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
Iran-Contra scandal begins to unfold; Chile’s Salvador Allende takes office; Carol Moseley-Braun is first black woman elected to U.S. Senate; Former pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura elected Minnesota governor.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
This life is a test, and we’re put down here to make choices. The truth is, the bad choices of other people can hurt us.
Breakfast Blogs
Congress Will Lose More than a Few Brain Cells When It Gets Its New Members Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
The Roger Stone Convergence at the Winter Palace emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
War for Ukraine Day 252: Putin Blinked! Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Goddess Help Us, There Is Video Anne Laurie, Balloon Juice
Acts of Kindness: Dance A Little Each Day TaMara, Balloon Juice
Election denial for fun and profitElection denial for fun and profit digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo
“Ethics” above morality Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo
Bullshit Reporting: The Intercept’s Story About Government Policing Disinfo Is Absolute Garbage Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Iowa City Officials Prove They Aren’t Fascists By Arresting An Activist Twice For Calling Them Fascists Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Republican Party Succeeds in Lawsuit Challenging Pennsylvania Mail-in Ballots that Arrive in ‘Undated or Incorrectly Dated Outer Envelopes’ Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Justice Gorsuch Brings Up Garlic and Vampires as SCOTUS Considers Whether Foreign Bank Account Laws Could Mean Millions More in Penalties Elura Nanos, Law & Crime
Jan. 6 Committee Tells 9th Circuit Not to ‘Save’ Trump Election Lawyer John Eastman from Crucial ‘Litigation Missteps’ Meghann Cuniff, Law & Crime
Behind the Arizona Drop Box ‘Vigilantes,’ Reporters Find a ‘Well-Organized’ Dark Money Group Tied to Conspiracy Theory Film Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime
When stochastic political violence spirals out of control Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns & Money
Governance and Politics when Democracy is at Risk Dan Nexon, Lawyers, Guns & Money
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,227 Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns & Money
After the Pelosi attack, Republicans have quit pretending they oppose political violence Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Hurray For the Biden Economy! But Is Anybody Going to Notice? Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
REPUBLICAN CONSPIRACY-MONGERS AREN’T IMITATING TRUMP — IT’S THE OTHER WAY AROUND Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog
Trump Judge Rethinks Order, Decides Menacing Voters With Guns Is *Bad Actually* Liz Dye, Wonkette
Take Your ‘Border Crime Wave’ Bullsh*t Back To Breitbart And Stuff It, Says Texas Lawman Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Georgia Republicans Making Sure No One ‘Suspicious’ Votes On Their Watch! Stephen Robinson, Wonkette
GOP Creep Running For Wisconsin Gov Just Saying If He Wins, Republicans Will NEVER LOSE AGAIN Evan Hurst, Wonkette