters Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Automakers Can’t Give Up The Idea Of Turning Everyday Features Into Subscription Services With Fees Karl Bode, Techdirt

Missouri Supreme Court Puts Law Licenses of Gun-Toting Attorney Couple on Probation Marisa Sarnoff, Law & Crime

Social symbolism counts: More on benefits for the former guy(s) Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The Lawlessness of the Supreme Court and the Crisis of Liberalism Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns and Money

“Why can’t you find something important to write about?” asks pundit known for writing about world’s least important topics Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,014 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

You’re Kidding Me Redhand, The Rectification of Names

For the Record: What Is Capitalism Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

DOES MITCH McCONNELL THINK DONALD TRUMP JUST COST HIM A SENATE SEAT? Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

This Vaccine Disinfo Is Wildly Disgusting, Even For Tucker And Charlie KirkEvan Hurst, Wonkette

Paul Gosar’s Fave White Nationalist Will Be Really Hurt If You Say He’s Not A Real Incel Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Why Do We Keep Honoring Confederate Traitors No Matter The Cost? Stephen Robinson, Wonkette

Supreme Court Conservatives Say Racial Gerrymanders Are Very Cool, Very Legal Liz Dye, Wonkette

Montana Republican Explains Democracy Bad, And He’s Not Even Talking About Donald Trump Doktor Zoom, Wonkette