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
Highlights of 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
It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
Breakfast News
Judge revokes grazing permit for ranchers pardoned by Trump
Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos
US judge rejects bid to kill Keystone pipeline lawsuits
‘Vast majority’ of vaping illnesses blamed on vitamin E
Health system pays $575 million to settle anti-trust lawsuit
Buzzkill: Oregon bans cannabis-infused alcoholic beverages
Joshua Tree National Park braces for crowds amid holidays
Whoo’s there? Georgia family discovers owl in Christmas tree
UK lawmakers OK Johnson’s Brexit bill, pave way to exit EU
Australia battles ‘catastrophic’ wildfires as PM rushes home
India bans citizenship law protests as death toll hits 14
Activists cheer victory in landmark Dutch climate case
Is Russia eyeing Belarus takeover? Integration talks deepen
UN defeats rival resolutions to keep Syria cross-border aid
Son of Russian spies relieved to keep Canadian citizenship
Notre Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas in centuries
Breakfast Blogs
I’m a Lucky Motherf*cker. We All Are. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics
DOJ IG Report on Carter Page and Related Issues: Mega Summary Post emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel
My Word For 2019 Echidne, at her blog
Trump is squirming, desperate for his Big Exoneration Show digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo
A Free Pass Masquerading As Objectivity tristero, Hullabaloo
The gentlemen’s time has expired Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo
Selective Disclosure of OLC legal Opinions Isn’t Enough Alex Abdo, Just Security
The Biggest Social Media Operation You’ve Never Heard of Is Run Out of Cyprus by Russians Lisa Kaplan, Lawfare
This is what you want. This is what you get. Shakezula, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Matt Bevin did not suddenly become a civil libertarian Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Sneak preview of next summer’s blockbuster episode Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money
Literary Corner: Trump With the Toilets, Toilets Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names
Nutcase Appeals Court Judges Just Voided Yr Obamacare. Should You Be Worried? Jamie Lynn Crofts, Wonkette
Whatcha Doin’, Nancy Pelosi? Kicking Moscow Mitch In The Face? We’ll Hold Your Beer. Evan Hurst, Wonkette
Upton Sinclair Rolls Over In Grave, Is ‘USDA Prime’ Under New Trump Meat Rules Doktor Zoom, Wonkette
Michael Cohen Asks Santa For Early Release, SDNY Dumps Load Of Coal Down His Chimney Liz Dye, Wonkette
Do You Like Jobs AND Not Dying In A Firenado? Elizabeth Warren Has … You Know What She Has Robyn Penacchia, Wonkette
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Disgraces Herself, Some More Stephen Robinson, Wonkette